Tony Parker is the face of Alibaba.com Paris 2024 campaign

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Alibaba.com recently announced that basketball legend-turned-entrepreneur Tony Parker has been named a global ambassador for its Paris 2024 Olympic Games campaign, alongside two other sports stars.

In other news, the B2B e-commerce platform also gave an award for excellence to suppliers from countries such as India, Singapore and Thailand.

Alibaba.com Chooses NBA Star Tony Parker as Face of Paris 2024 Olympics Campaign

Alibaba.com has announced Tony Parker as the global ambassador for its “Same Player, New Game” creative campaign for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The Olympic Games bring together over 200 countries in over 300 events. Just as the Olympic Games reach a global audience, Alibaba.com plays a similar role in connecting suppliers and buyers around the world.

“I am a regular customer of Alibaba.com and have seen first-hand the tremendous value that can be gained by connecting with suppliers and efficiently sourcing products through an innovative digital platform,” Parker said in a statement.

Parker, a four-time NBA champion, is also a two-time Olympian who reached the men’s basketball quarterfinals with the French team at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Tony will be joined in the campaign by Simona Galik Moore, former Women’s Tennis Association professional tennis player, and mountain biker Elias Schwärzler.

Like Parker, both athletes have enjoyed success outside of sport.

In 2020, Galik Moore launched a professional pickleball brand that has piqued interest in one of the most exciting new sports. Meanwhile, Schwärzler is the founder and owner of a specialist mountain biking apparel brand and a mountain biking academy.

“This is a fantastic opportunity to highlight the business opportunities available to former professional athletes and show how platforms like Alibaba.com can help turn their entrepreneurial ambitions into reality,” said Liz Wang, Global Chief Marketing Officer at Alibaba.com.

Top B2B suppliers to be recognized with Alibaba.com award

Alibaba.com has just launched its first Key E-commerce Leader (KEL) Awards, honoring outstanding e-commerce vendors in South and Southeast Asia with a chance to visit the platform’s headquarters in Hangzhou.

The award is open to owners, key employees and managers of companies using Alibaba.com in seven countries: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. To be eligible, participating companies must have a minimum rating of two stars and be active on the platform for six months or more.

“By showcasing the competition’s success stories, we hope to inspire countless other SMEs engaged in global trade to achieve new heights of success in the global arena,” Roger Luo, director of South and Southeast Asia at Alibaba.com, said in a statement.

Participants from each country will compete in national rounds that will take place from August to October. The top ten from each market will compete in the grand finale in November.

Along the way, participants will have the chance to access training sessions and exclusive benefits, such as improved product showcase slots and keyword ad bonuses. The top three finalists will also receive a sponsored trip to the platform’s headquarters in Hangzhou.

Find out more and register here

Alibaba’s Xianyu Resale Platform Goes Beyond Opportunities to Support Young Users’ Extracurricular Activities

Need a dog walker? Looking for a part-time job? For enterprising netizens in China, the Xianyu online flea market is the place to go.

The side gig platform, launched earlier this month, lets users offer services across eight categories and hundreds of subcategories, covering everything from pet massages to language tutoring.

Learn more about Xianyu, which just celebrated its 10th birthday

Alibaba’s AI tool creates picture books for children with autism

Alibaba recently unveiled an AI-powered tool for creating picture books for autistic children, allowing them to express their feelings and impressions of the world through art.

Since its launch in June, the feature has been used by more than 50,000 people. The feature generates audio art books based on a message fed into Alibaba’s Qwen family of large language models (LLMs).

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IOC deploys energy expert Alibaba Cloud at Paris 2024 venues to optimise energy consumption

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will begin on July 26 and will bring together athletes and guests in 35 locations across the French capital, as well as thousands of others during the upcoming Paralympic Games.

To minimise energy waste and facilitate planning for future Olympic Games, the Energy Expert platform will analyse energy consumption and create energy forecasts and recommendations for individual venues.

Learn more about Alibaba Cloud’s Sustainability Platform