Randy W Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 in the Shanghaiist Manager informs workers they'll get their paychecks after Singles' Day is over, to ensure they don't blow it all http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/alexlinder/singles_day_paycheck.jpg This Friday is Singles' Day in China (11/11), the biggest shopping bonanza of the year. In fact, this year's edition promises to be the biggest shopping day in 5,000 years of Chinese history with Alibaba expected to reach $20 billion in sales.However, workers at this Chongqing company will be left out of the historic spending frenzy. The company's 31-year-old general manager said that employees will all get their paychecks next month, in order to stop them from blowing it all shopping online during the Singles' Day holiday. Link to comment
Allon Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 I wonder what else he might censure -- leave time during Valentine's Day to prevent unwanted pregnancy? How thoughtful. Link to comment
Randy W Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 in the SCMP - Jiaying says it's a 3-day thing now at the downtown department stores Brace for Singles’ Day as Chinese consumers click and swipe to shop Alibaba Group Holding’s TMall.com platform is poised to chalk up a record online shopping extravaganza when it kicks off its eighth Singles’ Day gala on Friday.Hundreds of millions of consumers are expected to put in orders over a 24-hour period, helping the company break last year’s record of US$14.3 billion in gross merchandise value of products sold. Link to comment
Allon Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 There is no shopper like a Chinese shopper. Our company is global and owned by the French now but has a yuge international port at Singapore. The upper management there comes to visit here and disappears to go --- shopping. Especially on Black Friday. Link to comment
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