E-commerce Morning News on September 17

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1. The national express delivery business volume in the first eight months reached 38.31 billion pieces

On September 16, the State Post Bureau announced the operation of the postal industry in August 2019. Data shows that from January to August, the postal industry business revenue (excluding the direct operating income of the Postal Savings Bank) reached 606 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.5%; the total business volume reached 982.94 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 31.1%. From January to August, the total business volume of express delivery service enterprises nationwide reached 38.31 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 26.6%. (E-commerce News)

2. BOE A: The sixth generation flexible AMOLED production line in Chongqing has started construction

On September 16, BOE A stated on the interactive platform that the company's sixth-generation flexible AMOLED production line in Chongqing has started construction and is expected to be put into production in 2021; the company's sixth-generation flexible AMOLED production line in Chengdu is currently progressing smoothly, and the first phase has been fully produced; the Mianyang's sixth-generation flexible AMOLED production line has been mass-produced, and the company's flexible display product supply capacity and product competitiveness will continue to improve. (E-commerce News)

3. JD Logistics upgrades the "City Agglomeration Half-Day" service, covering nearly 90% of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, etc.

According to September 16, JD Logistics recently stated that it is currently fully promoting the upgrading of logistics timeliness of urban agglomerations across the country and accelerating the circulation speed within and between urban agglomerations. It is understood that as of now, more than ten urban agglomerations across the country, including Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Chengdu-Chongqing, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the Central Plains, and Guanzhong Plain, have an average coverage rate of "24-hour reach" cities, especially in the Yangtze River Delta, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and other regions, the coverage rate of "half-day reach" (i.e. "211 limited time reach") is nearly 90%, which has become the standard configuration. (Europe)

4. 2019 Tmall Double 11 is here to guide consumption and other tools such as Taobao live broadcasts to guide consumption

September 16th news, today, at the 2019 Taobao Double Promotion Seller Conference, Kaifu, head of the Taobao Platform Business Department, said that this year's Tmall Double 11 will have more online and offline linkages and group resources. "The first big promotion under the background of Taobao and Tmall Connect is coming soon, and Taobao merchants will fully participate." (E-commerce Daily)

5. Alibaba Chairman Zhang Yong: The core of serving enterprises is to help them expand their growth

At the closed-door meeting of Alibaba Mama M Marketing Summit on September 16, Alibaba Chairman and CEO Zhang Yong said, "All To B services should be tested by whether they have obtained market increments." Zhang Yong said, "Today, Alibaba Mama is also going to upgrade, because we need to carry out the entire user operation of the brand and the value mining and construction of the entire life cycle of the brand. This means that from product definition, product operation method, and service system construction method, they will all be completely different." (Sina Technology)

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6. WeChat mini program can be embedded with Tencent live broadcast

On September 16, the brand owner can embed Tencent Live H5 page in the WeChat mini program. This can not only satisfy the brand owner's live broadcast in the mini program, but also allow them to jump back to their own mini program in the live broadcast room to facilitate fans to purchase products. Tencent Live started internal testing in March this year and was launched in August. It is a live broadcast tool for content operators, developed in terms of the capabilities of mini programs, and consists of two parts: App and mini programs. (E-commerce News)

7. Google sends an invitation letter, scheduled to release the new mobile phone Pixel 4 on October 15

According to foreign media reports, Google has sent invitation letters to several media, inviting media to attend a hardware launch scheduled for October 15 in New York City. The company is expected to officially release two phones, the Pixel 4, the Pixel 4 XL and other devices, including the Pixelbook 2 laptop and the new Google Home smart speaker. The invitation letter reads "Come and see what Google makes!" (NetEase Technology)

8. Didi’s self-driving taxis landed in Shanghai: may be launched early next year

According to September 16, Didi is expected to launch an autonomous driving travel service in Shanghai at the beginning of next year. By then, the company will invest 30 L4+-level autonomous vehicles to "pre-commercialize" in specific real travel scenarios. Didi became one of the first three companies to obtain the Shanghai smart connected car demonstration application license at the 2019 World Intelligent Connected Vehicle Conference held today, and the other two are SAIC and BMW. Companies that obtain licenses will be allowed to conduct road tests and conduct manned demonstrations in relevant testing areas in Shanghai. (E-commerce News))

9. Jay Chou launched the new single "Say Not to Cry", and the QQ Music Server collapsed for a while

At 9:00 yesterday, Jay Chou released his latest single "Say Not to Cry". As the exclusive music platform for launching the digital album, QQ Music once collapsed. According to feedback from some netizens, there was a display failure when using QQ music at that time, and the message "An error occurred, click on the screen to try again." As of last night, the sales volume of "Say Don't Cry" has reached 2.417 million copies, collections have reached 65,000, and comments have exceeded 11,000. On Weibo, "Jay Chou's new song says he won't cry" ranked first on the hot search list, and "QQ Music collapsed" ranked fifth on the hot search list. (Sina Technology)

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10. Amazon launches high-speed delivery service in Turin, Italy

According to foreign media reports, Amazon has launched a 2-hour Prime Now service in Turin, Italy to accelerate the "last mile" to provide better and faster delivery services to Italian Prime members. The move was built on the previous launch of Prime Now in the cities of Milan and Rome and Italy, with the aim of allowing buyers to choose from more than 7,000 products from Pam Panorama stores in selected areas.

The service is operated 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to midnight, serving in specific areas of the city. (Hugo.com)

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