May 15, 2015
Alibaba Invests In Logistics As It Eyes Global Growth
Alibaba is on the fast track to expand its footprint, and a strategic investment announced yesterday (May 14) showed — logistically speaking — just how the eCommerce company plans to...
May 08, 2015
Alibaba Appoints New Mobile-Centric CEO
Alibaba reported its fourth quarter earnings yesterday (May 7) and showed its continued dominance in mobile leadership in the eCommerce world, but the news of its newly appointed, mobile-focused CEO affirmed Alibaba’s...
May 07, 2015
Alibaba’s B2B Plan Could Change The World Of Cross-Border Commerce
Alibaba is a huge fan of the B2B business model. The eCommerce conglomerate, which has overhauled China’s B2C online shopping industry, has launched several initiatives within the B2B market, including...
May 01, 2015
B2B Investment Tracker, April 24-May 1
The start of Q2 for B2B startups saw a wildly impressive launch of more than $600 million into their operations from financial backers. The past few days, however, were a...
April 30, 2015
Alibaba Aims For Efficiency As Jack Ma Halts Hiring
Having taken a head count at his company, Alibaba’s Jack Ma is looking to cool down on hiring new people — as in, no more for the rest of the...
April 27, 2015
Iwoca Spreads SME Lending To Germany
U.K. alternative lender iwoca has seen significant growth this year, recently striking a deal with Alibaba to secure funding for small businesses across the U.K. that want to procure goods...
April 10, 2015
eBay CEO Talks PayPal, eBay And The Future of Marketplaces
Generally speaking, among untrustworthy statements “we’ll still be friends,” when uttered in the context of people breaking up, ranks right up there with “the check is in the mail.” Luckily,...
April 09, 2015
Alipay’s ePass – A Simple Premise With Big Promise
There is more meaning than there used to be in the phrase “just one more thing.” Steve Jobs can be thanked for this. After all, he used those words to introduce...
April 01, 2015
Jack Ma Gives Up Dream To Run Across China
It’s no secret that Jack Ma has been under a lot of pressure since Alibaba launched its IPO last year – which has made him, at times, sad. He first...