China's Tech Giant Alibaba Goes Offline With New Supermarkets (HBO)
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- Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2018
- Chinese tech giant Alibaba has accomplished what most other online retailers can only dream of: it’s integrated online shopping with brick-and-mortar stores.
Shoppers at the behemoth's Hema Supermarkets still find all the goods you’d expect in a regular grocery store - only they have to download the app to shop there, and they can't pay in cash.
Like Hema, many of the various ventures owned by Alibaba - founded by China’s richest man, Jack Ma - are already a part of daily life in the country, and almost indispensably so. The company owns some of the world’s largest online marketplaces, all while running one of the two mobile payment systems that have all but replaced cash.
All of this means that Alibaba has amassed a trove of personal data on millions of consumers, and so far, the customers don’t seem to mind, even as Alibaba’s reach grows. The conglomerate plans on rolling out 100 of these supermarkets by the end of the year.
VICE News headed to Shanghai to check out whether these much-hyped supermarkets are as high-tech - or innocuous - as they seem.
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I feel like Alibaba wants to make the wall e movie a real thing
@Shaft Canyoudigitwhat do you mean, what you're saying makes no sence.
Its the internet, get lost if you cant handle diffrent languages.
Shaft Canyoudigit ...wall-e is a kids movie about a robot.
I got,wall-e,a robot
@@joeshmoe9978 yeah, there's nothing serious about trash ruining the planet
@@WoodChoppa911 ...true.
This is pretty awesome actually! As an Aussie, I wouldn't mind using a service like this, even if they wanted my data.
I don't have a cell phone
Kenny...I told you it was gonna come bite you in the ass, but no!! you had to keep being poor. You have to hear this, it's for your own good--stop being poor!!
If you can manage without a cell phone then more power to you. I tried for the longest time, but the lack of cell phone was holding me back in life. Its not easy to find a decent job when people don't have instant communication with you at all times, and explaining to people that its by choice just makes people think your crazy or stupid and they lose faith in you, even family.
@@tjwoosta i know what you mean, i cant stop im a slave to the Maschine...
@@tjwoosta I agree with you. I really should get one. I have a phone but no cell service and I spend most time at work or home so I have WiFi most of the time. As cheap as it is I just haven't bothered with the service since I would really use it almost never.
you pleb.
On ANOTHER LEVEL!!!!!
In some things, China is ahead of the wold.
*Technology is a powerful beast* that is changing our culture a lot. Let's hope it will give people more time to reflect and to improve our personal life, when we are not forced to survive and earn all the time.
Amazon is kinda trying to do this you can see it today in some grocery stores like Whole Foods
Amazon only wish they were Alilibaba, $30 billion USD of transactions in a single day !
E Tow 30..billion??? You don’t say 🙄
@@TheEd1225
Yup, last year this time it was $15 Billion USD. Amazon is lucky to do $10 billion USD a year !
and Amazon is still a Trillion dollar company. :)
dont wory some people / companies in US own alibaba share..
i've lived in China for 5 years now, i honestly feel like going back in time when i return to england. China is the future, hope i can stay here forever. i'll even get married to stay here - although i would prefer not to get married.
Another bod
Correct, although as you said it is no place to get married and raise children. The country is still a bit hostile to outsiders. I lived there for two years.
中国是一个很强调根源的国家，每一个国人都浸润在这样的文化当中，和欧洲人的观念是不一样的。中国人对家庭负责，做事保守。
Every country is hostile to outsiders one way or the other.
@@user-ht9jc1se5s 哈哈，在互联网和应用这方便，中国确实走在前列
@@14031993 If you can speak Chinese, it will become better
Interesting concept.
Chinese are really hardworking folks.
Give them 10 years more and they'll pass EU and North America in terms of technology and service oriented services to citizens
We have hema stores in the netherlands as well, Ik sells sausages and housewares. 😊
Okay, that restaurant at the end of the video is pretty dope.
Oh!! Creating employment = cheap labour. Here we go again!
everything and everykinds of China and the Chinese do is wrong and soooo evil more evil than satan and lucifer hohoho...
but everything that anglo group countries do is always for good and sooo nobles..
hahaha
I'm feel sick with democrazy propaganda.
This is so cool and awesome!! There should be like it in other countries.
I love AliExpress and I'm prepared to love any of their spin-offs.
Amazon and Whole Foods are lagging behind. Hahaha 😂😂
That's the key to motivation and entreprenuership.. The Chinese TRUST their government and the government TRUSTS their companies to develop.
What do you think Vice is trying to convey to us with their choice of background music during this video?
Comments section is always the best part.
bhuvaneshwari shinde true that!
The food serving robots are really beautiful ! ♥ 😍
"China Uncensored
" called this Propaganda
@@youmemeyou What is China Uncensroed lying about specifically?! It's not like the news that's said isn't already being said and most of the news savy people are aware of what's been going on in the topics he's stated like the "re-educating" muslims and the IP stealing which you can see first hand especially with the car rip offs. All it's done is show the obvious going on's like authoritarianism growing under Xi which is hard to deny.
