Emma Hinchliffe says, “China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba moved $17.8 billion in sales during its Singles Day sale on Friday, smashing its own records.

The $17.8 billion (or 120.7 billion yuan) figured crushed Black Friday’s $4.45 billion in e-commerce sales last year and Alibaba’s own $14.3 billion record from 2015.

Singles Day is China’s biggest e-commerce day of the year, complete with a nationally televised party and concert. The day originated as an anti-Valentine’s Day, encouraging single people in China to buy gifts for themselves.

Alibaba broke records with 2016’s event, but that doesn’t even include sales from other companies. The company’s Chinese competitor JD.com didn’t post sales numbers, but said that orders were up 78 percent from 2015 at only 12 p.m. JD.com made up about 20 percent of Singles Day purchases, the analytics firm Clavis Insight said“.

Alibaba sells a record-breaking $17.8 billion on Singles Day

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