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Alibaba shifts competition from food delivery to quick commerce

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After months of regulatory pressure on food delivery platforms, the subsidy wars have cooled. But according to LatePost, Alibaba sees food delivery as a warm-up for competition in another, broader segment:

Quick commerce.

Some context: Food takeout is just one slice of quick commerce, a category ...