China’s $265 billion e-commerce world (infographic)

February 27, 2013 10:01 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Alibaba predicts that 2013 will be the year that Chinese e-commerce surpasses U.S e-commerce, with $265 billion in sales compared to a projected $230 billion for America, and that total Chinese online sales will reach $445 billion in 2015.

Alibaba reaches 1 trillion RMB ($157B) in sales to become biggest e-commerce company in the world

December 3, 2012 7:39 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Alibaba chairman Jack Ma said only two companies have ever recorded annual transaction volumes at this level: Wal-Mart and Alibaba.

$7 billion would come in very handy to help Marissa Mayer reinvent Yahoo

August 9, 2012 3:44 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Can $7 billion reinvigorate Yahoo? That’s a question for new CEO Marissa Mayer, who looks to be clearing the decks in preparation for significant changes to Yahoo strategy.

In May of this year, Yahoo agreed to sell half of its …