阿里巴巴28億港元投資海爾大綱
Alibaba, China’s leading ecommerce company that is expected to list in the coming months, will invest HK$2.8bn ($364m) in Haier, the Chinese appliance maker, to expand its logistics and distribution network.
中國領先電子商務公司阿里巴巴(Alibaba)將向家電製造商海爾(Haier)投資28億港元（合3.64億美元），以擴大其物流和配送網絡。預計阿里巴巴將在未來幾個月上市。
The tie-up between Alibaba and Haier comes as the explosive growth of ecommerce in China is sometimes hampered by patchy delivery logistics in the nation of 1.3bn people. The deal sent Haier’s shares in Hong Kong up 13.3 per cent yesterday.
在阿里巴巴與海爾合作之際，在這個擁有13億人口的國家，電子商務的爆炸性增長有時會受到參差不齊的物流配送服務的影響。這筆交易促使海爾在香港的股票昨日上漲13.3%。
Most of the funds will go towards establishing a joint venture with Haier subsidiary Goodaymart, a retailer that has 26,000 stores and distribution sites in 2,800 counties in China. The joint venture will focus on developing a China-wide network for delivering and installing appliances and other large goods, according to a statement from the companies.
多數資金將用來與海爾子公司日日順物流(Goodaymart)組建合資公司，日日順物流擁有約26000個鄉鎮專賣店，並在全國2800多個縣建立了物流配送站。兩家公司的一份聲明稱，合資公司將關注於在全國打造一個家電及大件物品的送貨及安裝服務網絡。
On last month’s Single’s Day – a shopping holiday promoted by Alibaba – the ecommerce group sold $5.7bn worth of goods. The US’s Cyber Monday after Thanksgiving this year had just $1.7bn spent on desktop online shopping, according to ComScore. In total last year, Alibaba’s multiple online platforms handled $171bn worth of orders.
在今年的11月11日，阿里巴巴集團銷售了價值57億美元的商品。這個雙11購物節是由阿里巴巴倡導的。根據ComScore的數據，美國今年感恩節過後的網購星期一(Cyber Monday)的在線交易額僅爲17億美元。去年整整一年，阿里巴巴的多個在線平臺處理了價值1710億美元的訂單。
Although Alibaba is an online platform for other companies to sell goods and does not stock any products itself, it works with brands such as Haier that sell on its online sites, which include Tmall and Taobao. Before Single’s Day, Alibaba employees visited sellers and logistics companies to check that they had enough capacity to handle the orders expected.
儘管阿里巴巴是一個讓其他公司銷售商品的在線平臺，本身沒有任何商品存貨，但該公司與海爾等在其網站——包括天貓(Tmall)和淘寶(Taobao)——銷售商品的品牌合作。在雙11之前，阿里巴巴員工曾參觀賣家和物流企業，查看他們是否有足夠的能力處理預期的訂單。
