#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News Brief on September 27] 1. Jack Ma "holds hands" Li Ka-shing, is Alipay Hong Kong spring really coming? 2. The cumulative sales of a Uniqlo underwear series will exceed 1 billion pieces. 3. Xiaomi Home opened 20 stores on October 1, Lei Jun sighed that he was too crazy. 4. Former NetEase executives joined Alibaba’s game business group for the first time. 5. The African version of "Tmall" Kilimall received a US$10 million Series A financing.
1. Jack Ma "holds hands" Li Ka-shing, is Alipay Hong Kong spring really coming?
On the 26th of this month, Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Hutchison Industrial (00001-HK) announced (hereinafter referred to as "Chenghehe") that it reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Alibaba's affiliate Ant Financial. The two parties will form a joint venture to jointly operate the Hong Kong version of the electronic wallet "Alipay HK" and carry out online and offline mobile payment business in Hong Kong. The transaction is expected to be completed before the end of 2017. If the joint venture is passed, it means that Jack Ma will use Li Ka-shing's vast resources in Hong Kong to pave the way for Alipay to enter Hong Kong.
据悉，李嘉诚旗下的长和，业务覆盖地产、用电、饮水、手机通讯、食品、电器、美容、葡萄酒等各方面，包括耳熟能详的屈臣氏，街头随处可见的百佳超市、丰泽电器等连锁店，並且通过品牌在香港和澳门运营流动通讯，香港居民的衣食住行可能都与李嘉诚有关。（来源：新浪新闻）
2. The cumulative sales of a Uniqlo underwear series will exceed 1 billion pieces
According to reports, Japan Express Group, the operating company of casual clothing brand Uniqlo, announced on the 25th that the total sales volume of its signature product "HEATTECH" series of heating underwear is expected to exceed 1 billion pieces this year. The "HEATTECH" series uses four types of fibers, including viscose fiber that can absorb moisture and acrylic with more air layers. It was jointly developed by Uniqlo and Toray Group in 2003 and is being improved every year. This year, Uniqlo launched the "extremely warm" series of underwear for women that uses extremely fine fibers to further improve comfort, and will also launch new men's underwear with seamless traces. (Source: Sankei News)
3. Xiaomi Home opened 20 stores on October 1, Lei Jun was so crazy
On the 26th of this month, Lei Jun announced the specific addresses of these 20 stores on Weibo. According to the news released by Lei Jun, the 20 newly opened Xiaomi Homes are located in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Hangzhou (two), Tianjin, Dalian, Nanchang, Nantong, Quanzhou, Harbin, Chaozhou, Dongyang, Hengyang, Guangzhou, Nanning, Shanwei and Qujing.
In fact, in the list of these cities, most first-tier and second-tier cities already own Xiaomi Home, such as Beijing, Shanghai, etc.; but some cities have welcomed the entry of Xiaomi Home for the first time. In general, the opening of this new store has further increased the coverage of Xiaomi Home, expanding Xiaomi's offline sales channels, and not bringing a more convenient service experience to users of large and small. (Source: Mobile China)
4. Former NetEase executive franchise for Alibaba’s first game business group
On September 26, 2018, Alibaba Culture and Entertainment Group announced that it had officially established a game business group, with an open platform business department and an interactive entertainment business department. This is the first time Alibaba has raised the game to the level of establishing a business group. On the same day, Guangzhou Jianyue Information Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Guangzhou Jianyue), founded by former NetEase COO Zhan Zhonghui (Dingdang), and others, was officially merged into the Alibaba Entertainment Games Group. Dingdang joined NetEase in 1999 and was the COO of NetEase in 2011. From 10 to 4,000, Dingdang established a complete game development and operation team. Chen Wei'an, the core member of Guangzhou Jian Yue's team, the head of product operations of "World of Warcraft" and "Starcraft 2", and Wu Yunyang (Yunfeng), the main developer of self-developed projects of "World of Warcraft" and "Fantasy Westward Journey" for many years, also officially joined the newly established game business group on the same day. (Source: Interface News)
5. African version of "Tmall" Kilimall received US$10 million in Series A financing
