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I’m 63 and want to spend $95,000 on a roof deck for my $500,000 home. Is that a good investment?
By Katherine Langford
Chinese shopper sparks buzz after buying flat for US$1.7 during Double 11 shopping festival
Katherine Langford
Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Edina, MN
Katherine oversees editorial operations across all six brands. Before joining The Meridan Group, she spent 14 years at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where she led the metro desk through its digital transformation. She holds a Master's in Journalism from Northwestern's Medill School.
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China’s Double 11 discount frenzy reached surreal heights when a shopper from the east of the country snapped up a flat in the northeast for just 11 yuan (US$1.7). Pioneered by Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao in 2009 as China’s equivalent of Black Friday, the month-long shopping spree ran through mid-November after generating more than 1.6 trillion yuan (US$240 billion) in online gross merchandise value last year. The flat is a two-bedroom, 68-square-metre unit on the seventh floor in...
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