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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Alibaba group hits all time record of single day sales of 5 75 billion
Alibaba group hits all time record of single day sales of 5 75 billion
Many of us know and even shop from the famous Chinese e-commerce website Aliexpress, but not everybody know that Aliexpress is simply and offshoot of Alibaba. Alibaba group is that China’s largest e-commerce company privately owned and based in eastern China part of Hanghou where it was founded and it began online operation in the year 2009.
Since its operation in 2009, the company have been serving not less than 240 countries across the globe with huge varieties of items including electronics, toys, gadget of different kind, clothing, jewelleries, foot wears, and so many other products. For that reason, the Alibaba group has even been seen as the world’s largest online business-to-business trading platform for small businesses.
The company has about three major offshoot companies; Alibaba, 1688 and Aliexpress, each serving different purposes and different countries. Alibaba key figures are Jonathan Lu who is the CEO of the company and Ma Yun the executive chairman and it has about 24,000 employees.
One of the peculiar services offered by the company to its clients is the escrow service; a situation whereby buyers money is been held away from the seller and the cash is only remitted to the seller after the buyer of a product has confirmed that the item(s) purchased has been delivered safely to them. The escrow service has given the company high trust score ratings and has shielded many buyers from some of the dubious sellers around and that can also be found in other places or other online e-commerce businesses.
Today, Alibaba is said to have broken the single-day online sales record with a single-day sales of about a whopping $5.75billion, topping their last year record of $3.14billion in just a single day sales. China biggest shopping holiday period is known as ‘’Singles-day’’much like the Valentine’s Day in the US, but with the Singles-day unlike the Valentine’s Day, everything is geared towards shopping of varieties of items in that single-day.
So if you have not shopped on Alibaba or Aliexpress before, this is an opportunity for to experience that e-shopping on any of the sites and get your goods at a highly subsidized rate, experience what their escrow service is like and also stand the chance of your goods delivered to your doorstep at absolutely no charge (free shipping) as the case may be.
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Sunday, February 26, 2017
Another Group of Work
Another Group of Work
I am really drawn to work that is more spare than I can seem to manage. In several of my workshops this year I have had students working in this way. Maybe spare is not quite the right word. Central cluster, breathing space around all four sides. Here are just a few images of student work (student isnt quite the right word either, as these are all experienced artists)
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| These are gel prints by Leslie Fry, who is a sculptor. |
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| One of many "studies" or "starts" by Sarah Bunker. |
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| Ann Crain worked so fast and furiously in my workshop, I could not keep up with her! Fascinating to see her process, and the pieces definitely capture her loose, free, expressive style. |
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| These are studies done by Kate Webster, who kindly assisted me in Gloucester and at Omega. I just loved these bold and confident collages. She doesnt have a web site. |
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| The above two images show the work of Linda Hazell, who was at the Omega workshop. She doesnt have a web site either; I hope she makes one soon, as I would love to see more of her work! |
I am actually TAKING one of my own online workshops - 100 Drawings on Cheap Paper. It is actually a continuation of the one that began last August, for a small group of students who wanted to continue in a self-directed way. We have two-week blocks in which to make our own lesson, and then make ten pieces that address the parameters of that lesson. I am thinking of exploring this central cluster + breathing room for my next "lesson", but I have to define it a little more clearly. Im taking some time to play with the idea freely.
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| Sixteen starts. This is the easy part. |
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| One of the starts, unadulterated |
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| The piece above with a bit of collage and spattering |
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| This one might be even finished! Beginners luck. |
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