沃爾瑪全資收購一號店

　　Walmarthas bought out the remaining stake of an ecommerce business it already controlled in China, amid the continued push by traditional retailers into online sales.

　　The US group said on Thursday that it had acquired 49 per cent of Yihaodian, a Chinese ecommerce business, for an undisclosed sum. It has held a 51 per cent stake in the group, which was founded in 2008, since 2012.

　　The deal puts Walmart, which dominates offline retail in the US but has struggled to translate that into success abroad, in more direct competition with Alibaba, the Chinese ecommerce group. Jack Ma, Alibaba chairman, has predicted it will overtake the US retail chain in sales this year.

　　沃爾瑪(Walmart)買下它在中國已控股的一家電子商務企業的殘剩股分。今朝傳統零售商紛紜進軍在線發賣。

　　這家美國團體周四表現，已收購中國電商企業1號店(Yihaodian) 49%股分，生意業務金額不詳。1號店建立於2008年。自2012年以來，沃爾瑪已持有該店51%的股分。

　　沃爾瑪在線下零售範疇主導著美國市場，卻一向難以在美國境外復制這一勝利。這筆生意業務將使沃爾瑪加倍直接地與中國電商團體阿裏巴巴(Alibaba)競爭。阿裏巴巴的董事長馬雲(Jack Ma)曾估計，本年該團體發賣額將跨越這家美國零售連鎖店。