Boy the 50 centers are going strong in this comment section. It's unfair that China censors what the west has to say but then they will openly go onto western platforms to prop up opinion. The double standards are silly and concerning around the CCP.
@@jungoogie bruh, China Uncensored simply blows everything out of proportion. If you see their other channel America Uncovered, they don't cover the atrocities covered by the US as much as what they cover in China Uncensored. Of course China will censor West's propaganda against the country otherwise their filthy media will destroy what this magnificent country has achieved up until now. All your shitty news channels have never even once shown China's progress in a positive way. The white supremacists never wants Asian countries to rise. If any other Asian nation was rising in place of China the West will do the exact same thing. A good example is the US sanction to India's Nuclear Development program. Thank God, India became a nuclear super power without the US ever knowing it. Another good example is of trade war with Japan in the 1980's. I do accept the fact that China has stolen IP but not as much as the western media shows and I also accept the fact that their are human rights violations but compared to what their is to it in China, the West directly bombs civilian areas commiting more human rights violations, leaving thousands of people displaced throughout the globe. If you guys want to point the finger to others, why not look into the mirror first.
Last but not the least, the authoritarian Xi eliminated millions of people out of poverty. What has your democratically elected president achieved up until now?
@@youmemeyou I like to keep topics specific not an endless loop of what-about-isms. We all know America has it's problems. Point still stands. What is China Uncensored lying about specifically? The muslim "re-education camps" are very much a thing and everyone knows of the IP theft going strong there just looking at the car market there for one example. I'm not going to get into the what-about-ism's in what China is or isn't doing or the US.... this pertains to the topic of China Uncensored and the facts it presents and the validity of it.
Now that I know you're a 50 center, why don't you be a good "Chinese Citizen" and stick to your intranet because we in the west shouldn't have to hear your opinions when you squelch out ours in China. The double standards is concerning and pathetic. You are afraid we will spread "propaganda" there but you have no quells for sharing your "opinions" on western platforms. How can anyone really take China seriously when they shut themselves off to outsiders but get to also share there opinions with the rest of us?
@@jungoogie Just give yourself a chance, BUY A FLIGHT TICKET & HAVE A TRIP TO CHINA. Then you'll realize the world.......it's not like what the western media trying to portrait. One simple trip more than 1000 "China Uncensored". Also it's why China banned them.
Nacimzarem Halawi and Indian Hindu rightwing narcissists
The point is that it can be delivered in 30 minutes, which means you don't need a refrigerator.When ordering or dispatching, you can note that double cheese or steak should be cooked in half.
Dear vice can you do a program about the norinco factory!!! Please!!!
Nice!
他说的是事实。。。我们相信政府。。
在国外，说相信政府的人就跟个异类一样。外媒嘛，都这德行
我基本相信政府，起码同种族的利益共同体。外媒，呵呵。
集合一下，我们都爱集体，爱国家，爱政府。
如果印度政府能让13亿人脱贫脱盲，我都不懂西方要怎么吹了，对政府有意见还是要通过渠道发表和监督是国人的责任但盲目辱骂和过度不自信就不可取了
对呀，好像我们被洗脑了似的
It looks futuristic compared what I'm used to.
Vice stop hating on China, they coming up
Half an hour shipping, holy shit.
The best they offer here is next day, with a minimum amount of 25 Euro,
which makes ordering groceries annoying since you need to plan ahead...
Oh WOW!
This is lit.
I have a great idea.....put people on those conveyor belts itself, while they tow around shopping.....like a bunch of factory products.
“ i trust the government “ cause if you said you don’t you’ll be headed on the spot lol
really amazing style
So cool Alibaba . Amazon gonna copy you
I live in China and this is just so convenient to use AliPay or Wechat pay to legit pay for everything!!!!! Every single vendor accepts these two.
I wonder what businesses do with the data they collect. Like do the advertisements follow you around the internet in China trying to remind about some product you looked at
why the eerie music? are you trying to paint this in a negative light or something?
kald0rei yes. This is Vice, what do you think
Way ahead of Amazon.
Dam when publix gonna get my tendies on a conveyor belt?
Seems very crowded
Hema is great！ Every day user here.
This makes me so curious I almost want to visit China.
Brb. Moving to China.
inhale their clean refreshing air and spying government ;) bye
What with the "scary" background music whenever you depict something about China lol
This video title got me confused
Why are they keep asking "do you trust the government and the company" all the time ? It's just food for crying out loud 😕
Chris Suka us propagandas
The kind of questions westerners usually ask are just simply irrelevant in the Chinese context.
I was expecting the interviewer shoot at least one question about president Trump
whats with the constant color temp change
This is where Amazon is trying to get with Whole Foods.
convenient
That’s it! I’m going off grid.
