#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on June 13] 1. Tencent opened a flagship store on Tmall, but the only product has been removed from the shelves; 2. Huang Mingduan: is shaping an era with Alibaba and will help Hema open a store; 3. Chanel opened China's first full-category flagship store; 4. Inman Underwear received a tens of millions of Pre-A round of financing, and implemented offline stores to strengthen its brand influence; 5. Watsons opened a brand new shopping concept store in addition to beauty and makeup, and also video games and food...
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1. Tencent opened a flagship store on Tmall, but the only product has been removed from the shelves
On June 13, a netizen told Lianshang.com that a store called "tencent Tencent Flagship Store" was quietly launched on Tmall, and currently only Tencent Listen to one artificial intelligence speaker product.
After consulting customer service, we learned that the store is indeed an official flagship store opened by Tencent on Tmall, and the domain name of the store is also shown to be tencent.tmall.com.
However, when Lianshang.com opened the store again, it found that the only product had been removed from the shelves. The customer service responded that the products had been sold out and had not had time to restock. Regarding the reasons for the removal, Tmall Public Relations stated that the store is still there and Tmall has not removed the merchant. After inquiry on product evaluation, the store was launched as early as May 27. (Lianshang.com)
2. Huang Mingduan: Hema is creating an era with Alibaba and will help Hema open a store
After announcing that 100 RT-Mart stores have completed new retail transformation and fully participated in 618, RT-Mart Chairman Huang Mingduan said today that RT-Mart will integrate the Hema concept with RT-Mart to form a new model for new retail. Huang Mingduan smiled and said that someone had previously said that he "winned all his opponents but lost to the times." "This sentence is not what I said. I think RT-Mart and Alibaba are shaping a new retail era together."
At the same time, Huang Mingduan said that RT-Mart will open stores in Northeast China and Hainan, and this new business model will retain Hema's characteristics such as supply chain, and RT-Mart will appoint store managers and join RT-Mart's specialty categories. (Lianshang.com)
3. Chanel opens China's first full-category flagship store
Chanel China's first full-category flagship store is located on the first floor of the South District of Guomao Mall. The clerk of the store said that this is China's first comprehensive store in all categories, including integrated clothing, high-end jewelry watches, perfume and makeup, and handbags. After Chanel opened a pop-up store of "arcade game hall" in Shanghai and Chengdu, the implementation of the first full-category flagship store in China is another measure for Chanel to increase its investment in the Chinese market. (Lianshang.com)
4. Inman Underwear received a Pre-A round of financing of tens of millions, and launched offline stores to strengthen brand influence
On June 13, the Internet underwear brand Inman Underwear completed a Pre-A round of financing of tens of millions in early June, and the investor was Meihua Venture Capital.
In September 2016, the fashion women's clothing brand Inman confirmed the addition of the underwear and home furnishing category, and established an independent company to be responsible for the development and operation of related products. Yang Xunzhong, the former chief operating officer of Inman, served as the general manager of the new project and served as the founder and CEO of Inman,. It was officially launched in October of the same year and its brand positioned as "cotton comfortable underwear". (Yiou.com)
5. Watsons has opened a brand new shopping concept store in addition to beauty and makeup, and also video games and food.
It is reported that CKC18 is the latest shopping concept project of Watsons Group. It creates a respected life experience in Central with its top retail stores. It has a global food area, a beauty and health area, WatsonsLab, a video game trend area, TechLife by FORTRESS, and a wine area, Bar 0001 by Watson's Wine. (Lianshang.com)
6. Alibaba and JD.com invest heavily in drones and robots to shorten delivery time
The South China Morning Post published an article saying that the two major e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com have made large investments in drones and robotics technology in order to upgrade the logistics networks of their respective e-commerce empires. With the rise of e-commerce, China's express delivery industry has shown vigorous development - investment in new logistics technologies aims to further shorten delivery time. (NetEase)
7. Alipay plans to be promoted in 20 European countries
According to foreign media reports, by the end of 2018, Alipay will be promoted in 20 European countries, and its mobile payment platform has signed agreements with more than 100 European banks and 40 digital wallet companies. (Global Network)
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8. Amazon is accused of unreasonable salary and is involved in labor violations
Labor violations in OEM factories have caused international business giants to fall into trouble frequently. Recently, the labor rights protection organization China Labor Observation published a report saying that after a nine-month investigation, it was found that the Foxconn China Hengyang foundry, which undertakes Amazon Echo smart speakers and Kindle e-readers, violates Chinese laws, relies too much on dispatched workers, and has unreasonable salary. Amazon's official response said that the above issues have been rectified. (Beijing Business Daily)
9. Carrefour and Google reach strategic cooperation to accelerate digital transformation in an all-round way
On June 11, Carrefour announced a strategic partnership with Google, and will focus on three aspects in the future. First, French consumers can use Google’s newly opened shopping platform; second, consumers can purchase Carrefour’s products through Google Assistant voice assistants and other services; third, the two parties jointly set up an innovation laboratory, and Google will help Carrefour Group achieve a comprehensive digital transformation.
This cooperation will give full play to their respective advantages, Carrefour will give full play to its expert advantages in the fields of products and logistics, and Google will provide leading technologies such as artificial intelligence, Cloud and Google Assistant voice assistants. This will bring a new and high-quality shopping experience to French consumers, not only limited to offline stores, but also include online shopping, mobile shopping and voice shopping. (Lianshang.com)
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10. China's cross-border e-commerce has become a "hot commodity" for Korean companies
Overseas shopping is one of the business models of Chinese e-commerce in Korea. Since 2015, cross-border e-commerce companies such as Alibaba and Tmall and JD have accelerated their layout in South Korea. In just over a year, e-commerce platforms represented by the B2C model have opened "Korean Pavilion" and introduced local brands. C2C model e-commerce explores small and medium-sized brands by cultivating professional buyers to meet personal needs.
Zhao Ge, director of Asia-Pacific investment promotion at Tmall International, told a case: In major shopping malls in Seoul, a mask that could have been said to be "unpopular" suddenly became a hot item. (Economic Reference)
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