Alibaba sells more stuff online in one day (singles day) than India does in an entire year.

Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales grossed $17.8 billion in 2016, while India's e-commerce sales totaled $15.27 billion, and it also crossed in 2019

Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales grossed $17.8 billion in 2016, while India's e-commerce sales totaled $15.27 billion, and it also crossed in 2019Alibaba's Singles' Day is a holiday celebrated in China on November 11. People celebrate the occasion by treating themselves to gifts and presents, leading Singles' Day to become the largest online shopping day.

Alibaba's sales were at $1 billion in sales in the first one hour of the Singles' Day Sale in 2016. It closed the day with$17.8 billion in sales.

In 2016, India's e-commerce sales totaled $15.27 billion and 65.3% of all retail e-commerce sales. Those figures are $63.53 billion and 80.0% of the calculation period. Almost two-thirds of India's e-commerce purchases were via a mobile device in 2016.

Alibaba's shopping platforms exceeded the previous year's 213.5 billion yuan record (nearly $30.5 billion) in 2019.

The Indian e-commerce market is expected to grow to US$ 200 billion by 2026 from US$ 38.5 billion by 2017. The growth for the industry has been an increase in internet and smartphone invasion.