Singles’Day explained - a podcast by South China Morning Post

On November 11, also known as Singles’ Day, more than US$38 billion was spent in 24 hours on Alibaba’s e-commerce platforms alone—that’s more than Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Prime Day combined. But what really sets Singles’Day apart from other shopping fests? Why are people shopping on a day that’s not even a holiday? And…is that Taylor Swift at Alibaba’s Singles’Day gala?Senior tech reporter Zen Soo and podcast producer Yang Yang spent the day where it all began: at Alibaba’s…

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