Singles' Day, observed on November 11, celebrates single life through shopping, self-care, and social events. Initially started in 1993 at Nanjing University, it has evolved from a small campus ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Businesses and consumers in China found the annual Singles' Day shopping festival less ... started the now-famous event on Nov. 11, 2009, offering attractive discounts to ...

Singles’ Day--also known as Double 11 as it falls on Nov. 11 annually--is typically closely watched as a barometer of consumption in China, as consumers collectively spend billions on online ...

HANGZHOU, China--Alibaba sales for its post-COVID-19 Singles ... 11 days this year, and brought sellers on AliBaba’s platforms 21 times as many orders by value as Amazon.com Inc.’s two-day ...

What is Alibaba's Singles' Day? The unofficial Chinese holiday of guanggun jie ("bare sticks holiday") or shuang shiyi ("double 11") started in the '90s as a celebration of singledom. In 2009 ...

An curved arrow pointing right. $14 Billion. That’s how much Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, made in just 24 hours last November. It happened during an unofficial Chinese holiday called ...

made in just 24 hours last November. Today, the company already banked $5 billion in just one hour. It's all happening during an unofficial Chinese holiday called “Singles' Day.” Follow Tech ...

Online service provider and e-commerce platform Alibaba started the now-famous event on Nov. 11, 2009, offering attractive discounts to entice shoppers to spend more.