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Singles Day – the Prime Day, or even Black Friday, of China – is driving billions in sales for Alibaba and JD.com – MarketWatch, Marketwatch.com

Singles Day – the Prime Day, or even Black Friday, of China – is driving billions in sales for Alibaba and JD.com – MarketWatch, Marketwatch.com


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Shoppers in the U.S. might be waiting for Thanksgiving and Black Friday to shop for the year best deals, but shoppers across China have already spent billions on Monday, better known as Singles Day, the busiest online shopping day of the year.

Created in the 1990 s by single college students who didn’t have dates for Valentine’s Day, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      BABA,– 0. 24%                                                                                                                                                          launched its version of the shopping bonanza in 2009 with 27 Merchants. This year, more than 200, 000 brands are participating, the company said.

Among them, Mondelez International Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      MDLZ, 0. 14%                                                                                                                                                          , which is selling a mini – Oreo cookie made with fruit and nuts, and San Francisco – based Allbirds, the trendy maker of sustainable shoes, which is joining the event for the first time.

Taylor Swift took part with a performance at Alibaba’s 11 / 11 Countdown Gala

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Taylor Swift performs.

Other online retailers have latched on to the date, driving awareness and sales for the event as a whole.

Together, Alibaba and JD.com Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      JD,– 0. 06%                                                                                                                                                          rang up nearly$ (billion in sales) just partway through the shopping day.

Other notable online shopping days around the world include Amazon.com Inc.’s                                                                                                                                                                                                                      (AMZN,– 0. 80%                                                                                                                                                          Prime Day and Big Billions Days, a multiday shopping event in India hosted by Flipkart. Walmart Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      WMT,– 0. 33%                                                                                                                                                          has a 77% stake in Flipkart.

Amazon doesn’t release sales numbers for Prime Day but said that this year event, which spanned two days, was thebiggest shopping event in the company’s history

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Alibaba reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that beat expectations on Nov. 1.

“[D] espite improving profitability at most e-commerce platforms, promotion intensity should increase around 11 / 11, ”wrote UBS analysts in a Nov. 4 note.

“We believe Alibaba will respond to the competition, and be aggressive where it sees an opportunity or threat. This should not be a surprise, and in fact Alibaba already spent more in the September quarter. ”

UBS has a buy rating on Alibaba’s stock with a $ 235 price target.

With the latest news from the White House implying that a trade deal between the US and Chinamay be a ways off, there had been concerns about shoppers’ willingness to spend freely in both countries for the remainder of the year.

However, forecasts for the US holiday shopping season have been bullish, with Adobe Analytics expecting online sales to exceed$ 1 billion every dayin November and December.

“Alibaba’s new record for sales on Singles Day continues an 11 -year tradition of e-commerce and attractive prices combining to open consumer wallets, ”said Christian Magoon, chief executive of Amplify ETFs.

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Alibaba reported hours ago that total gross merchandise volume (GMV) this year had exceeded Singles Day in 2018, reaching more than $ (billion.

“This new record spend is a good sign that Chinese consumers are willing to spend money despite the ongoing trade war fear,” Magoon said. “Also initial data shows U.S. brands were not penalized by consumers due to ongoing trade drama between the two countries. ”

Alibaba stock is up 36% in 2019, while the Amplify Online Retail ETF                                                                                                                                                                                                                      IBUY,– 0. 11%                                                                                                                                                          has gained 18. 2% and the S&P 500 index                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SPX,– 0. 20%                                                                                                                                                          is up 23. 2% for the period.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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