SHANGHAI -- JD.com, China's second-largest e-commerce platform, is losing domestic market share to leader Alibaba Group Holding and emerging players -- especially in regional cities, the key to growth in the country's maturing market.
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Like Amazon.com, JD.com built its empire on logistics. But the company's distribution networks are lacking in smaller cities, causing the company to fall behind Alibaba. © Reuters
SHANGHAI -- JD.com, China's second-largest e-commerce platform, is losing domestic market share to leader Alibaba Group Holding and emerging players -- especially in regional cities, the key to growth in the country's maturing market.