Welcome to Power Retail Sparks, a roundup of the global e-commerce news that happened this week. We will update the news stories as they happen. Stay tuned.

Alibaba's 11.11 Global Shopping Festival exceeded expectations in the first 24 hours of its launch, further solidifying e-commerce's place in the post-pandemic world. Power Retail sat down with Maggie Zhou, the Managing Director of Alibaba...

Golden Week, the seven-day national holiday in China, presents the country with its second-busiest tourism period of the year. Alipay has released new data on the Chinese holiday and how it affected Australian retail. 

This year, the Asia-Pacific region will account for 64 per cent of e-commerce sales worldwide. But do retailers know what this market wants? How does it compare to Australia?

Alibaba will spend US$4.6 billion for a stake in Suning as China’s biggest e-commerce operator adds a network of electronics stores in its biggest deal ever.