...–Alibaba will soon have a real-world retail presence: The e-commerce giant is building its first mall in China, shares The Street. –Eataly is launching a 20-acre theme park in Bologna,...

...say “China,” are we talking about the Chinese government, or more the private sector? It’s a mixture of both. We’ve seen big private enterprises like Alibaba and Dalian Wanda Group...

...consumer-packaged goods and retail brands” as the third big player in digital advertising, behind Facebook and Google, Adweek reports. –Quartz reports on China’s influence on global fashion, as Alibaba strikes...

...by launching a consumer-to-consumer mobile app called Rakuma. Chinese companies have taken a long position on the region. In May 2016, Alibaba announced a $1 billion purchase for majority control...

...“empty vases.”) Via the Wall Street Journal. –Alibaba is expanding its presence in Australia and New Zealand thanks to sales growth, writes Business of Fashion. –Is the next major start-up...

–Soho’s newest boutique isn’t a store. “Laundromat,” a chilling new installation from Ai Weiwei, is a display of possessions from a European refugee camp. Via W Magazine. –Marks...

...Via Engadget. –In an ironic twist, Amazon is expanding its brick-and-mortar business in NYC. Via the New York Times. –…Along the same lines, Alibaba is snapping up department store chains,...

...the “game-changing potential” of AR technology… –…while Alibaba is also pouring money into AR startups, writes Fashion and Mash. –Disney is hoping that a “generational pull” will convert millennials into...

...product, functions using Alibaba’s voice assistant, AliGenie.   Not to be left out, Chinese search giant Baidu is also developing a smart conversational platform, called DuerOS. The platform has already...

...The walls between online and physical retail are eroding. In the US, e-commerce giant Amazon has brick-and-mortar bookstores, while Alibaba has its Hema grocery stores in China. Now, a...