#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on January 4] 1. CCTV exposed: Vegetable formaldehyde in supermarkets with tape exceeded the standard by 10 times; 2. The Food and Drug Administration announced that 7 batches of food were unqualified; 3. Alibaba Zhang Yong sent an internal letter: Taobao adjusted its organizational structure; 4. The total number of Amazon warehouse robots increased to 45,000 units, an increase of 50% year-on-year; 5. Wang Xiaochuan: Sogou's mobile search business can catch up with Baidu within three years.

1. CCTV exposed: Vegetable formaldehyde bound with tape in supermarkets exceeds the standard by 10 times
On January 4th, many fresh vegetables and fruits in the supermarket were directly tied with colorful tape. Recently, CCTV reported that the formaldehyde in such a packaged vegetable has exceeded the standard by 10 times. At present, the tape used in supermarkets is basically industrial-grade tape. It is recommended that after purchasing fruits and vegetables, the part that the tape comes into contact with is peeled off or cut off directly.
Comment: Where are the relevant departments? Where is the industry self-discipline?
2. The Food and Drug Administration Notices 7 batches of food that are not qualified
According to January 4, recently, the State Food and Drug Administration organized a random inspection of 500 batches of samples of 6 types of food, including roasted food and nut products, alcohol, sugar, condiments, beverages, and frozen food, 493 batches of samples passed the sampling and inspection project, and 7 batches of samples failed. See attachment for testing items. According to the national food safety standards, if some items fail, their products will be judged as unqualified products. Overall situation: 54 batches of roasted food and nut products, 1 batch of unqualified samples; 93 batches of alcohol, 1 batch of unqualified samples; 53 batches of sugar, 5 batches of unqualified samples. There are 146 batches of seasonings, 96 batches of beverages, and 58 batches of frozen foods. The stores include Tmall, JD.com, Amazon, etc.
Comment: Supervision is more powerful and eliminate unscrupulous merchants.
3. Alibaba Zhang Yong sent an internal letter: Taobao makes organizational structure adjustments
According to news on January 4, Alibaba CEO Zhang Yong announced the news that Taobao will make organizational structure adjustments through a letter from all employees. In a letter to Taobao waiter, Zhang Yong said: In the future, Taobao will conduct top-level design in three aspects: people, goods and places, continue to give full play to the power of big data, establish a new "three-in-one" operation method that combines products, data technology and operations, serve hundreds of millions of consumers with various preferences, and serve thousands of Taobao entrepreneurs and medium-sized and small sellers.
Comment: A glimpse into future development trends from Taobao’s changes.
4. The total number of Amazon warehouse robots increased to 45,000, an increase of 50% year-on-year
According to foreign media reports, Amazon's army of warehouse robots grew a lot in 2016. It is reported that Amazon’s 20 logistics centers are now equipped with a total of 45,000 robots, an increase of 50% from the same period a year ago. Amazon announced a year ago that its logistics center is equipped with 30,000 robots and 230,000 employees.
Comment: Liberating manpower and using artificial intelligence and big data to improve logistics efficiency is the general direction.
5. Wang Xiaochuan: Sogou's mobile search business can catch up with Baidu within three years
On January 4, Wang Xiaochuan, CEO of Sogou, China's third largest search engine, said that Sogou plans to go public within the year to obtain more financing and narrow the gap with Baidu in its mobile search business. Wang Xiaochuan accepted an interview with reporters at Sogou Beijing headquarters. He said: "In the past year, we have discovered a trend. That is, people no longer believe in Baidu as they used to, and some people are even looking for alternative search engines. So, in the next one or two years, more and more people will become accustomed to using Sogou, and they will realize that Sogou can replace Baidu."
Comment: It only takes 3 days for an Internet company to go bankrupt. Crisis awareness is indispensable.
6. Xiaomi executive Zhang Jinling serves as CFO of Baidu Capital and Baidu Takeaway
On January 4th, news broke out last night that Zhang Jinling, former vice president of Xiaomi, has joined Baidu and served as the CFO of Baidu Capital and Baidu Takeaway. According to reports, Baidu's internal email has confirmed the personnel appointment, and Zhang Jinling reported to Li Xinchong. Baidu said that Baidu CEO Robin Li will serve as the chairman of Baidu Capital and chairman of the investment committee. The newly established Baidu Capital will be a fund operating independently and market-oriented. The first phase is 20 billion yuan and will set up 2-3 management partners.
Comment: Recently, Baidu has been increasing its investment in capital and finance.
7. Live broadcast of "Storm Video" in the Spring Festival Gala of the previous year without permission was filed for compensation of 3 million yuan
On January 3, the official website of Haidian Court showed that because he believed that "Storm Video" broadcast the "2015 CCTV Spring Festival Gala" without permission, CCTV International Network Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "CCTV International") sued Storm Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Storm Group") to the court on the grounds of infringing on the Internet's dissemination rights of works information, demanding Storm Group to compensate for economic losses and reasonable expenditure of 3 million yuan.
Comment: To curb infringement requires not only improving relevant laws and strengthening control over mobile apps, websites, etc. that have infringement. At the same time, the industry also needs to promote its own healthy development through self-discipline.
8. The court freezes the Alipay account of the deadbeat for the first time and repays 150,000 yuan on the same day
On January 4, Li owed 150,000 yuan and refused to repay the money. He thought that he would be "all good" if there was no property to be executed in his name, but unexpectedly, his Alipay account was frozen by the court. Yesterday, the reporter learned that the first execution case of Wuhan courts in which they freeze the Alipay account of "deadbeat" was completed on the same day. In addition to traditional bank fund information, online payment platforms also have information node functions. They can discover more information about the production, life, investment, etc. of the person subject to execution through transaction records, providing directions for finding the whereabouts of the person subject to execution.
Comment: Such people must be cured.
9. Ctrip acquires the overseas special car service platform Tangrenxiang, and the next step is to build a supplier management system.
On January 3, Ctrip announced the acquisition of the overseas private car service brand "Tangrenhui", and will take this opportunity to jointly create the 2.0 version of the overseas private car platform. Wang Yuchen, vice president of Ctrip and CEO of Vehicle and Shipping Business Department, introduced that after acquiring Tangren, Ctrip will use the system as a link to further implement the supplier's service standards with Tangren to provide users with a better overseas private car experience. At the same time, Wang Yuchen said that Tangren will still operate externally as an independent brand.
Comment: This is a match with Didi.
10. Alibaba announced seven big data in the new year: 30 million jobs were created last year
According to January 4, Alibaba Group recently disclosed seven data including tax payment in 2016. Alibaba Group and Ant Financial Group paid a total of 23.8 billion yuan in taxes in 2016, with an average tax of nearly 100 million yuan per working day, driving the platform to pay at least 200 billion yuan in taxes and creating more than 30 million job opportunities. As of December 31, 2016, Alibaba has invested in more than 100 billion yuan in traditional industries, including more than 20 major investment projects, such as Suning, Intime, YTO, etc.
Comment: Social responsibility is the ultimate pursuit of a great enterprise.
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