It’s time for Alibaba to slay the monster Jack Ma created


FILE PHOTO: The logo of Alibaba Group is seen at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China July 20, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

ALIBABA Group Holding Ltd should put its Singles’ Day shopping extravaganza out to pasture.

The Nov 11 annual event, which has been going for a decade, started as a marketing gimmick for an upstart e-commerce company looking to draw a crowd. And it did.

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