25-Dec-14 World View -- Christmas pageantry brings cheer

[John]

25-Dec-14 World View -- Christmas pageantry brings a little cheer to Bethlehem

Christmas is subdued in much of the world


** 25-Dec-14 World View -- Christmas pageantry brings a little cheer to Bethlehem
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e141225


Contents:
Christmas pageantry brings a little cheer to Bethlehem
In China, Christmas is for partying and e-commerce
Christmas in Pakistan is subdued because of the Peshawar massacre
In Iraq, it's Christmas in refugee camps in Kurdistan


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Bethlehem, West Bank, Israel, Gaza,
Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL,
Fouad Twal, Jerusalem, China, Alibaba, Pakistan, Peshawar,
Iraq, Kurdistan

[vincecate]

But it's also big business. The Christmas season allows China's e-commerce giant Alibaba to play "Santa Claus for the whole world." On Black Friday alone, the company set a one-day sales record of $2.65 million, a growth of 65.6% from last Black Friday.

This is far too small for a big day for Alibaba. I checked your source and it was another company:

"The LightinTheBox Holding Co., Ltd., another Chinese online retailer serving global consumers, has been offering discounts of up to 80 percent during this Christmas buying season.

On Black Friday, which is considered to be the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, the company set a one-day sales record of 2.65 million U.S. dollars, a growth of 65.6 percent from last Black Friday, according to a report by the company."