【英语国际】阿里巴巴将收购美国电子商务公司Vendio

Alibaba.com agreed to acquire e-commerce services provider Vendio Services Inc., marking the Chinese company's first U.S. acquisition.

The acquisition of Vendio, which helps merchants sell goods on sites such as Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc., is part of Alibaba's larger push to penetrate the U.S. Terms weren't disclosed.

David Wei, chief executive of Alibaba.com, said he is looking for similar opportunities to expand the company's 'B2B2C,' or business-to-business-to-commerce, model in the U.S.

But he added that while Alibaba runs Taobao, China's largest Internet retail platform, the company has no plans to expand into the U.S. online retail market.

Alibaba said the deal will give it access to more than 80,000 small U.S. businesses, most of which have never used online supplier services to source products and materials.

Alibaba is betting that Vendio's customers will source products from the e-commerce giant's supplier network and sell through channels such as eBay, Amazon and Vendio-supported Web stores.

Alibaba and Vendio, which is based in San Mateo, California, said more than 80% of Vendio's customers have never used online supplier services. Vendio's customers will get access to the more than 1.4 million supplier storefronts on Alibaba.com.

The Vendio deal, which is expected to close in July, is part of a $100 million investment plan for AliExpress that Alibaba.com announced this year.

阿里巴巴网络有限公司(Alibaba.com,简称：阿里巴巴)决定收购电子商务服务提供商Vendio Services Inc.，这将是该中国企业首次在美国进行收购。

对Vendio的收购是阿里巴巴大举进军美国步骤的一部分，交易条款没有披露。Vendio的业务是帮助商户在亚马逊（Amazon.com Inc.）和eBay Inc.等网站出售商品。

阿里巴巴首席执行长卫哲说，他正在寻找在美国推广公司“B2B2C”(企业－企业－客户)模型的类似机会。

但他补充说，尽管阿里巴巴经营着中国最大的网路零售平台淘宝网（Taobao），但公司未计划扩张到美国的在线零售市场。

阿里巴巴表示，这笔交易将使其获得超过80,000个的美国小企业客户，这些客户中的多数从未使用过在线供应商服务来寻找产品和材料货源。

阿里巴巴认定Vendio的客户将从阿里巴巴这一电子商务巨擘的供应商网路中寻找产品货源，再通过诸如eBay，亚马逊和Vendio支持的网路店铺等渠道销售商品。

阿里巴巴和Vendio表示，超过80%的Vendio客户从未使用过在线供应商服务。Vendio总部位于加州 马特奥。Vendio的客户将能够访问阿里巴巴网站上超过140万个供应商店铺。

就Vendio进行的交易料将于7月份结束，这是阿里巴巴今年公布为全球速卖通（AliExpress）投资1亿美元计划中的一部分。