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1. Alibaba invests in AR company Perfect to launch virtual makeup trials on Taobao and Tmall
September 19th news, Bloomberg quoted people familiar with the matter today as saying that Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group has agreed to invest in augmented reality (AR) startup Perfect, which is Alibaba's biggest bet in Taiwan so far. Meanwhile, Perfect announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with Alibaba to introduce its AR technology to Alibaba's online platform, but did not mention any financial terms regarding this capital cooperation. (E-commerce News)
2. MissFresh has opened nearly 200 forward warehouses, with monthly sales of 250 million yuan.
Recently, performance data released by MissFresh shows that since entering South China in December 2017, as of August this year, MissFresh has opened nearly 200 forward warehouses, with monthly order volume of nearly 3.5 million and monthly sales of 250 million, a 5-fold increase compared with the same period last year. According to the person in charge of MissFresh’s South China District, the company attaches great importance to live broadcast channels in South China. In addition, MissFresh also interacts with consumers through the construction of a WeChat group in South China. On a daily basis, employees will release special new products, discount promotions, etc. in the group. (Yibang Power)
3. Cainiao will contract an airline to deliver express delivery on Double 11 this year
On September 19, at the 2019 Double 11 press conference of Alibaba AliExpress, Xie Zhiyu, the head of Cainiao International trunk line, announced: This year, Cainiao Network will contract an airline to deliver express delivery. This will be the largest charter flight in China, with more than 100 flights to be used during the event, ensuring that the international logistics timeliness of Double 11 will increase by 10% compared with last year. (Yibang Power)
4. Tmall: my country's snack food market size has exceeded one trillion yuan
At the 2019 "9.17 China Nut Health Week", the First Financial Business Data Center jointly launched the 2019 Nut Roasted Industry Consumer Insight Trend White Paper. The white paper shows that as of 2018, the scale of the domestic snack food market has exceeded one trillion yuan. Among them, salty snacks, nut foods and puffed foods ranked first to third in the total sales of various snack foods. (Lianshang.com)
5. Alibaba releases original protection platform data: Guangdong and Zhejiang become China's original commercial incubation base
During the 2019 Taobao Creation Festival, more than 400 "shen stores" and more than 1,000 "new species" products gathered in Hangzhou, and technological style, national style intangible cultural heritage, trendy design, and creative food became the new trend of the whole nation. On September 18, a set of data released by Alibaba showed that the average annual GMV of original innovative merchants is 9 times that of ordinary merchants, and Guangdong and Zhejiang have become China's original business incubation base. (Tianxia Online Business)
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6. Xiaomi Group: Repurchased 2.7312 million shares on September 19, costing approximately HK$24.9805 million
Xiaomi Group repurchased shares for the third consecutive trading day. Last night, Xiaomi announced that it would repurchase 2.7312 million shares on September 19, costing about HK$24.9805 million. (36Kr)
7. Tencent responded that Ma Huateng stepped down as the legal representative of the credit reporting company: it belongs to the scope of internal governance of the company.
Tianyan Check data shows that Tencent Chairman and CEO Ma Huateng no longer serves as the legal representative of Tencent Credit Reporting Co., Ltd. recently. In this regard, Tencent said, "This change of legal representative belongs to the scope of internal governance of the company and has nothing to do with the company's actual operating conditions." A relevant person from Tencent said, "In fact, it is a normal need for internal governance of the company." (International Financial News)
8. iPhone 11 is on sale today. Tmall has been born "the first iPhone" for six consecutive years
At 8 a.m. on September 20, the new iPhone 11 series products were launched simultaneously on Tmall. Five minutes later, Mr. Chen from Xiasha, Hangzhou received a new phone sent by Hummingbird, becoming the "first person in iPhone 11" in China. This is also the sixth year that the "first iPhone" was born on Tmall. At the same time, Shanghai Weibo user "wlf Damei" said that he received a new iPhone phone in just 10 minutes, becoming the "first person in iPhone 11 Pro" in China. (36Kr)
9. ByteDance launched two new apps: "Jiuli Creativity" and "TikTok AdStudio"
ByteDance has launched two new apps, one is "huge amount of creativity" and the other is the creative video production app "TikTok AdStudio". According to product information, "Juliang Creativity" is a video creative guidance and creation work, developed by Beijing Juliang Engine Network Technology Co., Ltd., which is a wholly-owned holding company of ByteDance. The TikTok AdStudio publisher shows "Tianjin Jinritoutiao Technology Co., Ltd.", which is the same company as Juliang Engine and Feiyu CRM. (Tech Planet)
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10. Walmart unlimited delivery will expand to more than 200 cities in the United States
On September 19, Walmart launched a new grocery delivery service called "DeliveryUnlimited" in June this year, but it is limited to four markets: Houston, Miami, Salt Lake City and Tampa. In view of the successful trial of the project, Walmart said in a recent announcement that it will expand the service to more than 200 cities in the United States. (E-commerce News)
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