Here’s another one. Lots of action at BABA.
Paywall too.
https://www.ft.com/content/b6903ab3-ddba-450c-8f6e-e88598e6a…
Alibaba’s push to rival Amazon by bringing US businesses on to its ecommerce platform has struggled to meet its targets, dealing a blow to the Chinese tech giant’s global expansion plans.
The group launched Alibaba.com, its business-to-business ecommerce website, in the US three years ago with the aim of signing up more than 1mn local businesses and compete globally with the likes of Amazon, which has a similar platform for wholesalers.