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TEHRAN, April 02 -Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) said on Monday it would buy the remaining shares of Ele.me, a major platform in China’s food delivery market, as it competes with Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) services for offline consumers.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC)-Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) said on Monday it would buy the remaining shares of Ele.me, a major platform in China’s food delivery market, as it competes with Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) services for offline consumers.
Ele.me, which roughly translates as “Hungry?”, is part of a fast-growing and competitive e-commerce market in China driven by consumers eager to use smartphones to make purchases from groceries to cinema tickets.
In August Ele.me bought major rival Baidu deliveries from Baidu Inc (BIDU.O). For Alibaba, the latest acquisition enlarges the e-commerce firm’s food delivery empire, which also includes delivery platform Koubei, as it competes with Meituan Dianping, backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK).
Alibaba and Meituan are both investing heavily in offline services, including deliveries, mobile payments and unstaffed stores, to tap a wider demographic as China’s online commerce market shows signs of slowing.
Ele.me will continue to operate under its own brand following the acquisition, said Alibaba, but will combine some functionalities with Koubei.
Source:Reuters
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