Tag: Alibaba

Chinese fast fashion boom causes air cargo disruption

The rapid expansion of Chinese fast fashion companies such as Shein, Temu, Alibaba, and TikTok is causing significant disruption to global air cargo operations. According to Cargo Facts Consulting data, these companies collectively ship over 10,000 tonnes of goods daily, equivalent to about 108 B...

Alibaba to split off its Cainiao logistics unit

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, the Chinese e-commerce giant, has announced plans to split off its Cainiao logistics unit, which specializes in parcel deliveries, into a separate entity. This move is expected to provide greater flexibility for both businesses, as they seek to adapt to changing market ...

Saudia Cargo and Cainiao’s partnership solidifies as the E-commerce industry continues to Grow

Saudia Cargo and Cainiao's Partnership Solidifies as the E-commerce Industry Continues to Grow During Pandemic. The success of last year's cooperation agreement with Cainiao Network ("Cainiao"), the logistics arm of Alibaba Group has enabled Saudia Cargo to achieve significant growth in e-commer...

Liege Airport to leverage Alibaba Cloud’s Aviation Brain to bolster operational efficiency

Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, and Liege Airport – the biggest cargo airport in Belgium – have announced a joint plan to work together to empower Liege Airport with Aviation Brain, a proprietary Artificial Intelligence (AI) program from Alibaba Cloud that aims t...

Liege Airport has a record year as tonnage hits 870,000

Liege Airport had record year for tonnage in 2018 as the Belgian gateway saw a total of 870,644 tonnes handled - a 21.5 per cent increase on the 2017 figure of 717,000 tonnes - also a record year. The airport said in spite of the commercial tensions between the USA and China, increasing oil price...

Alibaba signs deal with Belgium to build e-commerce hub in Liege

Chinese online retailer Alibaba has signed an agreement with Belgium to launch an e-commerce hub as part of a plan to help companies in the country export abroad especially into the Chinese market. The company said today it has signed a deal with the Belgium government, which will include investm...

Logistics arm of Alibaba chooses five cities to be global e-commerce hubs

Chinese logistics group Cainiao Smart Logistics – the logistics unit of Alibaba – has chosen five cities to become its global e-commerce hubs - Hangzhou, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Liege and Moscow. The company announced the decision today at the Global Smart Logistics Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang ...

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