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Alibaba links Qwen to its online shopping and travel services, including Taobao, Alipay, Fliggy, and Amap, aiming to build a one-stop AI app for its 100M users

Users of ByteDance's agentic AI phone Nubia M153 report that its Doubao assistant is blocked or limited by Tencent's WeChat, Alibaba's Taobao, and other apps

Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia :

Sources: Alibaba is renaming its AI app Tongyi to “Qwen”, aiming to make it more like ChatGPT, and adding agentic-AI shopping features for platforms like Taobao

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is preparing an overhaul of its main mobile AI app in coming months to help …

Alibaba is putting $7B in Taobao promotions as JD.com invests $1.4B to grow food delivery, with both offering discounts to become China's leading “everyday app”

Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times :

Alibaba partners with RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, to allow users on RedNote to directly click on product links to shop on Alibaba's Taobao platform

US consumers are flocking to Chinese shopping apps DHgate and Taobao, which let them buy direct from manufacturers, as Shein and Temu prices rise amid tariffs

The Chinese e-commerce marketplace app DHgate, which is now the No. 2 free iPhone app in the U.S., isn't the only one that's oddly benefiting …

Alibaba will let shoppers check out via Tencent's WeChat Pay on its Taobao and Tmall shopping platforms, as Chinese government crackdown on Alibaba ends

Bloomberg :

In an effort to compete with Shein and Temu, Alibaba's Taobao and Tmall offer qualified merchants, selling goods in the fashion category, free overseas shipping

Kelly Le / South China Morning Post :

Chinese factories that transformed rural communities by selling goods on Alibaba's Taobao and Tmall are turning to rival platforms like Pinduoduo to stay afloat

Financial Times :

Alibaba reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to ~$36.7B, net income down 69% YoY to ~$2B, Taobao and Tmall revenue up 2% YoY to ~$18B, and approves a $25B share buyback

- The move may appeal to some investors as growth plateaus  — Alibaba is grappling with market and internal uncertainty