#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on January 5]

　　#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on January 5] 1. Alibaba was elected the most worthy investment company in the world; 2. Guo Guangdong, vice president of Ele.me public relations, resigned and joined Pinduoduo; 3. JD’s mysterious offline project was exposed! Landing in Shanghai to fight Hema; 4. Suning plans to open 50,000 groups nationwide in 2018.

　　E-commerce newsletter:

　　1. Alibaba was elected the most worthy investment company in the world

　　According to January 5, after six rounds of voting, Wall Street's investment managers finally selected the "most worth investing in" from 64 major companies around the world: Alibaba. CBInsights, a well-known venture capital data analysis company in the American investment industry, organized the competition. CBInsights has selected 64 of the most popular companies in various fields around the world, including Internet upstarts such as Apple, Google, Facebook, and Tesla, traditional giants such as Germany's Volkswagen, Goldman Sachs, IBM, as well as Chinese companies such as Alibaba and Tencent. It opens voting for investment institutions and fund managers with a match system similar to the NBA playoff showdown, and finally selects the most worth investing in and holding for a long time for ten years. (Source: E-commerce News)

　　2. Guo Guangdong, vice president of Ele.me public relations, resigned and joined Pinduoduo

　　Last night, Guo Guangdong, vice president of public relations at Ele.me, announced on his Moments that he would resign from Ele.me and join the group-pin social shopping app "Pinduoduo" to serve as an SVP, responsible for public relations, brand and other directions. According to Yiou, Guo Guangdong joined Ele.me in August 2015 and served as the vice president of public relations for Ele.me. After more than two years of work, he led the construction of Ele.me's public relations system. After Ele.me merged with Baidu Takeaway, he competed with Meituan Dianping. It can be said that he played a corresponding role in enhancing Ele.me's brand image and properly responding to the crisis, but he finally chose to leave Ele.me on December 31, 2017. (Source: Phoenix Technology)

　　3. JD’s mysterious offline project has been exposed! Landing in Shanghai Hema

　　Recently, an insider revealed that JD.com proposed "boundary-free retail" will appear in a more integrated form. Its flagship project was secretly implemented in the Waigaoqiao section of the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Pilot Zone, with an actual site selection area of ​​more than 10,000 square meters. "According to internal speculation, the project code name may be called 'JD Hui'." The person said very cautiously. The flagship project includes cross-border products purchased by JD.com, big data selection of regional special products, etc. The product categories include home furnishings, home appliances, food, daily groceries and fashion clothing, etc., covering all online products of JD.com. In addition, it also integrates cross-border services such as culture, tourism, and finance, and Seven Fresh, which JD.com has just incubated and debuted in Beijing, is likely to be among them. "JD's flagship project focuses on experiential services. JD wants to make efforts in scenario consumption experience, product interactive experience, transaction service experience, unmanned technology experience, and online and offline integration experience. At the same time, JD's drones, unmanned cars, unmanned stores, and unmanned warehouses may also appear in it." (Source: Yibang Power Network)

　　4. Suning plans to open 50,000 groups nationwide in 2018

　　Suning’s unmanned shelves will be the first to pilot the Nanjing market in January, and it is planned to complete the laying of 1,000 sets of shelves by the end of the month. "In the early promotion stage, unmanned shelves adopt preferential policies such as free installation, free delivery, and lost deductible." He said that companies with more than 30 people only need 0.5 square meters of space to apply, applicants and referees can also receive cash rewards, and can also realize private customized services according to the needs of corporate customers. Suning Store Biu’s rich products mainly rely on Suning’s powerful logistics supply chain system, which can achieve daily replenishment and weekly new products. In addition to regular beverages, snacks, and paper pumping, it can also rely on the surrounding Suning Store to provide fresh fruits and baked bread to meet the needs of different consumers. (Source: Lianshang.com)

　　Internet newsletter:

　　1. Good Future officially acquires Dada English

　　According to reports, Future Education officially acquired Dada English, with the first fund of US$50 million and a valuation of approximately US$300 million. Relevant news will be disclosed in the near future. At present, the valuation of the four top players in the online children's English track has reached US$4 billion! (VIPKID is about 2 billion US dollars, vipjr is about 1.4 billion US dollars, dada is about 300 million US dollars, 51talk is about 250 million US dollars) ???? (Source: Something about the Internet)

　　2. Japan has developed a mobile phone or credit card to use a mobile phone to pay by swiping.

　　Recently, JCB, a large Japanese credit card company, developed a mechanism to scan the palm of your hand to complete your own confirmation and credit card payment. According to the report, you only need to use your smartphone’s camera to take a palm photo in advance to complete the login, and you don’t need to use a credit card or a smartphone when making payment. JCB has achieved payment by improving the accuracy of its confirmation technology. Merchants do not need to install a dedicated terminal. (Source: Sina Technology)

　　3. Uber's reason for counterclaim by the advertising company: The debt is not delivered

　　According to January 4, 2018, British advertising company Fetch Media recently filed a lawsuit against Uber, asking Uber to pay $19.7 million in debt. Fetch Media recently stated in a counterclaim document that "Uber's wrong behavior cannot easily escape federal court scrutiny." Last September, Uber sued Fetch Media, accusing the latter of advertising fraud, inadvertent advertising fees, and counting Uber-related app downloads on Uber. To this end, Uber asked Fetch Media to compensate $40 million in damages, but then voluntarily revoked the lawsuit. (Source: Sina News)

　　Cross-border newsletter:

　　1. Amazon is once again involved in tax turmoil, and 100 merchants have been seized

　　On January 5, the German tax authorities recently seized nearly 100 Chinese online merchant accounts on Amazon and confiscated the products. According to German Business Daily, these online retailers are suspected of tax evasion by selling goods on Amazon's German site. It is reported that Amazon German Station sent a notice letter to the affected Chinese e-commerce company on December 28, 2017, saying that it had previously informed China e-commerce related tax information and would not tolerate tax evasion in individual e-commerce companies. Amazon said that its platform is an independent enterprise and is responsible for its tax liability. (Source: Yibang Power Network)

　　Today’s Lao Gao’s view:

　　From the top lists of various categories of Double Eleven this year, it can be seen that it is hard to find traces of Taobao brands and e-commerce. They are basically offline brands. It is time for e-commerce to have to join. Whether you are willing or not, you must join the group, integrate resources, connections, information, experience, and various platforms and channels to break through the bottleneck. If you want to join the group, you should join the well-known domestic e-commerce clubs.

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