Double 11 in 2013 created 152 million packages; and, in 2012, the number was 78 million. About 100,000 packages were created in one minute. It is a huge challenge for logistic companies.
CAINIAO, a logistic network owned by Alibaba Group, helped Chinese logistic companies to sort out packages more efficiently. In 2013, the packages sorted on November 11 hit 60 million, which was nearly twice of last year. CAINIAO sent out alerting signals about weather and transportation to related logistic companies and enterprises.
Some consumers even said they had received their packages on November 12, 2013.