Tim Culpan, Columnist

This Is the Single Most Meaningless Shopping Event

Alibaba’s online extravaganza should leave the stardom to celebrities.

November 12, 2018 at 2:23 AM UTC

Tim Culpan is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology in Asia. Previously, he was a technology reporter for Bloomberg News.

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The World’s Largest Single-Day Shopping Festival has come and gone. And more records have been set.

They’re meaningless.