The news also immediately comes after a delivery partnership between Luckin and Meituan was announced in December 2018.
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Luckin says Alibaba deal doesn’t make Starbucks new retail
Guo Jinyi, co-founder and senior vice president at Luckin, responded to the Alibaba-Starbucks deal by saying that traditional retail, even with the increased takeaway and mobile payments, is not necessarily new retail since the fundamental business model had not changed.