Single's Day 2015 at Alibaba - the breakdown

Last Modified: Fri Nov 13 2015 08:02:52 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
  • 80 %
    share of China's total online shopping market is with Alibaba
  • 120,000
    estimated orders each minute on 2015 Singles Day
  • 73 %
    of purchases in first hour made via mobile phone
  • 12
    hours time taken to beat 2014 whole-day record of $9.3bn
  • 40,000
    merchants with 30,000 brands from 25 countries selling goods on its platforms.
  • 1.7 million
    couriers, 400,000 vehicles and 200 planes will be making deliveries of products ordered on Single's Day
Posted by Yatin Dhareshwar in Business & Industry
Tags E-Commerce,Alibaba,China,Single's Day
Source BBC