Alibaba Singles' Day Sales Hit $8.6 Billion in First Hour
Das sind ja schon erstaunliche Zahlen. Versuche mir mal vorzustellen, was für Computersysteme da dahinter stehen müssen.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. kicked off its annual Singles’ Day shopping bonanza, logging $8.6 billion in sales within the first hour.
Shoppers from at least 192 countries and regions swarmed the e-commerce giant to scoop up discounted lobster, iPhones and refrigerators, at a rate of as many as 256,000 transactions per second. The Chinese company hosted a star-studded gala enlisting tennis star Maria Sharapova and American rapper Pharrell Williams to pump sales. As the event got underway, 93 percent of transactions were done via mobile.
Das sind ja schon erstaunliche Zahlen. Versuche mir mal vorzustellen, was für Computersysteme da dahinter stehen müssen.