Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd replaced Lazada Group Chief Executive Officer Chun Li with the head of its Thailand business and one-time business assistant to Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang as competition in Southeast Asia intensifies. James Dong, 42, is taking the reins of Lazada, Alibaba’s Southeast Asian arm, with immediate effect while Li will serve as adviser to Lazada …

  Bloomberg Plant milk is on the cusp of another boom as the industry courts a huge demographic it has ignored so far: children. Using colourful bottles of oat and pea milk packed with protein and prebiotics, the category is winning over parents. At Ripple Foods, a startup that has raised more than $200 million, its plant-based option for kids …

  Bloomberg Denim maker Levi Strauss & Co is scaling up investment in its stores and website, as well as women’s apparel, to reach a sales target of $9 billion to $10 billion by 2027. In a new set of strategic targets, Levi now sees sales growth of 6% to 8% annually, up from its prior goal of 4% to …