Singles Day

Singles day or Guanggun Jie is a shopping holiday popular among young Chinese people that celebrate their pride in being single. The date, November 11, was chosen because the number "1" resembles an individual who is alone.

AliPay+ Transactions up 40% During Singles Day Shopping Event
AliPay+ Transactions up 40% During Singles Day Shopping Event
November 11, 2022  |  Digital Payments

During the 10 days leading up to China’s Singles Day shopping event, there was a 40% increase in the number of online transactions via the...

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Report: China’s Singles Day Retail Growth Expected to be Weakest Ever
Report: China’s Singles Day Retail Growth Expected to be Weakest Ever
November 11, 2022  |  Retail

China’s Singles Day — a weeks-long shopping event that has become a key measure of consumer demand in the country — has reportedly seen a...

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If ‘Single’s Day’ Is Prime Day on Steroids, Retailers Can’t Blow the Payments Part
If ‘Single’s Day’ Is Prime Day on Steroids, Retailers Can’t Blow the Payments Part
November 11, 2022  |  Retail

Started by Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba.com as a kind of Valentine’s Day for the unattached to buy gifts for themselves, the annual Nov. 11 Single’s...

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Global Singles’ Day Spending Puts Prime Day to Shame
Global Singles’ Day Spending Puts Prime Day to Shame
November 11, 2021  |  Retail

What started in the 1990s in China as an anti-Valentine’s Day remains the world’s largest shopping day of the year — and though regulatory scrutiny...

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Alibaba Debuts NFT Art Metaverse for China’s Singles Day
Alibaba Debuts NFT Art Metaverse for China’s Singles Day
November 03, 2021  |  Social Commerce

Alibaba has rolled out what it’s calling a “metaverse” ahead of China’s Singles Day, according to RADII, a China youth culture publication founded by a...

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Singles’ Day Orders From Europe Helped Alibaba Smash Sales Records
Singles’ Day Orders From Europe Helped Alibaba Smash Sales Records
November 12, 2020  |  Retail

Alibaba smashed Singles’ Day sales records this year with help from an aggressive push into European and other foreign markets. Alibaba notched sales worth more...

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Alibaba Single’s Day 2020: $74.1 Billion New Record Setting Performance
Alibaba Single’s Day 2020: $74.1 Billion New Record Setting Performance
November 11, 2020  |  Retail

Alibaba’s Singles Day performance on Wednesday (Nov. 11) shows that the Chinese consumer is back — big time.  Singles Day — Alibaba’s popular shopping holiday...

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Today In Payments: China’s Singles’ Day Sales Hit $56B; Lyft Considers Moving Into Delivery Sector
Today In Payments: China’s Singles’ Day Sales Hit $56B; Lyft Considers Moving Into Delivery Sector
November 11, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Alibaba’s Singles’ Day in China has brought in $56 billion thus far, and Lyft is launching a delivery service. Plus, the...

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Alibaba’s Singles’ Day Will Double As Economic Barometer
Alibaba’s Singles’ Day Will Double As Economic Barometer
November 10, 2020  |  Retail

China’s 1.4 billion people will mark Singles’ Day – the country’s exponentially larger answer to America’s Black Friday or Prime Day events – on Wednesday...

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