How long would it take you to make $1 billion?
That's the amount that retail giant Alibaba made in just the first 8 minutes of sales on Wednesday. Alibaba's Singles Day promotions went on to bring in a record-breaking $14.3 billion in sales over just 24 hours.
According to Alibaba and Adobe data compiled by consumer intelligence company Bomoda, sales took off early in the day and slowed to a steady but still impressive rate throughout the retail holiday.