E‑commerce — 20 Technical Articles

Nov 22, 2025 · Artificial Intelligence

Breaking the Recommendation Filter Bubble: Alibaba 1688’s Inference‑Driven AI

Alibaba’s 1688 platform leverages inference‑based large language models to enhance recommendation discovery, addressing the filter‑bubble problem by analyzing long‑term buyer behavior, compressing extensive activity streams, generating nuanced demand queries, and integrating multimodal data and market trend agents to deliver more diverse, explainable product suggestions for B‑type buyers.

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Breaking the Recommendation Filter Bubble: Alibaba 1688’s Inference‑Driven AI

JD Retail Technology

Jan 21, 2025 · Artificial Intelligence

Tech Insight: Selected JD Retail Technology Papers in Artificial Intelligence (2024)

Tech Insight highlights ten 2024 JD Retail Technology AI papers presented at top conferences—including CVPR, SIGIR, WWW, AAAI and IJCAI—that advance open‑vocabulary object detection, unified search‑recommendation, pre‑ranking consistency, diversity‑aware re‑ranking, a diversified product‑search dataset, graph‑based query classification, plug‑in CTR models, parallel ad‑ranking, trajectory‑based CTR stability, and task‑aware decoding for large language models.

Artificial IntelligenceCTR predictionE‑commerce

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Tech Insight: Selected JD Retail Technology Papers in Artificial Intelligence (2024)

JD Cloud Developers

Jan 16, 2025 · Artificial Intelligence

JD Retail’s 2024 Tech Innovations: AI, Supply Chain, and Immersive Shopping

In 2024, JD Retail Technology rolled out a series of breakthroughs—including a major JD APP redesign, data‑driven inventory algorithms, an AIGC content platform, a low‑code national‑subsidy system, a high‑performance data lake, cross‑platform Taro on Harmony, AI‑powered merchant assistants, and immersive XR shopping—showcasing how AI and advanced engineering drive faster fulfillment, richer user experiences, and scalable innovation.

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JD Retail’s 2024 Tech Innovations: AI, Supply Chain, and Immersive Shopping

php Courses

Nov 21, 2024 · Backend Development

Implementing Logistics Tracking in a PHP E‑Commerce Application

To enhance user trust and satisfaction in an e‑commerce platform, this guide outlines the step‑by‑step process for adding a logistics tracking feature in PHP, covering data collection, API integration, data parsing, storage, front‑end display, and regular updates.

API integrationE‑commerceLogistics Tracking

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Implementing Logistics Tracking in a PHP E‑Commerce Application

JD Retail Technology

Sep 10, 2024 · Product Management

Exploring JD.Vision: Spatial Computing, XR E‑commerce and Product Management Insights

This article recounts the development of JD.Vision as a native Apple Vision Pro application, detailing how spatial computing reshapes e‑commerce experiences, the challenges of home‑scene product visualization, user‑type strategies, and the product‑manager growth lessons drawn from the project.

Apple Vision ProE‑commerceSpatial Computing

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Exploring JD.Vision: Spatial Computing, XR E‑commerce and Product Management Insights

DataFunTalk

Jun 19, 2024 · Big Data

Evolution and Practices of E‑commerce Data Warehouse Governance

This article analyzes the current state, development stages, and comprehensive solutions of e‑commerce data‑warehouse governance, covering data quality, cost, security, and efficiency requirements, and presents a roadmap from early‑stage standardization to mature tool‑driven governance with future outlooks.

Cost managementData WarehouseE‑commerce

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Evolution and Practices of E‑commerce Data Warehouse Governance

NewBeeNLP

May 21, 2024 · Industry Insights

How EcomXL Supercharges E‑commerce Image Generation with SDXL Optimizations and 3‑Second Inference

This article details how Alibaba's Wanxiang Lab adapted the SDXL diffusion model for large‑scale e‑commerce image generation, introducing the EcomXL series, a weighted‑distillation fine‑tuning method, hierarchical model fusion, specialized ControlNet variants, and the SLAM inference accelerator to achieve high‑quality, controllable product images within three seconds while boosting business metrics.

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How EcomXL Supercharges E‑commerce Image Generation with SDXL Optimizations and 3‑Second Inference

php Courses

Feb 8, 2024 · Backend Development

Implementing a Membership Level System in a PHP E‑commerce Platform

This article explains how to design and implement a PHP-based membership level system for e‑commerce sites, covering strategy selection, database schema, calculation rules, benefits management, front‑end display, and data‑driven analysis to improve customer loyalty and operational effectiveness.

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Implementing a Membership Level System in a PHP E‑commerce Platform

DataFunSummit

Oct 22, 2023 · Big Data

How Kuaishou E‑commerce Leverages OLAP and a Unified Data Architecture to Solve Business Data Challenges

This article explains how Kuaishou's e‑commerce team built a unified OLAP‑based data platform—covering data ingestion, consistent dimensional and fact layers, metric management, and real‑time services—to address rapid growth, metric inconsistency, and operational inefficiencies across multiple business scenarios.

Data WarehouseE‑commerceMetrics

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How Kuaishou E‑commerce Leverages OLAP and a Unified Data Architecture to Solve Business Data Challenges

DataFunTalk

Aug 28, 2023 · Big Data

Practical Experience of an E‑commerce Platform’s Offline and Real‑time Data Warehouse

This article shares the practical architecture, technology selection, implementation details, and evolution of an e‑commerce platform’s offline and real‑time data warehouses, covering data modeling, processing pipelines, system components such as Hive, Spark, Flink, ClickHouse, Doris, and Hudi, and the lessons learned from multiple production deployments.

