Alibaba to launch 'Singles' Day' shopping promotion on Nov. 11 (1/6)

A sign is shown to mark the countdown to the "Singles' Day" shopping promotion on Nov. 11. by a Tmall online shop in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 5, 2013. Alibaba Group, operator of China's biggest e-commerce platforms, will launch a shopping festival on Nov. 11 on its consumer-oriented platform Tmall.com, highlighting big discounts. Sales on Tmall.com reached 13.2 billion yuan (2.2 billion U.S. dollars) on that day last year. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)