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Jack Ma

Co-Founder, Alibaba Group

The Chinese business magnate built his tech empire around e-commerce platforms and is spearheading the ‘new retail’ movement across Asia.

Jack Ma
Technology

Can New Technologies Thwart Counterfeiters?

New technologies have made it easier for counterfeiters to produce, advertise and distribute fake goods, but they also provide crucial tools for the industry to fight back.

Technology

Can New Technologies Thwart Counterfeiters?

New technologies have made it easier for counterfeiters to produce, advertise and distribute fake goods, but they also provide crucial tools for the industry to fight back.


Sustainability

Social Goods | Bono and Ali Hewson Back Natural Beauty, Aquazzura Suing Ivanka Trump

Social Goods is a weekly roundup of the most important news at the intersection of fashion and ethics, sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

Sustainability

Social Goods | Bono and Ali Hewson Back Natural Beauty, Aquazzura Suing Ivanka Trump

Social Goods is a weekly roundup of the most important news at the intersection of fashion and ethics, sustainability and corporate social responsibility.


China

The China Edit | Asian Brands Go West, Brexit Worries, Hong Kong Sales

The China Edit is a weekly curation of the most important fashion business news and analysis from and about the world’s largest luxury market.

China

The China Edit | Asian Brands Go West, Brexit Worries, Hong Kong Sales

The China Edit is a weekly curation of the most important fashion business news and analysis from and about the world’s largest luxury market.


China

Jack Ma Reiterates Fakes Have No Place on Alibaba’s Platforms

Jack Ma said Alibaba has “zero tolerance” for counterfeits, repeating a message that has so far failed to quell criticisms of its e-commerce platforms as a haven for knock-offs.

China

Jack Ma Reiterates Fakes Have No Place on Alibaba’s Platforms

Jack Ma said Alibaba has “zero tolerance” for counterfeits, repeating a message that has so far failed to quell criticisms of its e-commerce platforms as a haven for knock-offs.


Technology

Alibaba Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Pre-IPO Regulatory Warning

Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd has won the dismissal of a US lawsuit accusing China's largest e-commerce company of defrauding shareholders by concealing a regulator's warning about its ability to suppress counterfeiting on its websites.

Technology

Alibaba Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Pre-IPO Regulatory Warning

Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd has won the dismissal of a US lawsuit accusing China's largest e-commerce company of defrauding shareholders by concealing a regulator's warning about its ability to suppress counterfeiting on its websites.


Sustainability

Social Goods | Rana Plaza Charges, Fendi's Pride U-Turn, Luxottica Sues BCBG

Social Goods is a weekly roundup of the most important news at the intersection of fashion and ethics, sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

Sustainability

Social Goods | Rana Plaza Charges, Fendi's Pride U-Turn, Luxottica Sues BCBG

Social Goods is a weekly roundup of the most important news at the intersection of fashion and ethics, sustainability and corporate social responsibility.


Financial Markets

Alibaba Expects to Nearly Double Transactions Volume by 2020

Alibaba said it expects to record 6 trillion yuan (over $900 billion) in gross merchandise volume in fiscal 2020, nearly double 3.09 trillion yuan in fiscal 2016.

Financial Markets

Alibaba Expects to Nearly Double Transactions Volume by 2020

Alibaba said it expects to record 6 trillion yuan (over $900 billion) in gross merchandise volume in fiscal 2020, nearly double 3.09 trillion yuan in fiscal 2016.


Financial Markets

Amid SEC Probe, Jack Ma Says Hard for US to Understand Alibaba

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, whose accounting practices are under investigation by US regulators, is a difficult company for the United States to understand, executive chairman Jack Ma has said in an interview to Chinese media.

Financial Markets

Amid SEC Probe, Jack Ma Says Hard for US to Understand Alibaba

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, whose accounting practices are under investigation by US regulators, is a difficult company for the United States to understand, executive chairman Jack Ma has said in an interview to Chinese media.


Financial Markets

Top Alibaba Shareholder Softbank Plans to Sell $7.9 Billion in Stock

Japanese telecommunications and internet firm Softbank Group Corp has announced it will sell at least $7.9 billion of shares in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd in order to raise funds to reduce its debt.

Financial Markets

Top Alibaba Shareholder Softbank Plans to Sell $7.9 Billion in Stock

Japanese telecommunications and internet firm Softbank Group Corp has announced it will sell at least $7.9 billion of shares in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd in order to raise funds to reduce its debt.


China

Inside Alibaba's Anti-Counterfeiting Feud

This is the tale of how one of China's corporate giants won — and ultimately lost — a friend in Washington, using legal methods long deployed by corporate America: money and influence.

China

Inside Alibaba's Anti-Counterfeiting Feud

This is the tale of how one of China's corporate giants won — and ultimately lost — a friend in Washington, using legal methods long deployed by corporate America: money and influence.


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