Walmarthas bought out the remaining stake of an ecommerce business it already controlled in China, amid the continued push by traditional retailers² into online sales.

沃尔玛(Walmart)买下它在中国已控股的一家电子商务企业的剩余股份。目前传统零售商纷纷进军在线销售。

The US group said on Thursday that it had acquired 49 per cent of Yihaodian, a Chinese ecommerce business, for an undisclosed sum. It has held a 51 per cent stake in the group, which was founded in 2008, since 2012.

这家美国集团周四表示，已收购中国电商企业1号店(Yihaodian) 49%股份，交易金额不详。1号店成立于2008年。自2012年以来，沃尔玛已持有该店51%的股份。

The deal puts Walmart, which dominates offline retail¹ in the US but has struggled to translate that into success abroad, in more direct competition with Alibaba, the Chinese ecommerce group. Jack³ Ma, Alibaba chairman, has predicted it will overtake the US retail chain in sales this year.

沃尔玛在线下零售领域主导着美国市场，却一直难以在美国境外复制这一成功。这笔交易将使沃尔玛更加直接地与中国电商集团阿里巴巴(Alibaba)竞争。阿里巴巴的董事长马云(Jack Ma)曾经预计，今年该集团销售额将超过这家美国零售连锁店。