Talk:Alibaba Group

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is there anything like this website ? are there other global market "hub" sites ? anything comparable to alibaba (even if on a smaller scale)

• http://www.globalsources.com seems like a similar idea --Spuzzdawg (talk) 09:58, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

In Spanish speaking markets the word associated to "Alibaba" is not "Open Sesame" but the phrase "and the forty thieves" (Alí Baba... y los cuarenta ladrones". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.4.23.10 (talk) 15:54, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Alibaba, Yahoo!, shark controversy

Alibaba Group, China's biggest e-commerce firm, is no longer engaged in the business of allowing sellers of shark fins to list their products on its platforms. Alibaba Group banned the sale of shark fin on its platforms as of January 1, 2009.

Environmentalists, ocean lovers and a growing world-wide scuba diving community who were aware of the decision applauded Alibaba for the ban.

Yahoo! has a US$1 billion stake in Alibaba representing a 40% shareholding.

Activist groups, thousands of petitioning individuals from all over the world and media organizations had approached both Alibaba and Yahoo! to induce them to drop the shark fin trade. The conclusion of internationally renowned marine experts is that the indiscriminate mass killing of well over one hundred million sharks per year, mostly for their fins, is driving many species into extinction with catastrophic consequences for the biodiversity of the world's oceans.

78.86.182.168 (talk) 12:18, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

• Alibaba have no involvement with what their members buy and sell, they just bring buyer and seller together. I think it's a bit of stretch to say that Yahoo is the world's largest online shark fin trader. --Spuzzdawg (talk) 10:05, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

The logo on this page is incorrect. Alibaba Group is the holding company that includes Alibaba.com. I would change it if I knew how, but if someone who knows how can do it, Alibaba Group logo can be found at http://img.alibaba.com/aboutalibaba/images/alibaba_group1.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwspelich (talk • contribs) 23:29, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

References

Alibaba Hires Ex-U.S. Official to Aid Washington Lobbying

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-17/alibaba-hires-ex-u-s-official-to-aid-washington-lobbying.html Ottawahitech (talk) 04:43, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

See headers to last edits of "...Related Controversies" section...

by "LeProf", to see what was edited and why, in this section. One cannot use verbatim text from citations without constructing quotations, and cannot add material facts, like stock depreciations of 15% that do not appear in the cited source, etc. And one cannot have closing, opinion-laden laden text, without that also being sourced. This is not a platform for editor opinion, but for reporting published opinion on important matters from reliable business sources. (Economist-derived information was expanded, and Forbes-derived information was added to create a replacement summation.) LeProf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.123.248 (talk) 23:39, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Reviewed foregoing edits, and cleaned up paragraph opening adding places where citations are needed to support earlier (other editor-written) text. LeProf

What are B2C and C2C?

Acronyms should be defined when first used, with exceptions of those that have become common English words such as laser, radar and led. David R. Ingham (talk) 19:11, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

I added definitions. Did I get everything?--Nowa (talk) 00:40, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

business to costumers 185.139.137.200 (talk) 04:27, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Uranium

Yellowcake is not raw uranium ore; it is processed uranium ore. It is not illegal to possess raw uranium ore, which, according to Wikipedia, is "weakly radioactive" and emits only alpha particles (helium nuclei) rather than the more serious gamma rays. Patrick Campbell was not arrested for smuggling, nor for possession of uranium; he was charged with knowingly brokering goods (yellowcake, in this case) destined for Iran. Most of this is irrelevant to Alibaba: I removed the misleading reference to the concealment of uranium in Campbell's shoes. C. Cerf (talk) 22:54, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Affiliate links

Please remove the affiliate links, instead use direct links to Alibaba pages. Silly filters won't let me change it myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.104.91.128 (talk) 08:50, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

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Some of the figures regarding the traffic has now changed/improved.The traffic on alibaba from China has gone from 65 % to 50 %. Source is on alexa

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Factual errors? 'Largest company by revenue'

This page lists Alibaba's revenue as $56bn but states "Its online sales and profits surpassed all US retailers (including Walmart, Amazon, and eBay) combined since 2015." yet on Walmart's page, revenue is listed as $514bn. The reference also restates this point but it seems entirely nonsensical. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.129.101.143 (talk) 20:02, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Possible EL: CNBC video on Alibaba not succeeding in the US market

Found this:

• "Why Alibaba Gave Up On U.S. Consumers". CNBC. 2019-03-05.

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Requested move 9 January 2021

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The result of the move request was: not moved. There is consensus that this page should not be moved. There also appears to be consensus that Alibaba should be retargeted to Ali Baba (disambiguation). (closed by non-admin page mover) Jack Frost (talk) 12:40, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

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Alibaba Group → Alibaba – Requesting move for potentially controversial renaming. Alibaba is the WP:COMMONNAME of the company. "Alibaba" already redirects here and distinguish templates are already placed on the page for other articles with that name. Also, tech giant articles like Google, Microsoft, and Huawei use the common term instead of the official company name. (Except of course Apple and Amazon for obvious reasons. And Facebook which directs to the website article rather than the company) PyroFloe (talk) 08:43, 9 January 2021 (UTC) PyroFloe (talk) 08:43, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose As "Alibaba" could easily be a typo for the mythological "Ali Baba". I do support redirecting it to Ali Baba (disambiguation) instead of where it currently redirects._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 11:14, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose Alibaba is frequently found referring to legend in pre-Jack Ma era books. In ictu oculi (talk) 12:57, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
• Comment - Just something that I wanted to point out, on Chinese Wikipedia, the "Alibaba" article is actually about the character Ali Baba, with this article located at "Alibaba Group". GiggityGiggityGoo! 21:24, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose. Clearly could be (and is) used as an alternative for Ali Baba, which is if anything the primary topic. Redirect Alibaba to Ali Baba (disambiguation). -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:55, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

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alibaba trade assurance is nor worth the paper it written on

why i live in new zealand I bought some chairs on Alibaba that where faulty I a made a claim I was told it was not made in 30days

there is now can you buy from alibaba ship from china to new zealand and make a CLAIM in 30 days it is impossible

On the acquisition ot the South China Morning Post

I believe there to be an error in section 3.6

In December 2015, Alibaba agreed to acquire the South China Morning Post and other media assets belonging to the group for a consideration of $266 million. Although Alibaba promised editorial independence, vice-chairman Joseph Tsai said that Alibaba believes that "the world needs a plurality of views when it comes to China coverage. China's rise as an economic power and its importance to world stability is too important for there to be a singular thesis." The acquisition attracted media concerns over what this would mean for the newspaper's coverage.

I don't see how an Alibaba vice-chairman assuring the South Chhina Morning Post will keep publishing articles with views that don't follow the rules of typical articles from the mainland is something that could attract concern for the newspaper's future coverage, since that's already what the newspaper was doing. Could someone fix this? Right now it doesn't make sense that this statement would have attracted media concerns, it must've been about something else. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.134.78.214 (talk) 15:51, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Business trends

Hereby I propose to add the figures of Revenue, Net profit and Employees for the years 2016-2023 as these are neutral data and shown in other company's articles, too. WikiPate (talk) 16:52, 30 March 2024 (UTC)