"Singles Day" may sound lonely, but those taking part are finding some togetherness in what amounts to the world's largest annual shopping spree, with more than $1 billion spent in just over a minute ...

The population of singles in the U.S. has grown over the past three decades from 29 to 38 percent, according to a study from the Pew Research Center. The growth of the unpartnered population has been ...

Singles Day first started in China in the ‘90s as a Valentine’s Day alternative for singles in the country. But it was the online retail giant Alibaba that transformed the fairly unknown holiday into ...

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Alibaba’s 11.11 (Singles’ Day) Global Shopping Festival took place last week, and the 24-hour sale managed to set some huge milestones this time around. To begin with, the 2019 sale managed to achieve ...

Today is Singles' Day (November 11) and a big event is being held by Chinese online retail giant, the Alibaba Group. Also known as the Global 11:11 Shopping Festival, the online frenzy began in 2009 ...

Alibaba's Singles Day isn't over yet but it's already crushing last year's sales results. As of Monday evening Beijing time, the online shopping giant had pulled in more than $35.8 billion in sales ...