Asia is the world's biggest online retail market and Alibaba Group is the No. 1 e-commerce company in Asia, according to Internet Retailer magazine.
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Driven by rapid e-commerce growth in China's smaller cities and the success of last month's 11.11 Shopping Festival, annual sales volumes on Tmall and Taobao Marketplace, the country's two largest
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Online retail and auction websites run by Alibaba Group companies are among the leaders in global Internet audience, according to comScore, an Internet research and marketing company.
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