E-Commerce Giant Alibaba Sells Intime Luxury Store Chain At Big Loss
BABA(BABA) Forbes·2024-12-17 15:03
An Intime Department Store in Hangzhou.CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesAlibaba Group Holding is selling its stake in Chinese department store chain Intime for 7.4 billion yuan ($1 billion) as the company returns it focus to e-commerce, even though the sale will lead to losses of 9.3 billion yuan.The Hangzhou-based behemoth said a consortium of buyers including Chinese billionaire Li Rucheng’s fashion conglomerate Youngor Group will acquire its 99% stake in Intime, as well as 1% owned by an unidentif ...