#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on January 9]

　　#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on January 9] 1. Alibaba's Taiwan Entrepreneurship Fund invested US$2.75 million in Taipei e-commerce service startup Citisocial; 2. The registration system reshapes the market structure of infant milk powder for half of the brands may disappear; 3. The young man who was rejected for blind dates on his Xtep was actually an Alibaba programmer; 4. He ordered 50 takeouts to send to strangers, and the merchant gave 10 more copies, and the takeout platform was fully refunded; 5. Didi and Amazon joined the Toyota Automotive Driving Car Alliance to promote business upgrades.

　　E-commerce newsletter

　　1. Alibaba Taiwan Entrepreneurship Fund invests US$2.75 million in Taipei e-commerce service startup Citisocial

　　According to foreign media reports, Taipei-based e-commerce services startup Citisocial announced that it had received a venture capital of US$2.75 million, led by Alibaba's Taiwan Entrepreneurship Fund. Citisocial was founded in 2011, mainly helping emerging brands enter the Asian e-commerce market. Currently, the company manages more than 2,000 brands and more than 60,000 products, and provides brand marketing, marketing and customer service support. Citisocial has a total of 600,000 users in Taiwan and Hong Kong. (Source: Tianxia Online Business)

　　2. Registration system reshapes the market structure of infant milk powder half of the brands may be eliminated

　　Since the first batch of 89 recipes were registered on August 3, 2017, and to the announcement of the 35th batch of registration information on January 4, 2018, 989 recipes from 132 domestic and foreign manufacturers have completed the registration of formulas. The registration system has initially outlined the future market structure of infant milk powder. The industry predicts that the infant formula market will add 70 billion market space, and the competitive advantage will further concentrate on large enterprises and big brands, and half of the brands may disappear. (Source: Beijing News (Beijing))

　　3. The guy who was rejected for blind date with XP is actually an Alibaba programmer

　　Recently, in Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, a young man was rejected by the woman because he wore an XP brand sneaker during a blind date. The reason is: It is not suitable for a 27-year-old boy to wear Xtep shoes to date; he likes more refined boys. On the afternoon of January 8, @Aliweier, certified as Alibaba's official cultural account, said that the rejected guy is a senior R&D engineer at Alibaba.

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　　4. He ordered 50 takeouts to send to strangers, and the merchant gave 10 more, and the takeout platform received a full refund.

　　Recently, the temperature in Kaifeng, Henan is only minus 6 degrees Celsius. Citizen Zhang Hua ordered 50 hot porridge on the takeaway platform, and the notes were given to the snow removal workers and takeaway guys nearby. The merchant who saw the notes gave more than 10 servings of porridge; the deliveryman who received the order distributed the order to 10 colleagues; the takeaway platform refunded the full amount the next day, and also rewarded Zhang Hua with an additional 500 yuan... This relay of love makes winter no longer cold, like! (Source: CCTV News)

　　5. Didi and Amazon join Toyota Automotive Car Alliance to promote business upgrades

　　Beijing time reported on January 9 that Toyota, which is striving to become the leader of the autonomous vehicle economy, has announced new concept models and big-name partners. Amazon has signed up for Toyota's new mobility alliance - it will develop fully driverless electric vehicles to deliver packages, pizza and guests to designated locations. Pizza Hut, Uber, Mazda and Didi Chuxing are also joining the Toyota League at the same time as Amazon. (Source: Phoenix Technology)

　　6. Apple has new troubles and shareholders demand to solve the problem of iPhone addiction among teenagers

　　The aftermath of Apple's chip loopholes has not yet come, and shareholders come to the door again. This time they ask Apple to take social responsibility to prevent minors from indulging in their mobile phones. These shareholders are activist investors, hedge fund Jana Partners and CalSTRS, one of the nation's well-known pension funds, currently owns approximately $2 billion in Apple. They wrote to Apple last Saturday, asking the company to develop software so that parents can limit their children's time to use their smartphones. The public issue of children's mobile phone addiction has caused social concerns, so the two major shareholders are worried that if the problem cannot be solved in time, Apple's stock price and reputation will be affected. (Source: Sina Technology)

　　7. Baidu announced the official opening of Apollo 2.0 in the United States, and Lu Qi announced the establishment of the Apollo Global Research Institute

　　On January 9, Beijing time, Wang Jingao, head of Apollo platform research and development, announced at the Baidu World Conference in Las Vegas, the United States that Apollo 2.0 is officially opened. At the end of Baidu World Conference, Baidu COO Lu Qi announced that Baidu established the Apollo Global Research Institute. (Source: Chuangyebang)

　　Cross-border newsletter

　　9. WorldFirst opens an Australian dollar payment account to sellers

　　According to January 8, recently, the cross-border payment agency WorldFirst officially announced the launch of the Australian dollar payment account and is open to all sellers. From now on, all sellers can register an Australian dollar payment account with WorldFirst. At this point, WorldFirst has also become one of the cross-border payment service providers with the largest collection currencies, and can open USD, euro, pound, yen, Canadian dollar, Australian dollar and other collection accounts. At the same time, WorldFirst also revealed that the New Zealand dollar and Singapore dollar will also be opened one after another to achieve full coverage of the global mainstream currency collection accounts. (Source: Yibang Power Network)

　　Today's Lao Gao's opinion

　　Yesterday I saw news that Ding Lei and Wang Xing cooperated to open a chicken farm. This is very interesting, which explains these information: 1. The boundary between business and industry has disappeared, and everyone can play cross-border, but the premise of cross-border is that the foundation must be stable; 2. The giants' playing style this year is: first place hold their position, second place or second place of other sizes starts cross-border and joint efforts, attacking the first place; 3. Run quickly and iterate quickly.

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