The Hema stores are part of Alibaba’s “new retail” strategy, which aims to seamlessly integrate online and offline shopping. Alibaba launched the brand in 2015 in a bid to reinvent traditional ...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to link its flagship online shopping and travel services to its AI app, taking its biggest ...

Alibaba on Monday unveiled three more Hema supermarkets, in Shanghai and Beijing, to complete the rollout begun in 2015, according to a press release emailed to Retail Dive. The company now runs 13 of ...

Alibaba Group Holding Limited BABA is expanding its presence in the grocery market. The company plans to open 30 Hema supermarket stores in Beijing by the end of the year. Hema stores allow customers ...

When Chinese e-tailer Alibaba rolled out its Freshippo supermarket in 2016, U.S. observers took notice of what seemed to be the world's first true omnichannel store. Shoppers browse an array of fresh ...

Alibaba stock dipped after the China tech giant announced a major update to its Qwen AI app, focused on shopping.