Alibaba plans re-organisation

Hangzhou, 6th December: It has been a bumpy year for Alibaba. Perhaps in an effort to reinvent itself and start anew, the Hangzhou-based e-commerce giant has now announced plans to reorganise its international and domestic e-commerce platforms.

International digital commerce will bring together Alibaba’s overseas consumer-facing and wholesale businesses. The business unit will include AliExpress, Alibaba.com, and Lazada. It will be managed by Fan Jiang, president of Taobao and Tmall. Alibaba reportedly has more than 285 million registered users outside China.

China digital commerce will feature its China consumer-facing and wholesale marketplaces. It will be managed by Trudy Dai, president of industrial eCommerce and community eCommerce. She has been with the company since its founding in 1999.