E-commerce Evening News on September 29

"#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on September 29]" JD.com plans to cooperate with 20,000 retail stores, and the delivery time can be shortened to 30 minutes; YTO, ZTO and Shentong issued an announcement that some outlets in Beijing urban areas suspended service; my country has become the world's second largest consumer market and the largest goods trading country; during the National Day holiday, the average daily inbound and outbound passengers at ports across the country will reach 1.98 million; "Double Eleven" is about to come, and freight rates in some areas of the Tongda Group will be raised from October 1...

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1. Tmall Elf and Leshi Lighting reach a strategic cooperation agreement

On September 29, Tmall Genie and Leshi Lighting reached a strategic cooperation, and will focus on the smart home IoT scenarios, comprehensively cooperate in technology, products, sales, operations, marketing promotion and other aspects, jointly develop smart products that meet market trends and user needs, and create an interconnected, mutually beneficial and intelligent networking ecosystem. According to the strategic agreement, in the next three years, Leshi Lighting will achieve 10 million smart devices connected to Tmall Genie. (E-commerce News)

2. JD.com plans to cooperate with 20,000 retail stores, and the delivery time can be shortened to 30 minutes.

September 29th. According to the Hong Kong South China Morning Post, in order to speed up the delivery of goods, JD.com plans to innovate the supply chain and add more cooperative physical stores. The plan currently includes 20,000 offline retail stores across 54 cities, including 175 Walmart supermarkets.

The new solution no longer allows all products to pass through traditional warehouses, distribution centers and delivery stations before reaching customers, but allows offline retail stores to ship directly according to orders processed on JD's online platform. JD.com said the average delivery time for the program is two hours, but customers can receive items in as soon as 30 minutes.

It is understood that currently, JD.com has 20,000 offline cooperative stores in 54 cities, including 175 Walmart supermarkets, 198 Nongfu Spring offline water stations in Beijing and 166 wine convenience chain stores across the country. Since 2016, Walmart has been working with JD.com. (Europe)

3. YTO, ZTO and Shentong issued an announcement that some outlets in Beijing urban areas suspended their services

On September 29, express delivery companies such as YTO, ZTO, and Shentong recently issued a letter to customers: On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the capital Beijing will hold a grand and warm celebration, and some areas will be temporarily closed or traffic control will be implemented. Affected by this, relevant express delivery companies will make appropriate adjustments to the express delivery service during the event.

Relevant express delivery companies said: From September 25 to October 2, 2019, some outlets in Beijing urban areas will suspend delivery services. At the same time, the time limit for collection, transit and delivery of express delivery through Beijing will be affected to varying degrees, and the time limit is expected to be extended by 2 to 3 days. In addition, SF Express also issued an announcement stating that from September 28 to October 1, some regions will suspend the receipt and delivery of express delivery to Beijing in and out, and the time limit for express delivery to Beijing is expected to increase by 2-3 days. (Europe)

4. my country has become the world's second largest consumer market and the largest commodity trading country

According to news on September 29, from the early days of the founding of New China to 2018, my country's total retail sales of consumer goods increased from less than 30 billion yuan to 38 trillion yuan, becoming the world's second largest consumer market; the total foreign trade volume increased from US$1.1 billion to US$4.6 trillion, becoming the first major commodity trading country; the utilization of foreign capital and foreign investment from nothing to something, reaching US$138.3 billion and US$143 billion respectively, ranking second in the world. (E-commerce News)

5. The National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Transport organized a pilot program for comprehensive reform of logistics cost reduction and efficiency improvement

According to the disclosure of the National Development and Reform Commission, in accordance with the relevant work arrangements of the State Council, in order to deepen the work of reducing costs and increasing efficiency of logistics, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Transport recently jointly issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Pilot Work of Comprehensive Reform of Logistics Cost Reduction and Increase Efficiency", and decided to organize and carry out a pilot reform of comprehensive reform of logistics costs and increasing efficiency in six provinces (cities) including Shanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan, Chongqing, and Sichuan. The pilot period is from September 2019 to August 2021. (National Development and Reform Commission)

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6. Ant Financial's registered capital rose to 23.5 billion yuan.

According to reports on September 29, it was reported that Ant Financial's registered capital has changed from 15.761 billion yuan to 23.524 billion yuan. At the same time, Zhang Yong, Cai Chongxin and Hu Xiaoming were newly added as directors of Ant Financial. Previously, on September 24, Alibaba Group announced that it had received a 33% stake in Ant Financial. (E-commerce News)

7. Alibaba Zhang Yong: Gaode Map is of great significance to Alibaba's future development.

On September 29, Alibaba Chairman and CEO Zhang Yong announced that in the next five years, Alibaba will continue to grow the platform and achieve a consumption scale of more than 10 trillion yuan, while comprehensively promoting the construction of the "Alibaba Commercial Operating System" to help enterprises achieve comprehensive digitalization in marketing, channel management, production and manufacturing, product design, brand building, customer service, capital needs, logistics services, organizational operations, IT infrastructure, etc.

Speaking of Alibaba's digital ecosystem infrastructure, Zhang Yong said that Gaode Map has been added to Alibaba's ecological infrastructure this year. We believe that maps and navigation applications are not only related to individual consumers, but also closely related to a large number of location-based services (LBS) and merchant services. With the advent of the 5G and IoT eras, Gaode Map is of great significance to Alibaba's future development. It is reported that the infrastructure of Alibaba's digital ecosystem currently includes logistics, financial payment, marketing platform, Gaode Map, Alibaba Cloud, etc. (Titanium Media)

8. During the National Day holiday, the average daily inbound and outbound passengers at ports will reach 1.98 million

. According to the forecast of the National Immigration Administration, the national ports will usher in a "small peak" of inbound and outbound passenger flow during the National Day holiday in 2019, with the average daily inbound and outbound passengers, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year. The inbound and outbound passenger flow at large air ports such as Beijing Capital Airport, Shanghai Pudong Airport, Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, and Chengdu Shuangliu Airport have increased significantly. In addition, the inbound and outbound passenger flow adjacent to Macau's land port has increased significantly, and the inbound and outbound passenger flow adjacent to Hong Kong's land port has generally been stable. (China News Network)

9. "Double Eleven" is coming soon, and freight rates in some areas of Tongda Group will be raised from October 1st.

On September 29th, an internal notice from the "Tongda Group" express company shows that from October 1, 2019, the cost of departure will be raised to the subsidiaries in the Shenzhen and Dongguan region. The notice requires that before September 27, 2019, each branch must notify the agency's cooperative customers that the express delivery fee will increase from October 1, 2019. The notice also made rigid requirements for the minimum cooperation price and renewal price, and must be charged in cash. (21st Century Business Herald)

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10. British delivery company Arrow XL provides storage and door-to-door delivery for DG International

On September 29, British professional delivery company Arrow XL recently signed a long-term contract to provide a series of flexible warehousing and home delivery services to global logistics company DG International. Under the agreement, Arrow XL will provide storage space for two DG International’s retail customers, as well as furniture installation and home delivery services.

It is reported that DG International has about 30 containers arriving at Arrow XL’s processing center in Wigan every week, and Arrow XL’s two-way delivery crew is expected to complete 250 delivery times a week. According to data, DG International processes more than 25,000 shipments each year and works closely with global network partners covering China, India, the Middle East, the United States, Japan, Australia and South Africa. The company exports more than 12,000 tons of air freight to more than 120 cities around the world every year and imports 8,000 tons of air freight to more than 120 cities around the world each year. (Europe)

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