Insight Report 4 minutes PremiumThree Months to Singles’ Day: Strategies to Drive Traffic for 11.11 Coresight Research August 12, 2019 Executive SummarySingles’ Day, held annually on November 11, began as a festival of young Chinese people celebrating their pride in being single. Alibaba started promoting the day as a shopping day (now officially called the 11.11 Global Shopping Festival) back in 2009. Only 27 brands participated then, generating total gross merchandise volume (GMV) of $7.8 million. Last year, total GMV on Alibaba’s various platforms hit $30.8 billion, up 27% from the prior year and a huge 252% CAGR over the past nine years. Click here to read more Coresight coverage of Singles Day for the upcoming 2019 shopping event and prior years. In our monthly reports counting down to Singles’ Day, we help retailers prepare for the event. With three months to go, we discuss traffic-driving strategies on Taobao and Tmall. Already a subscriber? Log in You are currently viewing a preview of this report. Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options - Show Options + Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans. View Subscription Plans or Contact us to purchase this report. Contact us ✕ This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Consumers’ Appetite For Luxury in a Post-Zero-Covid ChinaShoptalk 2024 Day Four: Innovation for Innovation’s Sake?Analyst Corner—Tailored, Tech-Enabled and Transformed: The Future of Consumer Healthcare, with Swarooprani MuralidharIs the Future of Security Locked in Technology?: Insights Presented at NRF Protect 2023