Name: Alibaba and Office Depot Team Up
Uploaded: 2019-03-04
Duration: 1 min 5 s
Description: To focus on small business opportunities.

Alibaba and Office Depot Team Up

To focus on small business opportunities.

the Chinese conglomerate Alibaba and its successful business to business trading platform is set to partner with a large U. S company, Office Depot. According to a statement, Office Depot customers will be able to access over 150,000 various business suppliers as part of Alibaba's global network that can offer next day delivery, while in turn, Alibaba will have access to 10 million business customers and roughly 1800 sales agents. Perhaps John Kaplan, head of North America Business to business at Alibaba Group. Best explain the new network, saying that if your business manufacturers bicycles, you can buy your office supplies from Office Depot, which can now introduce you to Alibaba's network for access to the manufacturers of bicycle parts. Office Depot CEO Jerry Smith says that one reason for the new one stop shop is to help small and medium sized businesses combat two challenges he hears they face time and money. Smith thinks the Alibaba network will provide a solution for both issues as well as give businesses the opportunity to reach out globally, saying quote. We are really bringing the world capabilities back to the U. S.