Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Inc on Monday said sales for its annual Singles' Day shopping blitz hit 158.31 billion yuan (£17.69 billion) in its first nine hours, up 25% from 126.

Alibaba Singles' Day sales hit $1 billion in one minute & eight seconds

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd settled roughly 69 billion yuan ($9.92 billion) in the first hour of its annual Singles' Day on Sunday, up roughly 21 percent from last year's early haul of 57 billion yuan.

China: Singles' Day sales hit $10 billion in first hour

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd smashed the 2017 record for its Singles' Day sales event on Sunday, surpassing 168 billion yuan (US $24.15 billion) sales in under sixteen hours.

Alibaba Singles' Day smashes $25 billion sales record

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd settled roughly 69 billion yuan (US $9.92 billion) in the first hour of its annual Singles' Day on Sunday, up roughly 21 percent from last year's early haul of 57 billion yuan.

Alibaba Singles' Day sales hit $10 billion in first hour

The day's sales surpass the main US online spending spree, the five days from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday

China shoppers spend over $1bn in first 5 mins of Singles' Day sales