Chao News client reporter Zhu Yao.
Recently, Alibaba has been repeatedly rumored to be the first of its businesses. On the evening of February 2, according to a report, Alibaba considered a number of consumer industry assets, including grocery business Hema and retailer RT-Mart. It is reported that Alibaba has been in talks with strategic and financial investors about these assets. Just a few days ago, it was also reported that Alibaba Group was considering its department store and shopping mall operator Yintai Retail in the near future. As of press time, Alibaba and related businesses have not responded. In March 2014, Alibaba and Yintai Retail jointly announced that Alibaba would launch a 53HK$700 million strategic investment in Yintai; In 2015, Alibaba increased its stake in Yintai through convertible bonds and other factors, becoming the largest shareholder of Yintai. On June 29, 2016, Yintai Retail Group announced that it had accepted Alibaba's share exchange notice. Alibaba's shareholding in Yintai Retail through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, The Libra Capital Greater China Fund Limited, together with the stake of then-Alibaba Vice Chairman Joe Tsai and Alibaba Group, brings the total shareholding ratio to 2790%, becoming the largest shareholder of Yintai Retail. The shareholding ratio of the Shen ** family, the founder and former chairman of Yintai, has increased from 2187% to 1756%。RT-Mart once created a retail legend. In the midst of rapid development, RT-Mart once developed into a super "classic" retailer. In 2017, Alibaba announced that it would invest approximately HK$22.4 billion to directly and indirectly hold Sun Art Retail3616% stake. In 2020, Alibaba increased its stake to 72% again. In fact, this is not the first time that Alibaba has been rumored to be interested in some of its businesses. Previously, Hema and Ele.me were rumored to be considering**, but the relevant rumors were quickly denied.
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