China’s Singles’ Day wraps up with ecomm firms reporting growth in shoppers

China’s largest e-commerce company Alibaba Group said it recorded “robust growth” in sales and a “record number” of shoppers over this year’s Singles’ Day sales period, a weeks-long event that ended at midnight on Monday.

The firm did not release total sales revenue for the period but said 45 brands – including Apple, Haier , Midea and Xiaomi – surpassed