Alibaba quickens grocery openings, fusing bricks and clicks

Cashless supermarkets double as delivery fulfillment center

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Hema Fresh employees pick and pack groceries for online orders, as the supermarkets essentially double as a fulfillment warehouse.

NAOKI MATSUDA, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- Alibaba Group Holding has raised the target for store openings in its Hema Fresh cashless supermarkets to 100 this year from the originally planned 60 as the Chinese e-commerce leader gains confidence in its effort to combine physical stores with an online presence.

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