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Recent Alibaba Sales Better Than Anticipated

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd recently revealed a string of results that were a lot better than they had been anticipating. Although there were murmurs of a strong sales contraction on the horizon, the Chinese retail giant was able to clap back against those rumors with a very strong showing this time around.

Alibaba is one of the most profitable retail companies in the entire world. Not unlike online retail shopping tycoons such as Amazon, Alibaba has been a major player in the industry for as long as avid online shoppers can remember.

However, as successful as they’ve been, there were a few setbacks that threw Alibaba executives off guard. In June of this year, the company’s revenue slid for the first time ever—a shocking and impressive statistic. But as impressive as it was, it gave higher-ups within the company reason to worry.

Analysts wondered whether or not this slip was indicative of something larger, and whether things were about to get a whole lot worse. But if the recent report is any indication, it looks like they’ll be just fine for the time being.

In any case, fiscal experts of the company will surely be on heavy watch for the foreseeable future.

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