Chinese Starbucks customers can order the coffee chain’s drinks on Alibaba’s Taobao marketplace and mobile map app Amap, the companies said on Tuesday, expanding a partnership signed in 2018, Reuters reports. Starbucks’ mobile pre-order and in-store pick up feature, “Starbucks Now”, previously only available on the coffee giant’s own app, will be extended to four Alibaba platforms, including local services app Koubei and digital payment app Alipay. Starbucks said in a separate statement that it hoped the new offering would provide China’s coffee lovers with an added convenience. Reuters reported that this Starbucks service was available on these Alibaba platforms on Monday. The Alipay and Koubei apps also offer the option to order Starbucks delivery.

Source: The Standard July 21, 2020 05:26 UTC