Yet another Singles Day (11/11) has seen yet another record breaking day of online sales on Chinese commerce websites! This year, Alibaba passed the $1trillion USD mark while trading over Singles Day.
Singles Day is an unofficial Chinese holiday celebrating singledom, falling on 11/11 due to the date's resemblance to four single branches side by side (a 'bare branch' is Chinese slang for a single man). Retailers usually hold large sales and increasingly also big events and shows, with turnovers dwarfing those of Black Friday (the American festival celebrating the end of slavery).
So on this Singles Day, happy Singles Day to all OT's unattached and involuntarily chaste bachelors! Enjoy continuing to build your thread full of soft porn for many more years to come, jp!
