#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on August 14] Tmall announced that it will launch 600,000 new digital home appliances in the second half of the year; the stock battle started Vipshop officially launched a purchasing agent wholesale platform - Vipshop; Tencent was interviewed by Zhejiang Industry and Commerce for the problem of "difficulty in transferring WeChat to protect rights" and promised to rectify; Apple hit a record closing high and market value exceeding US$1 trillion for eight consecutive days; Gome deepened the integration of online and offline, and focused on opening county stores in the second half of the year...

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1. Tmall announced that it will launch 600,000 new digital home appliances in the second half of the year
On August 13, Tmall announced that it will launch 600,000 new digital home appliances in the second half of 2018, including new products such as Apple, Samsung, Huawei, and Xiaomi. At present, nearly 20,000 digital home appliance brands have opened flagship stores on Tmall, with an average of more than 3,000 new products released on average. Tmall will jointly build a strategic platform for new product launches with brands to expand the advantages of new product launches. (Lianshang.com)

2. JD.com and Intel announced the deepening of strategic cooperation and launch full enterprise-level business cooperation
JD.com and Intel announced today that they would deepen strategic cooperation, and the two parties will officially launch full enterprise-level business cooperation based on the current cooperation. The two parties will use the results of JD’s big data platform to integrate, analyze and utilize big data, and combine Intel’s cloud computing, Internet of Things power, storage and programming solutions to output products, configurations, prices, solutions and services preferred by small and medium-sized enterprise customers for different application scenarios. (Techweb)
3. The stock battle begins. Vipshop officially launched a purchasing agent wholesale platform - Vipshop
Recently, Vipshop officially launched a purchasing agent wholesale platform - Vipshop. According to official reports, Vipshop is a newly incubated app that serves the vast number of purchasing agents and wholesale customers. It will focus on the B-end social e-commerce distribution model, and use the WeChat social platform to clear inventory for the brand and process the final products. Similar to many distribution platforms, Vipshop connects the brand to obtain the source of goods on one end, and connects small B groups such as purchasing agents and small and medium-sized wholesalers on the other end. At the same time, it uses social platforms such as WeChat and QQ to acquire and sell goods through goods grouping, grabbing, broadcasting goods, forwarding and distribution. (Yibang Power Network)

4. Gome deepens the integration of online and offline, and focuses on opening county stores in the second half of the year
Song Linlin, general manager of Gome South China Region, said that Gome South China will focus on laying out county stores in the entire region in the second half of the year. "The task under the headquarters is to open more than 80 stores, and our goal is to open 100 stores." Gome will also open stores in the building materials and home furnishing market and build a comprehensive experience hall in the primary and secondary markets. It is reported that Gome County Stores can open small stores of hundreds of square meters. In addition to sample physical products, they can also display samples online to control the cost of opening a store and operating costs. (Yicai)
5. Carrefour Greater China's profit growth in the first half of 2018 was 177%.
According to August 13, Carrefour Group recently released its first half of 2018 financial report. Carrefour Greater China's operating profit increased by 177% compared with the same period last year. The report focused on the results of its digital transformation. (Chuangyebang)
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6. Tencent was interviewed by Zhejiang Industry and Commerce for the problem of "difficulty in redirecting WeChat accounts to protect rights" and promised to make rectifications.
It was learned from the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Industry and Commerce that in response to the recent recent incidents of consumers' misrepresentation of WeChat transfers, the Provincial Consumer Protection Committee issued a written "Suggestion Letter" to Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Co., Ltd., and held a face-to-face interview on July 23. Tencent wrote a letter on August 1 to make a written reply to make rectifications on WeChat Pay. A relevant person in charge of the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Industry and Commerce said, (Pengpai)
7. Apple hit a record closing high and market value exceeds $1 trillion for eight consecutive days
The U.S. stock market closed on Monday, and Apple's stock price closed up 0.65% to $208.87, hitting a record high with a market value of $1.01 trillion. It is worth noting that this is also the eight consecutive days when Apple's market value exceeds $1 trillion.
Many investors in the market believe that the trillion-dollar market value may be just the starting point of Apple, and its future growth space is worth looking forward to. (Tencent Technology)
8. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology conducts safety inspections on online car-hailing information service platforms, etc.
The General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice on carrying out the network security inspection of the telecommunications and Internet industry in 2018 (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), and deployed the network security inspection of the telecommunications and Internet industry in 2018.
According to the "Notice", the target of this inspection is a network and system for the construction and operation of basic telecommunications enterprises, Internet enterprises, domain name registration management and service institutions approved by the telecommunications authorities in accordance with the law. Focus on checking the implementation of laws and regulations by network operating units such as the "Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China", the compliance of the series of standards for the telecommunications and Internet security protection systems, possible weak passwords, medium and high-risk loopholes and other potential network security risks, etc. (Tencent Technology)
9. Xiaomi Ecological Chain Industrial Park settles in Shanghai: It includes up to 100 Xiaomi Ecological Chain Enterprises
Xiaomi Group will work with Shanghai Songjiang District Government and Lingang Group to build a 100,000 square meter Xiaomi Ecological Chain Industrial Park in Lingang Songjiang Science and Technology City. Xiaomi Ecological Chain East China Headquarters and Xiaomi (Shanghai) Industrial Design Research Institute will officially settle in the G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor.
The agreement revealed that the three parties will promote the construction of the headquarters of the East China District of Xiaomi Ecological Chain to become the core bearing space for the development and growth of enterprises, and accelerate the physical aggregation of high-end resources of Xiaomi Ecological Chain in Lingang Songjiang Science and Technology City through "main + carrier" to settle in 50 to 100 Xiaomi Ecological Chain enterprises. (Quick Technology)
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10. Wall Street: Amazon's advertising profit will exceed cloud computing business revenue by 2021
According to Piper Jaffray data, Amazon's amazing growth rate in the Internet advertising market will help the company boost its stock price significantly. Analyst Michael Olson pointed out in the report: "By 2021, we believe that Amazon's advertising revenue is likely to exceed that of the AWS cloud business. Therefore, investors should focus on Amazon's advertising business, which is the main driving force for current performance and valuation, and will continue in the next few quarters and even years." (E-commerce News)
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