沃爾瑪全資收購一號店 Walmart takes full control of Chinese ecommerce group Yihaodian

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.

沃爾瑪(Walmart)買下它在中國已控股的一家電子商務企業的剩餘股份。目前傳統零售商紛紛進軍在線銷售。

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.

這家美國集團週四表示，已收購中國電商企業1號店(Yihaodian) 49%股份，交易金額不詳。1號店成立於2008年。自2012年以來，沃爾瑪已持有該店51%的股份。

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.

沃爾瑪在線下零售領域主導着美國市場，卻一直難以在美國境外複製這一成功。這筆交易將使沃爾瑪更加直接地與中國電商集團阿里巴巴(Alibaba)競爭。阿里巴巴的董事長馬雲(Jack Ma)曾經預計，今年該集團銷售額將超過這家美國零售連鎖店。