#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on July 16th 1. Alibaba won the 1 yuan lawsuit and continued to crack down on order brushing; 2. NetEase Yanxuan cooperated with convenience stores; 3. JD.com issued an announcement: Implement the rotating CEO system; 4. Kuaishou Chief Content Officer Zeng Guangming confirmed his resignation; 5. The pilot "electronic ID card" in 19 cities across the country has so far received more than 6 million people...
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1. Alibaba won the 1 yuan lawsuit and continued to crack down on order brushing
On July 16, the Yuhang District Court of Hangzhou City recently made a judgment in the case of Taobao suing Li's "swipe" and found that 24 transactions in Li's Taobao transactions were order-brushing, which violated Taobao's rules and constituted a breach of contract, and supported Taobao's request for 1 yuan.
Zhang Yiwen, senior legal expert of the Legal Department of Alibaba Group, said that Alibaba will continue to crack down on order brushing behavior in the entire chain, so that the order brushing platforms will not dare to brush or no longer brushing; educate the "swipe" group through litigation; severely punish order brushing merchants, clear transaction volume, and even permanently close stores. (E-commerce News)
2. NetEase Yanxuan cooperates with convenience stores
36Kr learned that NetEase Yanxuan, as a supplier, supplies goods to Anda Convenience. Currently, there are nearly 200 SKUs, with a unit price of around 35 yuan, mainly in daily necessities and other categories. NetEase Yanxuan said that the cooperation has little to do with Yanxuan’s offline layout, but an offline distribution cooperation. At the same time, similar distribution cooperation with offline stores is not limited to this, mainly depends on business needs. (36Kr)
3. JD.com issued an announcement: Implement the rotating CEO system
On July 16, JD.com issued an announcement today stating that in order to better promote the innovative development of JD.com's business and fully embrace the future of boundless retail, JD.com will implement the rotating CEO system from now on.
It is understood that Mr. Xu Lei, CMO of JD.com, is currently the first rotating CEO of JD.com, reports to Mr. Liu Qiangdong, CEO of JD.com, and is fully responsible for the daily work of the mall.
The company hopes to comprehensively improve organizational coordination efficiency through the implementation of this system, stimulate the innovative vitality of the team, and provide more outstanding leading talents with a broad stage of display and development space. (E-commerce News)
4. JD.com adjusts after-sales rules: the return flyer number is shortened to 7 days
According to July 16, JD.com recently adjusted its after-sales service rules. It is reported that JD.com will change the existing "JD Open Platform Merchant After-sales Service Management Rules" in the "Quit Delivery to Merchant" requirements of consumers to upload the express order number within 15 days, and to upload within 7 days. The rules will come into effect on July 19. (Yibang Power Network)
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5. Zeng Guangming, chief content officer of Kuaishou, confirmed his resignation
On July 16, Kuaishou Chief Content Officer Zeng Guangming posted a message in his circle of friends to announce his resignation from Kuaishou. Zeng Guangming said in a statement, "After friendly consultation, I have left Kuaishou at the beginning of this month and will no longer serve as the chief content officer of Kuaishou."
Kuaishou said that Zeng Guangming has made important contributions to Kuaishou's rapid development and wishes him a better future. (Chuangyebang)
6. More than 6 million people have received the "electronic ID card" in 19 cities across the country.
On July 16, cities such as 11 cities in Jiangxi, Chongqing, Xiangyang, and Taizhou announced the pilot "electronic ID cards". Citizens can collect them in Alipay and use them in pilot scenarios. In addition to the cities such as Quzhou, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, and Tianjin that have been piloted, so far, a total of 19 cities across the country have tried to use "electronic ID cards". According to official data from Alipay, more than 6 million people have received their "electronic ID cards". (Chuangyebang)
7. Snowball completed US$120 million in financing Ant Financial became a strategic investor
On the 16th, Snowball officially announced that it had completed a US$120 million Series D financing, and Ant Financial became a new strategic investor to join this round.
Regarding the purpose of financing, Snowball founder and CEO Fang Sanwen said: "This round of financing will be mainly used for product research and development in the community and trading system and the recruitment of outstanding talents, further improving Snowball's investment and communication experience, and providing users with cross-market and multi-category stock fund trading services." (E-commerce News)
8. Hong Kong shared bicycle Gobee.bike announced its bankruptcy, ofo may take over
On July 16, Hong Kong bike-sharing startup Gobee.bike announced its bankruptcy. According to the South China Morning Post, citing people familiar with the matter, ofo may take over Gobee.bike's business in Hong Kong to keep its brand and vehicle unchanged. (36Kr)
9. Xiaopeng Motors has just joined the company and is involved in a commercial secrets lawsuit Apple filed a lawsuit
Recently, a criminal lawsuit filed in the US federal court showed that Xiaolang Zhang (hereinafter referred to as Zhang Xiaolang), a former Chinese employee of Apple, was prosecuted for stealing trade secrets. The complaint said that before leaving Apple, Zhang Xiaolang downloaded a confidential design drawing of an autonomous vehicle to a personal laptop and tried to leave the United States, but was eventually arrested on the spot at the airport returning to China. (36Kr)
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10. Starting from October 1, North Dakota, USA, will begin to impose sales tax on e-commerce sellers!
According to foreign media reports, from October 1, remote sellers in North Dakota (sellers who do not have physical stores in the state, including e-commerce sellers) will need to start registering and levying sales and use tax in the state.
Last month (June), the U.S. Supreme Court announced the ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair online sales tax. U.S. states can now require remote sellers to impose sales tax on consumers.
“In 2017, the North Dakota Legislature passed a law that expanded North Dakota’s sales tax collection requirements to include remote sellers as well.” Rauschenberger said, “Remote sellers will be required to start North Dakota’s sales tax starting October 1, 2018, giving them time to register and update their systems and software by that date. At any time before October 1, 2018, they can voluntarily start levying sales tax.” (Lianshang.com)
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