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Alibaba merges its two food delivery platforms Ele.me and Koubei
Alibaba Local Services Company is embracing “new retail” to fend off competitors such as Tencent-backed Meituan.
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Ele.me denies rumored merger with Koubei
Rumors started on Wednesday, August 8 that Alibaba, the holding company of Ele.me and Koubei, would merge these two companies and seek to raise $3 billion. Japan’s SoftBank was said to lead the investment.
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Ele.me starts delivering Starbucks almost two months after official announcement
The Starbucks delivery service, for now, is only available in 10 stores in Beijing and Shanghai respectively.
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Ele.me enters another round of money-burning
Ele.me to Spend More Than $440 Million to Seize Turf– Caixin Global What happened: Chinese online food delivery giant Ele.me is planning to spend more than $440 million from July to September to expand its market share in the hope to increase its market share to over 50%. Why it’s important: The subsidy and marketing […]
Posted inTurf Wars
Ele.me partners with HelloBike amid escalating battle with Meituan
Ele.me and HelloBike have moved into a new partnership for sharing users base with each other.
Posted inTurf Wars
Baidu Waimai rebrands as Star.Ele to target at higher-end food delivery market
Baidu Waimai’s rebranding represents a footnote for the changing landscape of China’s online food delivery industry.
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Starbucks said to strike back at Luckin with coffee delivery by Ele.me
Starbucks said to deliver coffee in tie-up with Alibaba’s Ele.me —SCMP What happened: Starbucks is planning to deliver coffee with the help of Alibaba-owned food delivery platform Ele.me, according to unnamed sources. The move comes after Starbucks reported a 2% decline in revenues for the last quarter. The two companies are yet to confirm the news. […]
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Alibaba buys food delivery platform Ele.me
Alibaba announced today that it will acquire all outstanding shares that it does not already own in food delivery platform Ele.me. The transaction implies the enterprise value of Ele.me at US$9.5 billion. Alibaba and its financial arm Ant Financial are already the largest shareholder in the company with approximately 43% shares. Rumors of Alibaba’s acquisition […]
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Ele.me starts using drones to cut delivery costs and time
Drones are officially joining China’s food delivery service. Chinese food delivery platform Ele.me has gotten approval for the country’s first batch of air routes for real-time delivery drones in Shanghai on May 29. There are 17 routes in total, all located in Jinshan Industrial Park in the Shanghai suburbs. With three to four flights on each […]
