Pacific Epoch evaluates capital expenditures among the largest e-commerce companies into warehouse facilities, weighing the strategy against the size of the players, their cash…

Pacific Epoch's China-based analysts present their unique insights on the country's internet sector. This edition features on-the-ground analysis of Sina Weibo, as well as Tencent's…

Alibaba Group's market-leading business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce platform Tmall recently announced plans to increase its service fees in 2012, prompting online protests from…

Alibaba Group has established a RMB 200 million small loans subsidiary in Chongqing, Southern Metropolitan News reported June 22. Alibaba holds a 70% stake in the company, while…

In this month's report, Pacific Epoch looks at the factors shaping Alibaba's Q2 and full-year revenue prospects.

Alibaba.com (1688.HK) made net income of RMB 452.5 million in the first quarter of 2011, up 37.1% y-o-y and 10.2% q-o-q, the company announced May 12. Total revenue grew 25.5%…

High inflation has prompted China to adopt a new motto for 2011 monetary policy: “wenjian,” meaning “stable,” “steady” or “prudent,” adjectives that run contrary…

Alibaba Group's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao.com has partnered with domestic second-hand automobile information site Iautos.com to build a used car database and trading…

Alibaba's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao.com officially launched a sub-channel for baby products at Baobao.taobao.com on November 22, qq.com reported November 22. The…

Alibaba's consumer-focused e-commerce site Taobao.com has opened a book-specific consumer-to-consumer (C2C) site at book.taobao.com, DoNews reported November 18. The company began…