of Alibaba Group, partly owned by Yahoo Inc.РLast November an online campaign by Taobao racked up orders worth more than 5.2 billion yuan in one day, or six days' worth of retail business in all of Hong Kong.РThat was equivalent to an average of about 10,000 packages generated by Taobao per minute on that day, saddling delivery carriers with a two-week backlog.Р"Such online sales events are usually followed by many days of delay and missing orders, which then is inevitably followed by plaints from customers," said Lu Zhengyuan, an merce equities analyst.РA key reason is the fragmented nature of the Chinese market, which has more than 7,000 local express operators, mostly franchises of 12 panies. Some local operators, swamped with packages, even mobilise relatives to handle delivery.Р文章来源:
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