Shanghai’s market watchdog has imposed an RMB 500,000 fine on food delivery app Ele.me for misleading consumers on prices and food safety.
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Ele.me faces backlash, Luckin coup: Retailheads
Ele.me is criticized for its treatment of the family of a deliveryman who died on the job. The US may ban American investors from Alibaba and Tencent.
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Ele.me driver self-immolates to protest wage dispute
A short video showing individuals putting out the flames engulfing a deliveryman working for Ele.me in Jiangsu province went viral on Chinese social media.
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Alibaba layoff will hit local life service units the hardest: report
Alibaba’s layoff comes after the company recorded its slowest revenue growth in 2021 since it went public on the New York exchange in 2014.
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Pinduoduo founder steps down, Taobao on WeChat: Retailheads
Colin Huang, the Pinduoduo founder, stepped down as chairman. Alibaba is said to be planning to launch Taobao Deals on WeChat as a mini program.
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Briefing: Ele.me widens logistics offerings, to build out infrastructure
Ele.me’s service expansion follows on the heels of rival Meituan’s widened logistics services.
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Briefing: Xiaohongshu, Ele.me and NetEase Kaola accused of harvesting user data
Authorities call on leading app operators to stop collecting user data without permission amid concerns over leaks.
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Luckin reportedly seeking Ele.me tie-up for deliveries amid profit pressures
The news also immediately comes after a delivery partnership between Luckin and Meituan was announced in December 2018.
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Alibaba’s grocery chain Freshippo records first profitability in key segment, eyes expansion in 2023
Freshippo said it achieved profitability with its main grocery brand Hema Xiansheng for the first time in 2022, after seven years of investment, according to an internal letter to employees from Freshippo chief executive Hou Yi seen by local media outlet Jiemian. Why it matters: At a time when many other tech-funded grocery chains are […]
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Ele.me targets speedy deliveries over Spring Festival
Since Ele.me was acquired by Alibaba, the company has escalated a cash-burning subsidy war with Meituan Dianping
