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Shopping gala draws near E-commerce giant Alibaba Group is roping in 250,000 brands to offer perks and discounts on some 14 million products for its upcoming Nov 11 Shopping Festival, an event it expects will drive the largest consumption splurge in China since the COVID-19 outbreak. By spending some 2 billion yuan worth of digital coupons through virtual gameplay, the e-commerce giant is looking to attract at least 800 million users to place orders during the extravaganza, according to Jiang Fan, president of Taobao and Tmall, the online marketplaces owned by Alibaba. Entering its 12th year, this year's edition has for the first time added a new sales window from Nov 1 to Nov 3 on top of the traditional 24-hour sales period that falls on Nov 11. Alibaba is expecting some 400 company executives and 300 internet celebrities to endorse a variety of offerings, including even eye-catching bigger items from automobiles to apartments. |