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Taobao and Tmall Group
Taobao, known as China’s eBay, is the largest e-commerce platform in China operated by the Alibaba Group.  Founded in 2003, Taobao encourages consumer-to-consumer retail and mainly caters to buyers in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
Chairman / President
Daniel Zhang
CEO / Managing Director
Jiang Fan
CFO / Finance Director
Toby Xu
Industry
Conglomerate
Website
taobao.com
Headquarters address
Taobao (China) Software Co., Ltd.,699 Wangshang Road,Binjiang District, Hangzhou,Zhejiang Province, China
Stock Code
NYSE:BABA HKSE:9988
Year founded
2003
Some consumers in China are using artificial technology to manipulate product photographs, then claiming refunds for “damaged” goods. Photo: RedNote
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Beauty products remained one of the strongest categories, with eight brands each surpassing 100 million yuan in sales within the first 10 minutes. Photo: Shutterstock
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A new multi-tier membership programme on Taobao offers users benefits across several Alibaba apps in an effort to drive business synergy. Photo: Shutterstock
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