{
  "id": 14700746,
  "title": "Alibaba sets sights on record-breaking Singles’ Day with 1 million brands joining festival",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/alibaba-sets-sights-on-record-breaking-singles-day-with-1-million",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-15T13:00:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SCMP Tech",
    "slug": "scmp-tech",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3371048/alibaba-sets-sights-record-breaking-singles-day-1-million-brands-joining-festival"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Alibaba Group Holding is gearing up for its annual Singles’ Day shopping festival on major online marketplaces Taobao and Tmall, with the company expecting a record one million global brands to take part this year. Pre-sales for the event open on Thursday, followed by the formal sale next Tuesday. The company projects more than 70 million products to feature, also a record for the festival.…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}