#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on April 19] 1. It was finally confirmed that Alibaba invested 4.5 billion yuan in Huitongda; 2. Shentong Express and Express broke down each other's interests may be damaged; 3. Pollener received tens of millions of yuan in Series A financing from Chunxiao Capital; 4. Debang's revenue exceeded 20 billion yuan last year and exceeded "Four Connections and One Da"; Amazon announced the first number of Prime paid members: more than 100 million users worldwide; 6. China completed 5G network drone test flights...

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1. Final confirmation Alibaba invests 4.5 billion in Huitongda
On April 17, Alibaba Group and Five Star Holdings Group jointly announced a strategic cooperation and invested 4.5 billion yuan in its subsidiary Huitongda. In this round of financing, the two parties will carry out in-depth cooperation in dimensions such as supply chain, channels, warehousing and logistics, and technical systems to provide a series of services for the rural market including brand supply, ordering platforms, new retail systems, Alibaba Cloud platform, logistics system solutions, etc., to empower rural commercial infrastructure. (Source: Yibang Power Network)
2. Shentong Express and Express have mutually damaged the interests of multiple parties.
On April 18, Kuaijie Express first made a statement on its official Weibo account, saying that the entire network will be suspended from now on, and the cause of the disaster will be attributed to Shentong Express's "distrust". On the evening of the same day, Shentong Express issued a "solid statement" to fight back, saying that the shareholders of Kuaijie Express had determined to file for bankruptcy, but the founder shareholders did not fulfill the agreement. Industry insiders said that Kuaijie Express has more than 5,300 franchise outlets, and there may be difficulties in the follow-up handling of the interests of investors, franchisees, company employees and customers. (Source: Beijing Business Daily)
3. Pollener received tens of millions of yuan in Series A financing for Chunxiao Capital
Recently, China's C2C platform, which is idle transactions between women and mothers and babies, announced that it has completed a round A financing of tens of millions of yuan, with Chunxiao Capital investment. It is understood that the establishment of the platform is mainly due to the need for fashionable women and maternal and infant groups to replace second-hand idleness. Therefore, adhering to the original intention of "material circulation and love circulation", we hope to achieve the green energy concept of idle regeneration and the full use of the goods through the establishment of the platform. This concept will immediately attract the participation of stars such as Sun Li and Liu Tao. (Source: Interface News)
4. Debang's revenue exceeded 20 billion yuan last year and exceeded "Four Connections and One Dea"
On the evening of April 17, Debang Logistics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Debang Logistics") released its first financial report after its listing. In 2017, the company achieved operating income of 20.35 billion yuan, surpassing other Tongda competitors. According to the previously released financial report, the highest revenue among the "Four Connections and One Degrees" is Best Huitong, which is listed in the United States, with revenue reaching 19.99 billion yuan last year, an increase of 126% year-on-year; followed by YTO Express 19.98 billion yuan, ZTO Express 13.06 billion yuan, Shentong Express 12.657 billion yuan, and Yunda Shares' revenue was 10.02 billion yuan. (Source: Interface News)
5. Amazon announced the number of paid Prime members for the first time: more than 100 million users worldwide
Amazon disclosed for the first time the number of Prime paid members in its annual shareholder letter, with the number of Prime members worldwide exceeding 100 million. Prime members are $99 per year, or $12.99 per month, which means that 100 million Prime members will bring at least $9.9 billion in revenue to Amazon every year, accounting for about 5.5% of Amazon's total revenue in 2017. (Source: Sina Technology)
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6. China completes test flight of 5G network drone
Recently, China Telecom and Huawei cooperated to complete the first flight test and inspection business demonstration of 5G drone in Shenzhen. This is the first professional drone test flight in China based on end-to-end 5G network, and has successfully achieved real-time 5G network transmission of 360-degree panoramic 4K high-definition video of drones. (Source: Tencent Technology)
7. The new WeChat internal test service can be directly searched
According to April 18, WeChat announced today that it will open the internal testing of WeChat services direct opening new categories, and will expand more new service direct categories and enhance users' direct service experience. At present, developers who have received the invitation to internal test can first conduct development docking, and the invitation scope will be expanded in the future. It is reported that direct service delivery is a search function that meets WeChat users’ quick service finding. Access service capabilities from the data level, with mini programs as the technical base, and directly display your services in the search results. You can search for content such as "Guangzhou Weather", "Movie Ticket", "Flights from Beijing to Guangzhou" and other contents. (Source: Yibang Power)

WeChat internal testing new function service can be directly searched
8. ZTE continues to suspend trading, and more than 30 funds lower their valuations
After CITIC Prudential and Changxin Fund valued ZTE two limit-down valuations, about 30 fund companies followed up today, lowering ZTE's valuation, and most of the prices remained consistent with CITIC Prudential or Changxin Fund. Qianhai Kaiyuan Fund has the lowest valuation of ZTE, with only 22.82 yuan, which is equivalent to three limit downs. (Securities Times)
9. The enterprise WeChat killer has finally been exposed or hit the offline retail deadlock
In his speech at the WeChat public class at the beginning of the year, Zhang Xiaolong revealed that the team is trying to achieve intercommunication between WeChat and corporate WeChat. This function has been internally tested at the end of March. Recently, another brand broke the news that after WeChat-Enterprise WeChat interoperability, WeChat will add a corporate WeChat portal to merchants on the "Discover" page to further accelerate the integration between the two. (Source: Yibang Power)
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10. Amazon launches overseas shopping service, supporting 45 million Chinese products
Amazon has launched an overseas shopping service that allows consumers around the world to purchase more than 45 million items sent from the United States to their countries. Amazon said on Tuesday that its overseas shopping service supports five languages, including Spanish, English, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese and German. It allows consumers to shop in 25 currencies and will add more languages and currencies later this year. Consumers can also choose from different shipping options and delivery speeds. (Source: Phoenix Technology)

Amazon launches overseas shopping service, supporting 45 million Chinese products
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