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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.