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Singles Day in China - Everything You Need to Know

Jun 25, 2015

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Eli Schwartz

Everything you need to know about the world biggest shopping day. Created by students and popularized by Alibaba. This year Alibaba shattered previous records and generated $9.3 billion in sales in a single day!
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11 Facts About Singles Day

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It is celebrated on 11/11 every year as the date looks like “sticks”

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Created in the mid-1990’s by students at Nanjing University

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It is kind of like an “Anti-Valentines” to celebrate being single

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It was originally intended to be a day celebrated by going to parties

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Although, its supposed to celebrate singlehood, it has become a day of love.

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Primarily Celebrated in China

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Singlehood is embraced by self gifting

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Popularized by Alibaba in 2009 as a day to find online deals akin to

“Cyber Monday”

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Now the largest shopping day in the world. Bigger than Black Friday + Cyber Monday

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Alibaba trademarked the term of the day "双十一 " (meaning "Double 11") and threatened litigation against any other retailer that infringed on their

trademark

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Single’s Day 2014 Sales Totals shattered Alibaba’s previous

records:• $9.3 Billion in sales during the

24 hour period -60% increase YoY

• $2 Billion in sales during just the first hour