China’s consumers now can order Starbucks through Alibaba’s smart speaker Tmall Genie and have their deliveries within 30 minutes, the latest example of the popularity of on-demand daily services among the world’s biggest internet population.
The two companies announced their collaboration on Wednesday. The orders will be delivered by Alibaba’s food delivery platform Ele.me. A special Starbucks edition of Tmall Genie sold over 10,000 pieces at a price of 199 yuan on Taobao, the e-commerce platform.
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