#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [March 8 E-commerce Morning News]

   #Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [March 8 E-commerce Morning News] 1. JD X unmanned supermarkets will open 100 stores this year to accelerate their layout across the country; 2. Alibaba Health opens online practicing pharmacists to pharmacies; 3. Didi Takeout plans to enter 9 major cities across the country for loyal riders' monthly salary of over 10,000 yuan; 4. Douyu recently received a new round of financing, with Tencent exclusively investing 4 billion yuan; 5. Ant Financial: There is no listing schedule and will not respond to market rumors; 6. National Information Center: Nearly 40% of Chinese netizens use online takeout services, and Meituan Takeout accounts for 62% of the market share...

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  1. JD X unmanned supermarkets will open 100 of them this year to accelerate their layout across the country

   With the opening of JD X Unmanned Supermarket in Xi'an Big Wild Goose Pagoda Scenic Area, JD has established 10 stores in unmanned supermarkets, located in Beijing, Yantai, Dalian, Suqian, Xi'an and Tianjin.

   京东X无人超市总经理宋鹏告诉亿邦动力网，2018年内，京东X无人超市将开出100家店，主要面向沈阳、郑州、长春、成都、重庆、上海周边、武汉等省会重点城市，开在商业中心、写字楼、社区等多种场景。

   At present, JD X unmanned supermarkets have an area of ​​100-300 square meters and have about 500 SKUs. The business formats and locations of each city vary. The community may have more fresh products, while commercial office buildings tend to be fast-moving consumer goods. "This year is still in the experimental stage. We mainly do the digitalization of stores, and we can achieve thousands of stores and faces in the future." Song Peng said. (Source: Yibang Power)

  2. Alibaba Health opens online pharmacist services to pharmacies

   On March 7, Alibaba Health announced the launch of the "Shared Pharmacist" product, which opens the platform for third-party pharmacists online consultation services, so that offline pharmacies can provide consumers with high-quality and fast third-party pharmacist consultation services when their own pharmacist resources are scarce. Liu Hongbin, head of customer experience at Alibaba Health, said that at this stage, Alibaba Health will provide third-party "shared pharmacist" services to social pharmacist shop owners for free. The clerks in offline pharmacies consult online practicing pharmacists through the "shared pharmacist" entrance of Alibaba Health's "Drug Procurement" app, and they can get a reply within ten seconds, thereby helping offline store customers solve drug consultation in a timely manner. He introduced that there are more than 3,000 pharmacists with national professional qualification certification on the platform, serving online consultation customers from 8:30 to 24:00 every day. Alibaba Health pays its salary according to the quantity and quality of consulting services, and some practicing pharmacists earn nearly 10,000 yuan per month. (Source: Tianxia Online Business)

Alibaba Health opens online pharmacist services to pharmacies

   3. Didi Takeout plans to enter 9 major cities across the country to earn more than 10,000 yuan in monthly salary

   According to reports on March 6, the battle between Didi and Meituan has been in full swing recently, and the two inevitably have business intersections in multiple fields. After Meituan announced that it would involve taxi services, Didi also started taking out. Recently, a screenshot of Didi Takeout recruiting riders circulated online. Screenshots show that Didi divides takeaway riders into two categories: "loyal riders" and "free riders". Among them, the "loyal rider" has a monthly guarantee of 10,000 yuan, but it requires that the online time per week is greater than 48 hours, while the "free rider" can accept orders at any time and double the order revenue. This time Didi Takeout will enter nine major cities in the country, including Wuxi, Nanjing, Changsha, Fuzhou, Jinan, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Chengdu and Xiamen. This is the first batch of online cities for Didi Takeout, and merchant recruitment has been launched simultaneously. (Source: TechWeb.com.cn)

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   4. Douyu recently received a new round of financing, with Tencent exclusively investing 4 billion yuan

   Douyu recently received a new round of financing, with an exclusive investment of 4 billion yuan by Tencent. Douyu and Tencent will be deeply strategically bound. In January 2018, Douyu Live COO Cheng Chao said that Douyu has an IPO plan and is still in preparation. (Thunder Emperor touches the Internet)

   5. "Reader" also came to open a physical store and planned to deploy more than 500 stores nationwide.

   That’s right, the book "Reader" you read when you were young has also opened an offline flagship store. This famous journal brand, founded in 1981, is the first in the country to publish and the fourth in the world to publish. Under the wave of new retail, it is also actively seeking transformation. In September last year, "Readers" opened the "Readers Cultural Life Museum" in Shenzhen Huangting Square, with the overall style mainly being minimalist. In addition to selling books, the store also has various cultural and creative products such as toys, stationery, women's jewelry, and home decoration. These products sold include both "reader" cultural and creative products and other cultural and creative brands. (Source: Lianshang.com)

"Reader" has also come to open a physical store

   6. Ant Financial: There is no listing schedule and will not respond to market rumors

   On March 7, some media pointed out that Ant Financial has launched a Pre-IPO round of financing, and after the financing is completed, its market value will exceed US$100 billion. Ant Financial said in this regard. There are also rumors that Ant Financial will adopt a backdoor company of A-share listed company Huilong Co., Ltd., but Huilong Co., Ltd. responded to denied the news. Regarding the above news, Ant Financial stated that there is no listing schedule and will not respond to market rumors. (Source: Phoenix Technology)

   7. National Information Center: Nearly 40% of Chinese netizens use online takeaway services, and Meituan takeaway accounts for 62% of the market share

   Recently, the National Information Center released the "Annual Report on the Development of China's Sharing Economy (2018)". The report shows that nearly 40% of netizens in China use online takeaway services, and the takeaway market has a huge user base. At present, Meituan takes over 250 million users, accounting for 62% of the domestic market share, with more than 500,000 active delivery riders, covering 1,300 cities, and completing daily orders exceeding 18 million.

   8. Tencent game profit share declines, Ma Huateng has taken a fancy to short videos

   On March 7, National People's Congress representative and Tencent Chairman Ma Huateng said that the proportion of games in Tencent's profits is declining, currently below 50%, and social and performance advertising will become Tencent's relatively large growth points in the future. In addition, Tencent is also exploring the development of new social platforms such as short videos and live broadcasts. (Source: China Daily)

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  9. Amazon's market value is about to catch up with Alphabet and is expected to become the second largest company in the world's market value

   According to reports on March 8, Amazon's stock price has been rising since last year, not only pushing its founder Bezos to the throne of the world's richest man, but also pushing Amazon's own market value. Its market value is about to catch up with Google's parent company Alphabet, and is expected to become the second largest company in the world's market value. (Source: Yibang Power Network)

  Starting from October and March, Swedish customs impose VAT on non-EU e-commerce items

   ① If the value of the goods is less than 150 euros, the recipient must pay another 7.5 euros service fee to Swedish Post; ② If the value of the goods is more than 150 euros, the recipient must pay a 12.5 euros service fee to Swedish Post; ③ Will other EU countries follow the practice of following Swedish customs? (Source: First Logistics Network)

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