Alibaba’s AliExpress warns of possible coronavirus delays

AliExpress, the global e-commerce platform of Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba , warned customers that there may be some delivery delays due to the coronavirus outbreak.
AliExpress is one of the most downloaded shopping apps globally, part of a growing e-commerce trend in which consumers worldwide buy goods such as mobile phones, vacuum cleaners and dresses directly from manufacturers, mostly based in China.
“Some shipping and logistics are experiencing longer waiting times for processing orders,” it said in a Facebook post.
Unlike Alibaba’s Tmall or Taobao, which target the domestic market, AliExpress primarily caters to international buyers.
Alibaba is pushing outside of China through divisions such as AliExpress to compensate for slowing economic growth at home and rising competition from the likes of JD.com.