#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on April 22]

      #Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Morning News on April 22] Morning News : Ctrip launches "City Selection Blind Boxes" to cover many cities across the country; Brazilian e-commerce solution company Olist completes financing of US$23 million; Vipshop 4.19 Brand Sale Festival: As of April 20, the order volume is nearly 15 million; Brazilian e-commerce solution company Olist completes US$23 million financing.

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1. Alibaba Health and the top 100 pharmaceutical companies in the world have established the "Tmall Good Pharmaceutical Alliance"

      On April 22, Alibaba Health announced yesterday that it will join hands with the top 100 well-known pharmaceutical companies in the world to form the "Tmall Good Drug Alliance" to provide consumers with good medicines from the source, and will use genuine, convenient and discounted drugs on the Tmall platform with professional drug services to be marked as "Tmall Good Drugs". At the same time, Tmall Good Pharmaceutical will provide alliance members with five platform-level services including the "Tmall Good Pharmaceutical" IP traffic sharing platform, pharmaceutical company digital marketing platform, drug service platform, drug next-day logistics platform, and charity drug gift platform. (E-commerce News)

2. Vipshop 4.19 Brand Sale Festival: As of April 20, the order volume is nearly 15 million.

      According to April 21, on the evening of April 16, Vipshop 4.19 Brand Sales Festival was officially launched. Vipshop 4.19 event consumption data showed that as of April 20, the number of event orders was nearly 15 million, compared with 2020, when the epidemic was initially slowing down, sales volume nearly doubled in the same period. From the perspective of category, the sales of sunscreen, sunscreen spray, and sunscreen clothing increased by more than 100% year-on-year; the sales of facial masks, skin care suits and isolation products increased by more than 100% year-on-year; the sales of dresses, single shoes, spring and summer children's clothing and sunglasses increased by more than 200% year-on-year. From the perspective of consumer cities, Beijing and Shanghai lead the country's order volume growth rate, with year-on-year growth of 187% and 177% respectively. (E-commerce News)

3. News says Kuaishou e-commerce’s GMV target this year is 750 billion to 800 billion yuan

      According to the news on April 21, according to the late LatePost, Kuaishou sets the total transaction volume target of e-commerce in 2021 at 750 billion to 800 billion yuan, about twice that of last year. According to reports, the 800 billion target includes transactions completed in Kuaishou stores and jump to external platforms, including orders that are actually sold, as well as orders that are not paid, unsold and refunded. (E-commerce News)

4. TikTok's local life progress: annual GMV target of 20 billion yuan

      According to April 22, before February this year, ByteDance's annual target for local life business is: the total transaction volume (GMV) of in-store group purchases will reach 20 billion yuan by the end of 2021. This data is slightly lower than one-tenth of Meituan's GMV in 2019. People familiar with the matter said that the 20 billion data will be adjusted in the future. Compared with the actual situation of this business, 20 billion yuan is a considerable or even an excessively high goal. As of March 2021, the GMV of Douyin's local life business that month was less than 40 million yuan. (Yibang Power)

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5. It is said that Amazon is considering accepting Dogecoin as a payment method

      According to foreign media reports, Amazon is considering accepting Dogecoin as a payment method. It is reported that after Dogecoin prices soared last week, more than 140,000 people recently signed a petition calling on Amazon to use Dogecoin as a payment method. (E-commerce News)

6. Brazilian e-commerce solution company Olist completes US$23 million in financing

      According to April 21, Brazilian e-commerce solutions company Olist recently completed a US$23 million financing led by Goldman Sachs, and Redpoint events participated in this round of financing. According to data, Olist was founded in 2015. The company has established links with e-commerce platforms such as small retailers Magazine Luiza, Americanas and Mercado Livre, and relies on technology and market intelligence to establish an online brand image for retailers and increase the latter's revenue. (E-commerce News)

7. DailySocial Report: Tokopedia becomes the most commonly used e-commerce platform in Indonesia

      4月21日消息，据CAMIA报道，近期DailySocial发布最新报告，2020年印尼电商用户数量显著增长，疫情期间，印尼电子商务用户的数量增加了1000万以上，从7500万增加到8500万。报告指出，Tokopedia在电子商务平台中名列前茅。（电商报）

8. Amazon announces expanding palm scanning payment system to Whole Foods Supermarket

      According to reports, Amazon recently announced that it will expand its palm-scan payment system to Whole Foods supermarket stores in Seattle. Last September, Amazon launched a new biometric system, “Amazon One,” which allows users to pay with palms on the Amazon Go store. Amazon One allows shoppers to pay by placing their palms on a scanning device. When a shopper uses the system for the first time, he or she needs to insert a credit card and connect it to the user's palm. After that, the user simply needs to place his hand on the scanning device to pay. (Sina Technology)

Internet news

9. Ctrip launches "City Selection Blind Box" to cover many cities across the country

      According to reports, this blind box product includes hotel-type blind boxes and air ticket-type blind boxes, covering many cities across the country including Chengdu, Xi'an, Changsha, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Sanya, Chongqing, Shanghai, Lijiang, etc. Among them, the prices of hotel blind boxes are 699 yuan and 999 yuan respectively, and the "hidden" air ticket blind boxes are 99 yuan. As of April 20, according to the order situation, cities such as Chengdu, Sanya, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Zhuhai have become popular destinations. (E-commerce News)

10. Wechat supports all merchants and all categories to access video accounts

      According to April 22, starting from now on, WeChat stores will support all merchants and all categories to access video accounts. After access, the merchant group of WeChat stores will also upgrade the "toolbox": merchants can develop video account bloggers into their own distributors, or they can use the video account they operate to "bring goods". Specifically, the blogger of the Video Account can directly link the WeChat store mini program homepage on the Video Account homepage, or put the products of the WeChat store merchants on the shopping cart in the Video Account live broadcast room. It is reported that Weidian currently has nearly 90 million small and micro store owners and millions of active merchants. (Yibang Power)