Alibaba says Singles' Day sales hit 91.2 billion yuan in first hour

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Inc said on Monday that sales for its annual Singles' Day shopping blitz hit 91.2 billion yuan (10.18 billion pounds) within the first hour, up 32% from last year's early haul of 69 billion yuan. Akin to Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the United States, Singles' Day has been promoted as a shopping fest by Alibaba Chairman and Chief Executive Daniel Zhang since 2009, growing rapidly to become the world's biggest online..