Alibaba Cloud, founded in 2009, is a global leader in cloud computing and full-stack AI services. As the technology backbone of Alibaba’s retail ecosystem, it leads AI innovation for the industry. Its world-class models, Qwen and Wan, are redefining how brands engage with consumers through intelligence and personalization. To learn more about Alibaba Cloud's retail capabilities, visit https://www.alibabacloud.com/solutions/retail.
Sunday Jan 11
11:00am - 11:30am
Exhibitor Big Ideas Stage 3
China's retail market is undergoing rapid AI-driven transformation, reshaping not only digital infrastructure, but also how consumers discover products, engage with brands, and make purchasing decisions. The 11.11 Global Shopping Festival 2025 marked the first large-scale deployment of AI across Alibaba's Taobao and Tmall platforms, demostrating how AI can deliver tangible value for both consumers and brands.
This session brings together leaders in ecommerce and enterprise technology to explore the digital and consumer trends emerging from China's AI-enabled ecosystem, and what global brands can learn as AI reshapes customer experience and retail growth worldwide.
Tuesday Jan 13
11:30am - 12:30pm
Exhibitor Big Ideas Stage 5
As AI reshapes how consumers discover and evaluate products, retail growth is increasingly shaped by conversational AI, social algorithms, and creator-generated content. Micro-influencers and authentic, GEO-optimized content are emerging as powerful drivers of visibility and trust, especially as traditional search gives way to AI-powered discovery.
In this session, leaders from retail, AI, and commerce platforms discuss how data intelligence, AI, creators and platform ecosystems are converging to influence discovery, engagement, and growth, and what these shifts mean for retailers in an AI-enabled commerce landscape.
