Eleanor Olcott / Financial time::
Alibaba puts $ 7 billion in Taobao promotions while JD.com invests $ 1.4 billion to cultivate food delivery, both offering discounts to become the main “daily application” of China in China– JD.com and Alibaba attract buyers with discounts in Push to scratch the market share of Rival Meituan
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