We have target and Walmart in USA . Yes amazon go store can’t compare to this.
The bgm is very interesting, very us democracy style
Impresive
less hate, if they are happy and you have an opinion you are on different levels.....
I'm VERY sure you've already made this video.
hema ia already a store in holland
"The young workers are happy..." LMAO
“Whatever you need, just click.”
Yeah, if you have the money 💰
But their money has much more purchasing power than the USD !
Damn alibaba know wtf is up....
That's why im loving this dip. Buying Alibaba for a few years now. Buying at this price. And when we have another recession ill double down. 36 so i plan to hold for long term
HEMA?
That's the same name and font used by the Dutch retailer lol.
hema=Hippopotamus in Chinese
Dude.. we have GOT to stop with the narcissism, pull our heads out of our asses and catch up with whats going on
Acting like Ali baba is the only massive company to mine data, like it's some new technique, when really Google is the pioneer of that market.
THIS IS SOOO WILD
Neat
It's call diversifying your portfolio / investments. Makes sense.
I'm pretty sure you've already made this video.
Hema just got hit by scandal where they change expiry date stickers.....
thats so cool
is it Sia who narrated this video?
Great video, but for some reason I don't like the interviewer.
I think it’s cool I don’t understand how people can criticize our parents lives were much harder than our own if you want to criticize innovation I suggest you go back to sending mail letters only and riding a horse everywhere you go
Tj Bains You're going to be sitting around your house all day because you've become dependent on everyone to deliver your groceries to picking you up in an Uber. At least your parents actually did things. America wants you at home doing nothing.
hevquip that’s the thing my friend these are options not mandatory changes of ways of life there are still mom n pop health food stores in major cities that you can walk into have a genuine face to face experience but you can sit at home if you WANT that’s what technology is it’s options ,I can ride my bike to work everyday but some days maybe I wanna take my fast ass luxury car,options in life do not have to define your life.
I would go back to being equestrian if I could.
The guy in the end says he trusts chinas government. HAHAH.
Is that funny? There are 80% of Chinese people who trust the government.
Why is it funny? What most chinese care about are the fact that the gov is making their life better or not, and if they have higher living standard or not. I dont think being a typical brainwashed westerner thats fed by your media with all the negative image about china is something you should feel proud of. Go and see it with your own eyes.
So you go to China, shove a american camera in the face of a man and asked him if he trusts the government ?!
XDDD
2:24-2:26 WHAT ARE THOSE!!!!
?
Look like Nike
Chinese Nike understandable
Huili, It's a Chinese brand. checkout their url: warriorshoes.com
HEMA is not an chinese original store, it is a centuries old dutch company that currently owns a huge chain of budget home retail stores. But it has recently been bought by an foreign company, that is also then probably owned by alibaba. BUT This is unsure, just something i think. Maybe its just a rippoff
So what they are enabling purchases not forcing purchases on anybody like Google Facebook and Amazon!
I only order pizza online and i haven't had pizza in weeks...
hema literally means river horse hehehe
lol vice asks, "do you trust your gov?". like they expect some kind of honest answer. how cute.
Comparing how Jack ma started this is pretty impressive how much he has made a change in the world
Damn. Step it up, Amazon.
Only 15% and they made so much , imagine of everyone does online .....
I love when Vice talks about China
Why not make all these progress by Drone
*You don't like that there is cheap labour? Wow.*
*Now I get why there is credit crisis in Western nations.*
*ÐэєP ŦhØưĢhŦş.. ßý Ţяэß©* : I wonder how many Alibaba and Amazon *pickers* are stakeholders in A.I. development companies...
Progress can thrive on a regimen of efficiency, and efficiency can thrive on a regimen of exhausted workers.
Well done Alibaba 😄
lol wtf hema is a discount store in the netherlands and is one of the most recognisable logo's here, and this logo looks almost exactly the same
Sam Zwart / GoNova hema literally means hippopotamus in chinese. Unless it happens to have the same meaning in dutch, i doubt it copied the discount store. Alibaba’s sub brands always have something to do with animals, like skycat, hippos, and another one with pig.
Am I the only one who sees something like this and can't help but to think about all the waste that is created?
Nah, I want people to serve me food, people to check out my order, people to look at and talk to while I'm at the grocery store. Why we all act like this is cool?
at 2.24: "For free and half from ..........?" please, thanks
wow, amazing
I can see why this level of convenience is important in a place like China where people are tripping over each other, in other countries not so much
Same thing can be said about japan which actually has a higher population per density ratio than china. Just came back from japan last month
what's the point of stocking shelves and then sending employees to pick up things? having behind the scenes warehouse would skip a step and make the store less crowded.
Oona there are still people who come in physically and shop around themselves. This is not a pure online grocery store. They have a food court where your freshly picked seafood (and other dishes) is cooked and served to you right away.
It looks like its called hema, not hama.
Who created electricity/thunder?