Alibaba Singles' Day sales hit $23 billion in first nine hours
November 10, 2019 at 21:43 PM EST
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Inc on Monday said sales for its annual Singles' Day shopping blitz hit 158.31 billion yuan ($22.63 billion) in its first nine hours, up 25% from 126.72 billion yuan at the same point last year.