According to reports on the 26th of the month, Kilimall, an e-commerce platform known as the African version of "Tmall", received a US$10 million Series A financing, and the investor was Anci Capital. Previously, Kilimall received millions of angel round financing from Anci Capital in January 2016. The reporter learned that Kilimall was established in July 2014. It is a cross-border e-commerce company focusing on the African market. It trades Chinese goods in the African country and is affiliated to Shenzhen Qili E-commerce Co., Ltd. Kilimall mainly conducts e-commerce business in various regions of Africa through the B2B2C model, similar to the African version of Tmall. (Source: Lianshang.com)
6. Double Eleven comes Mogujie says that the mini program will become the second battlefield
According to the 27th month, Hong Bo, the head of Mogujie e-commerce business, recently revealed the latest achievements on WeChat mini-programs: in less than three months, he has obtained 10 million new purchasers, with an average daily visit volume of more than 200%, and a GMV growth of more than 140%. He also announced that the Double Eleven Mogujie APP and mini-programs will work together. (Source: Yibang Power Network)
7. Ele.me drone debuts: a maximum flight of 65 kilometers per hour
Recently, at the World Unmanned Systems Conference, Ele.me's drone made its first public debut. The newly exhibited drones show Ele.me’s exploration of intelligent unmanned logistics, and perhaps drones will come to deliver food to you in the future.
It is understood that this drone is the third generation product developed internally by Ele.me, called "E7". The E7 has reached the practical application level in various core indicators. The maximum flight speed is 65 kilometers per hour, the well-known load is 6 kilograms, and the full load range is 20 kilometers. The takeaway box it carries is made of air column material, with a weight of only 485 grams, making it the lightest of similar takeaway boxes in the world, but the volume can reach 20 liters. (Source: TechWeb)
8. The e-commerce era of JD.com's low-key launch of service-home services is here
Afterwards, JD.com launched the JD service home brand, providing services such as cleaning of home appliances, installation of home products, etc. "The entire service is e-commerce, and some standard services are first realized e-commerce, such as manicure and massage. However, a large part of non-standard services have not yet been e-commerce, such as electrical appliance repair. Even if you place an order online, you need to communicate on the spot to determine what to replace and what to repair and how much the service costs."
Zhang Xiaolei, director of JD.com's after-sales management department, believes that non-standard services are completely opaque. JD.com launched a service home in order to create a strict selection concept for the service industry, unify service standards and industry delivery image. (Source: Yibang Power Network)
9. Amazon actively plans offline retail to invest in Indian department stores
Indian department store retailer Shoppers Stop Ltd. (SHOP.IN) said it will sell a 5% stake to Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC, a globally renowned online retailer (NASDAQ:AMZN).
According to the transaction statement, Shoppers Stop Ltd. will establish an Amazon Experience Center among its 80 stores in India, while Amazon helps Shoppers Stop Ltd. increase its stores by 25%. Meanwhile, Shoppers Stop Ltd. will enter exclusive negotiations with Amazon Seller Services Pvt.Ltd., a subsidiary of Amazon India, which will exclusively sell its own self-operated brand online at Amazon.in. (Source: Tianxia Online Business)
10. Let the "home" scenario be transformed into Tmall's first day of the year increase significantly month-on-month
From the 25th to the 27th of this month, Tmall created a competition to span the categories of home furnishings, home decoration, furniture, home appliances, home textiles, home decoration, etc., and connected more than 60,000 offline stores to start the "Tmall Home Year" in the form of new retail. On the first day of the good start, Tmall Electric Appliances Meijia's sales increased significantly year-on-year.
Among them, the major promotions in the furniture, lighting, decoration and customization and other industries had amazing explosive results on the day, with sales on the first day exceeding 3.5 times the average daily average, and daily sales increased by nearly 260% month-on-month. Tmall Jianianhua, which integrates family needs, has achieved a significant increase in sales of various categories of home decoration, and trendy categories represented by intelligence, health and fashion are also showing an explosive trend. (Source: Sina Technology)
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