09-12-2006, 12:31 PM
Quote: Alibaba.com Corp., Chinas largest e-commerce company, plans to expand to India, Southeast Asia, and even Europe, Porter Erisman, vice-president of international marketing and business development, was quoted as saying in a report by the South China Morning Post.
The Hangzhou-based company plans to expand in the new regions in the next one or two years, and will triple the size of its overseas staff. It currently employs about 4,300 staff, including 40 in Hong Kong and 10 in foreign centers.
Erisman also indicated that the company will target trade magazine publishers as local partners to help in its overseas operations because of their relationships with local small and medium-sized companies...
full article: http://www.chinaknowledge.com/news/news-...px?id=4266
In other Alibaba news:
Quote:One of Jack Mas companies has 27 million registered users, but the Alibaba.com chief executive officer can think only of the people not using his site.
"We want to show how big the China market is," Ma said Saturday in an interview in Hangzhou, where Alibaba is headquartered. The groups auction site, Taobao.com, claims 27 million registered users and about 70 percent of Chinas consumer auction market. "I want the Taobao team to focus on getting more and more people and more and more transactions," Ma said, adding that "110 million [Chinese Internet] users are not using the site."...
full article: http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=24667