#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on April 10]

       #Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on April 10] 1. JD.com launches the "lightning delivery" service and can achieve minute delivery after placing an order; 2. The maternal and infant B2B platform "kelp" completed A+ round of financing of 65 million yuan, led by Miya; 3. NetEase Yanxuan HOME plans to expand to 100 projects this year; 4. Jack Ma talks with IMF President Lagarde: China and the United States encounter differences, and trade must respect everyone's culture; 5. The list of 100 most valuable technology brands in the world has been released in 2018, and Alibaba ranks first in Chinese brands...

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　1. JD.com launches "lightning delivery" service to achieve minute delivery after placing an order

　On April 9, JD Logistics CEO Wang Zhenhui said at the Boao Forum that in line with the reform trend of boundless logistics, JD Logistics officially launched the "lightning delivery" time-consuming product system, comprehensively upgrading the live delivery scenarios in local life. It is understood that by continuously strengthening investment in infrastructure such as forward warehouses and offline stores and upgrading with social stores, "Lightning Delivery" will forward JD's self-operated products in Shanghai's large-scale categories to the near user, which will greatly improve the richness of the current local instant logistics distribution coverage, and promote the integration and upgrading of JD's self-operated online product sales and offline inventory. (Source: Lianshang.com)

　2. "Keep" on the mother and baby B2B platform completed A+ round of financing of 65 million yuan, and Miya led the investment

　On April 9, the maternal and infant e-commerce B2B platform Kelp announced that it had completed a 65 million A+ round of financing. The investment was led by the maternal and infant e-commerce platform "Miya", followed by capital parties such as Xinghe Internet and Meihua Venture Capital. It is reported that Kelp will cooperate in depth with Miya Resupply chain, warehousing and logistics, big data and other aspects. According to data, "Keepai" Network is a technology-driven maternal and infant B2B platform and commercial data platform. It was established in 2015. It is precisely when we see the trillion-dollar scale of the maternal and infant market and the arrival of new retail trends. "Keepai" Network empowers terminal retail maternal and infant stores, providing it with a "three-in-one" website building system for brand direct supply, online (PC, APP, mini program), and a data-based customer management system (Source: Chuangyebang)

　3. NetEase Yanxuan HOME plans to expand to 100 projects this year

　NetEase Yanxuan said today that Yanxuan HOME plans to expand to 100 projects in 2018, and a new offline space will be launched in the near future, which is related to coffee culture. According to Chen Jie, general manager of Yanxuan Marketing Department, Yanxuan HOME's partner will expand from residential and long-term rental apartments to downstream home decoration links. In addition, Yanxuan HOME will also launch creative flash cooperation with like-minded brands. (Source: Interface)

　4. Jack Ma talks with IMF President Lagarde: China and the United States encounter differences, and trade should respect everyone's culture

　At the Boao Forum, in response to the recent trade dispute between China and the United States, Jack Ma said that trade is not just about products and commodities, but about respecting everyone's culture and no one can stop the progress of globalization. Jack Ma pointed out that in the trade between China and the United States, China has obtained income and the United States has obtained profits. It is undeniable that there will be problems and differences between the two well-known countries in the world, but a trade war is by no means a solution. "We cannot solve yesterday's problems by winning the trade war. We must find innovative ways to solve tomorrow's problems." (Source: 36kr)

Jack Ma talks with IMF President Lagarde

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　5. 2018 100 most valuable technology brands in the world are released, Alibaba ranked first in China’s brands

　According to Voice of the Economics, British brand evaluation agency Brand Finance released the "2018 100 Most Valuable Technology Brands List", with Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft ranking in the top five, Alibaba ranked first in China and seventh in the world, and Tencent and Huawei also entered the top ten. (Source: 36kr)

　6. Samsung's sales in China in the fourth quarter of 2017 were less than 10 million, and its share fell below 1%.

　According to IT Home, a Strategy Analytics survey showed that in the fourth quarter of 2017 (October to December), Samsung's sales in the Chinese market were only 9.8 million units, and its market share fell to 0.8%. This is the first time Samsung's sales in China have fallen below 10 million units since 2011. (Source: it Home)

　7. Jack Ma commented on Facebook information leakage incident: You can't kill with one blow

　In an interview with foreign media, Jack Ma initially refused to comment on Facebook information leakage. "I don't comment on the Facebook incident, but I want to say that 15 years ago, Facebook would never have thought that something like this would happen today," he said.

　Later Jack Ma said: "I think the problem will be solved, and we should not kill the company because of these problems. The most important solution is: respect data, respect security, respect privacy... Urge Zuckerberg to take Facebook issues seriously, but he should not be erased because of the problems with Facebook." (Source: Sina Technology)

　8. Dong Mingzhu: China is so strong that the United States dares not fight a trade war.

　Yesterday (April 9) evening, the 2018 Boao Sina Finance Night·Zhenghe Island Night Talk was held in Hainan. Dong Mingzhu, Chairman of Gree Electric Appliances, attended and delivered a speech. Dong Mingzhu said that the trade war itself is unfair and China must be strong itself. "Only when the United States is so strong that it dares to fight a trade war with us, we will succeed." (Source: Sina Technology)

　9. JD Finance is close to completing over $2 billion in financing led by CITIC Construction Investment

　Leidi.com quoted investment industry insiders close to JD Finance as saying that JD Finance is close to completing its first round of financing after the split, with an amount of over US$2 billion. The leader is CITIC Construction Investment, and JD Finance's valuation reaches US$20 billion after the investment. [Source: Yibang Power Network]

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　10. Amazon's R&D spending hit record last year

　Statistics from the US financial data agency FactSet show that e-commerce giant Amazon invested more than all other American companies in R&D last year. The Seattle company spent as much as $22.6 billion last year, with statistics including technology and content spending. Amazon is famous for its online stores, and it has expanded to brick-and-mortar stores such as Amazon Go and bookstores without cashiers. The company also sells smart speakers supported by Smart Assistant Alexa and creates original content for its Prime video service. In addition to Amazon, Google's parent company Alphabet ranked second after Amazon, with R&D spending of $16.6 billion. The top five companies are Intel, Microsoft and Apple, with R&D investments of US$13.1 billion, US$12.3 billion and US$11.6 billion respectively. (Source: NetEase Technology)

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