To put Alibaba’s $38bn Single’s Day Sales in context - in rand that equals R560bn sales in 24 hours. Shoprite’s annual sales R154bn, Spar R101bn, Pick n Pay R90bn, Massmart R91bn, Woolies R70, Foschini R37bn, Clicks R36bn, DisChem R25bn, Mr Price R23bn and Truworths R19bn =R646bn