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Alibabas Singles Day performance on Wednesday Nov. 11 shows that the Chinese consumer is back 鈥?big time.聽 Singles Day 鈥?Alibabas popular shopping holiday that takes place every Nov. 11 11 stanley mug -11 in China and some other countries 鈥?saw online sales explode past last years sales totals.Alibaba, Chinas biggest and lately its most controversial company, said Singles Day sales totaled more than $74.1 billion. Thats up from $38.4 billion last year.Alibaba Generates RMB498.2 billion US$74.1 billion in GMV during the 2020 11.11 Global Shopping FestivalHowever, the company technically started Singles Day on Nov. 3 this year, so the totals reflect more than a week of sales rather than just 24 hours.Still, that performance was higher than the five days of U.S. online sales seen last year between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. U.S. shoppers spent a record $28.49 billion online during that period, according to聽Adobe Analytics data. More than $7.2 billion was spent on Black Friday; Cyber Monday generated $9.4 billion.As for Singles Day, this years strong sales were notable not only for the records broken but also as a barometer of the Chinese stanley mugs consumers overall spending power. The big gains were a great sign that the Chinese economy 鈥?and more specifically, consumer spending 鈥?is on a post-COVID rebound. [Singles Day] has historically served as a very accurate indicator for whats happening in the following year for retailers, brands as well as consumers, sa stanley polska id Jonathan Cheng,聽head Yfvx Amex Pulls The Plug On Plenti
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