Mail pickup point Beijing.AP Photo/Andy Wong
- Alibaba said it passed $74 billion in sales on Singles Day this year.
- The major shopping holiday is usually bigger than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.
- The biggest shopping day in the world leads to a massive logistics operation involving millions of people.
Alibaba's Singles Day sales were over $74 billion, the Chinese retail giant reported shortly after midnight local time, which translates into a massive logistics operation for delivery.
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Singles Day on November 11, or Double 11, is a Chinese shopping holiday started by online retailer Alibaba. Sales each year surpass Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined, making it the world's single largest shopping event. Photos from last year showed the "chaos" of delivering $38 billion worth of goods, and this year looks to be an even larger operation.
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