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Practical Experience of an E‑commerce Platform’s Offline and Real‑time Data Warehouse

DaTaobao Tech

Mar 24, 2023 · Industry Insights

How Taobao’s “Home‑Page as Venue” Redefined Big‑Sale Performance

This article details the technical design, challenges, and results of Taobao’s “Home‑Page as Venue” initiative, explaining how a new A/B‑page architecture replaced crowded promotional cards with a dynamic cat‑head entry, improved information‑flow efficiency, reduced development cost, and delivered measurable gains in traffic, conversion, and revenue during major sales events.

A/B testingE‑commercePerformance optimization

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How Taobao’s “Home‑Page as Venue” Redefined Big‑Sale Performance

DataFunTalk

Oct 21, 2021 · Artificial Intelligence

Exploration of Alibaba's Feizhu Recommendation Algorithms and Full‑Space CVR Estimation Models (ESMM, ESM², HM³)

This article presents a comprehensive overview of Alibaba's recommendation algorithm practice for the Feizhu travel platform, covering the evolution of e‑commerce recommendation frameworks, full‑space CVR estimation models such as ESMM, ESM² and HM³, and the specific challenges and solutions for travel‑centric recommendation scenarios.

AlibabaCVR estimationE‑commerce

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Exploration of Alibaba's Feizhu Recommendation Algorithms and Full‑Space CVR Estimation Models (ESMM, ESM², HM³)

DataFunSummit

Aug 28, 2021 · Artificial Intelligence

Evolution of Alibaba’s Advertising Prediction Models: From Linear Regression to Deep Interest Evolution Networks

This article reviews the characteristics of e‑commerce personalized prediction, traces Alibaba’s advertising CTR model evolution from large‑scale logistic regression through deep learning architectures such as DIN and CrossMedia, and discusses future research directions like representation learning and white‑box modeling.

CTR predictionE‑commercedeep learning

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Evolution of Alibaba’s Advertising Prediction Models: From Linear Regression to Deep Interest Evolution Networks

DataFunSummit

Feb 28, 2021 · Product Management

Analysis of Shein's Fast Fashion Business Model and Its Data‑Driven Competitive Advantages

The article examines Shein's rapid‑growth fast‑fashion model, highlighting its data‑driven product planning, ultra‑flexible supply chain, digitalization, and logistics capabilities, and discusses how these strengths create a scalable competitive edge and potential opportunities for domestic and international players.

Data‑DrivenE‑commerceFast Fashion

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Analysis of Shein's Fast Fashion Business Model and Its Data‑Driven Competitive Advantages

Suning Technology

Jan 22, 2021 · Operations

What Shaped China’s Retail Landscape in 2020? Key Trends and Insights

The 2020 Suning Retail Technology Research Institute report analyses how the pandemic reshaped China’s retail sector, highlighting dominant strategies of large platforms, the rise of community group buying, O2O, digital transformation, live‑stream commerce, innovative formats, city‑retail and local‑life services.

Community Group BuyingE‑commerceO2O

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What Shaped China’s Retail Landscape in 2020? Key Trends and Insights

Yanxuan Tech Team

Nov 5, 2020 · Product Management

How NetEase Yanxuan Built an AI‑Powered Omnichannel Reach System

This article explains why Yanxuan, a brand e‑commerce platform, created its own omnichannel user‑reach system, outlines the business problems it solves, describes the four‑layer architecture—including data, AI, application, and business layers—and shares early results and future work.

AI schedulingE‑commerceUser Reach

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How NetEase Yanxuan Built an AI‑Powered Omnichannel Reach System

FangDuoduo UEDC

Jan 17, 2020 · Product Management

How Pinduoduo Drives Explosive User Growth with Gamified Promotions

The article analyzes Pinduoduo's shift from low‑cost, rural‑focused tactics to high‑end user acquisition, detailing its massive active‑user numbers, gamified red‑packet and bargaining events, limited‑time sales, psychological controls, and the "Hundred‑Billion Subsidy" strategy that other e‑commerce platforms are now emulating.

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How Pinduoduo Drives Explosive User Growth with Gamified Promotions

DataFunTalk

Sep 20, 2019 · Artificial Intelligence

Multi‑Task Learning for Joint CTR, CVR, and GMV Prediction in E‑commerce

This article describes how a multi‑task learning framework based on ESMM and attention‑shared embeddings was built to jointly predict click‑through rate, conversion rate, and gross merchandise value in a large e‑commerce platform, addressing data sparsity, bias, and training challenges.

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Multi‑Task Learning for Joint CTR, CVR, and GMV Prediction in E‑commerce

Alibaba Cloud Developer

Jun 28, 2017 · Frontend Development

How Tmall’s TidaSDK and Hilo3D Power the 618 AR Experience

Tmall’s 618 festival showcased cutting‑edge AR, 3D interaction and cross‑screen experiences built on the TidaSDK, Interactive Alliance, Hailuo Dock platform and the Hilo3D engine, illustrating how a unified SDK and optimized web rendering enable immersive e‑commerce innovations.

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How Tmall’s TidaSDK and Hilo3D Power the 618 AR Experience

Alibaba Cloud Developer

Nov 16, 2016 · Big Data

How Alibaba’s Double 11 Turned Big Data into a Retail Game‑Changer

The MIT Technology Review article highlights how Alibaba leveraged massive, high‑quality big data, AI, and cloud computing during its Double 11 shopping festival to set new e‑commerce benchmarks, improve personalization, ensure data security, and showcase its ambition to build global digital infrastructure.

AlibabaArtificial IntelligenceE‑commerce

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How Alibaba’s Double 11 Turned Big Data into a Retail Game‑Changer