SHANGHAI: Chinese shoppers spent more than US$1bil (RM4.3bil) in the first five minutes of Singles Day, e-commerce giant Alibaba said, in the world’s biggest online shopping promotion.
Singles’ Day – named for the repeated digit in the date Nov 11 – was created by Alibaba in 2009.
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