Britain’s Royal Mail teams with China’s Alibaba

BEIJING - Britain’s Royal Mail is joining hands with Alibaba Group’s Tmall Global online marketplace in the hope of linking small British companies with Chinese consumers and boosting trade for its overseas parcels business.

Royal Mail said in a statement that Tmall Global connects 302 million online Chinese consumers with virtual store fronts and payment portals.

“The Tmall online shop front, which will launch later this month, will “provide consumers with access to small- and medium-sized British retailers and exporters who want to do business in China, but do not have the means to do so alone,” Royal Mail said.  www.webershandwick.cn (ATI).