E-commerce Evening News on September 17

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1. Alibaba’s mother Zhao Min: Influencing consumer behavior through data and AI

On September 17, at the first M Marketing Summit of Alibaba Mom in Hangzhou, Alibaba Mom President Zhao Min delivered a speech entitled "Starting New Marketing in the Digital Age". She said that the essence of marketing is to understand consumers' psychology and influence consumers' decisions. However, in the digital age, the wave of technology and business changes have caused huge changes in the consumer decision-making process. Embracing change is precisely Alibaba’s most unique DNA. (Yibang Power)    

2. State Post Bureau: 320,000 smart express boxes have been put into operation in my country

On September 17, Ma Junsheng, director of the State Post Bureau, said at a press conference that by 2018, 320,000 smart express boxes had been put into operation in my country, and the box delivery rate increased to 11.3%. Ma Junsheng pointed out that technology is empowering the express delivery industry. For example, smart express boxes can save time and effort for couriers and improve process efficiency. At present, a number of key common technology equipment for the development of industries such as big data, cloud computing, the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence are accelerating the application, and sorting technologies such as postal optical character recognition and technical equipment such as "unmanned warehouses, drones, and unmanned vehicles" are at the leading level in the world. (E-commerce News)

3. State Post Bureau: The express delivery task of village-to-village is completed ahead of schedule

On September 17, Ma Junsheng, Director of the State Post Bureau, said at a press conference of the State Council Information Office that the goal of having online stores in rural areas has been completed, and by August, the task of postal village express delivery will be completed one year ahead of schedule. (People's Daily)

4. Changes in the business scope of YY live broadcast operators, and new clothing retail, etc.

According to the news on September 17, Tianyan Check data showed that on September 12, Guangzhou Huaduo Network Technology Co., Ltd., the main operating entity of YY (Huaju Times) had a business scope change, adding "small accessories and small gift retail; clothing retail, box and bag retail, department store retail (except food retail), electronic product retail", etc. The business scope of this change exceeded 40. (E-commerce News)

Internet Information

5. AiMedia Polaris released the ranking of China Mobile APP classification in August

On September 17, iMedia Polaris released the ranking of China's mobile APP classification in August 2019. The fields involved in the list include short videos, mobile translation, mobile browsers, mobile mother and baby, online job search, mobile banking, online marriage and love, online music, online audio, online live broadcast, comprehensive e-commerce, and comprehensive video. (E-commerce News)

6. Volcano video launch mini program

According to September 17, a small program has been launched by ByteDance's short video platform "Volcano Video". This is the third mini program feature product launched by ByteDance after Toutiao and Douyin. At present, the entrance to the mini program is deep. After the user opens the Volcano Video App, click on his personal avatar. In the "My" module, you can see "My Mini Program". Entering the mini program page, two columns "Recently Used" and "Boutique Recommendations" will appear. (E-commerce News)

7. BOE A responded that "the panel was not adopted by Huawei Mate30 series": the report is a bit exaggerated

On September 17, some media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that the upcoming Huawei Mate 30 series will no longer use BOE OLED panels. In response, the secretary of the board of directors of BOE A said, "These reports are a bit exaggerated." The Mate 30 series products have not been officially released yet, and we cannot publish any information about the product for customers. It is subject to Huawei's caliber. However, the P30pro and Mate 20 series related panels are provided by BOE. Huawei is a particularly large customer of the company and its cooperation with Huawei has been smooth. (E-commerce News)

8. Alipay mini program announced that it will be connected to Sina Weibo

On September 17, according to Cailianshe, Alipay mini program announced today that it will be interconnected with Sina Weibo at three levels: scenario, product and platform. According to reports, based on the unified underlying framework and backend between the two parties, in the future, Sina Weibo will use social relationship chains and content diffusion capabilities to help Alipay mini-program merchants better reach users; and Alipay mini-programs will also provide Sina Weibo’s content consumption with a closed loop. (Europe)

9. Alipay launches "light membership": enjoy the discount first, and then settle membership fees after expiration

According to September 17, Alipay officially revealed that it is developing a membership card product. At the Alipay mini program summit, Wang Xi, head of Huabei Innovation Market Operations Department, introduced that "light membership" combines Sesame Credit and Huabei's characteristics, allowing consumers to become members without prepaying any fees, enjoy preferential rights first, and settle membership fees after expiration, which also helps merchants effectively obtain more paid members, improve repurchase rates, and expand the scenario of enjoying first and then paying. (Titanium Media)

Cross-border e-commerce

10. Cross-border e-commerce Yibai Network intends to be acquired

On September 17, A-share listed company Huakai Creative intends to purchase 90% of the equity of Shenzhen Yibai Network Technology Co., Ltd., a cross-border export e-commerce company, by combining the issuance of shares, convertible bonds and cash payment. The transaction is priced at 1.512 billion yuan.

According to Yibang Dynamics, Yibai Network is a global commodity trade integrated supply chain service provider. It mainly sells a variety of products to foreign terminal consumers through third-party e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and ebay. The sales network covers many regions such as Europe, North America, Oceania, and Asia. (Yibang Power Network)

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