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Understanding the Alibaba Business Model
By The Babylonians  •  October 7, 2020
Alibaba business model is a complex one as they are a mammoth company that keeps growing. This article provides a breakdown of all the core components that makes up the Alibaba business model. Alibaba has 4 main business segments: core commerce, cloud computing, digital media & entertainment and lastly innovative initiatives. 1. Alibaba Core Commerce (China) 1.1 China Retail 86% of Alibaba’s revenue comes from core commerce. Within core commerce, you can look at it from 2 angles. China vs International, and Retail vs Wholesale. In China, the two most well-known brands are Taobao and Tmall. Taobao is the largest e-commerce website for people to go online shopping. Tmall is also an online shopping platform, except its sellers are official brands and retailers. Broadly speaking, the key difference between Taobao and Tmall is the former is C2C while the latter is B2C. Freshippo (known as “Hema” in Chinese) is a grocery retail chain...
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By The Babylonians
The Babylonians is a personal financial blog inspired by a book titled “The Richest Man in Babylon”. This blog shares insightful and educational content on investing across 3 asset classes: Stocks, REITs and Crypto. The motivation behind The Babylonians is to help the average Joe (using myself as a test subject) escape from the rat race through following certain laws and principles of wealth.
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