HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – China’s Alibaba <9988.HK> said orders on its e-commerce platform during the Singles’ Day shopping event hit 467.5 billion yuan ($70.6 billion) by Wednesday evening.
The world’s biggest sales event – eclipsing Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the United States – spans four main days this year.
(Reporting by Josh Horwitz; Writing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
