AliExpress doubles down on logistics for global edge By HE WEI in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-15 09:12 AliExpress employees work at the company s headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. The firm plans to expand business in South Korea and Brazil in the coming years. [Photo/Agencies]
AliExpress, Alibaba Group s business-to-customer or B2C site that sells consumer goods to overseas markets, is doubling down on logistics this year to drive robust growth as more foreign buyers become accustomed to online shopping amid the lingering COVID-19 pandemic.
Measures include nearly doubling monthly chartered flights with logistics firm Cainiao to 300, expanding overseas warehouses to six countries, including the United Kingdom and Germany, and adding two domestic warehouse hubs in East China and Central China to reduce delivery time and trim costs for merchants, said Wang Mingqiang, Alibaba vice-president and general manager of AliExp
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As a sales representative of home furnishings brand Conforama in France, Celine Mila should be excited about the busiest time of the year during the Black Friday discount bonanza.
But as the country entered into a fresh round of closedowns due to resurging COVID-19 cases, she has resorted to new ways to greet customers and hopefully pump up sales.
Black Friday, the United States import that falls on the Friday after Thanksgiving in late November, has since been embraced by European retailers as the quasi-official beginning of the Christmas shopping season. It was delayed this year due to COVID-19 by a week in France, to Dec 4.
As a sales representative of home furnishings brand Conforama in France, Celine Mila should be excited about the busiest time of the year during the Black Friday discount bonanza.
But as the country entered into a fresh round of closedowns due to resurging COVID-19 cases, she has resorted to new ways to greet customers and hopefully pump up sales.
Black Friday, the United States import that falls on the Friday after Thanksgiving in late November, has since been embraced by European retailers as the quasi-official beginning of the Christmas shopping season. It was delayed this year due to COVID-19 by a week in France, to Dec 4.