#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [November 2 E-commerce Evening News] Before Double 11, WeChat fully opened product searches; Ant Financial: The merchants preparing for loans for Double 11 have increased by 50% compared with last year; Taoxianda has opened 603 stores in 158 cities; Ele.me officially launched electronic consumption coupons in its Tmall flagship store; Starbucks plans to open 2,100 new stores around the world next year...
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1. Ant Financial: Merchants preparing for loans for Double 11 have increased by 50% compared with last year
According to data from Ant Financial, the number of merchants preparing for loans for Double 11 has increased by 50% compared with last year. At the same time, the preparation funds provided by Ant Commercial Bank have increased by 50% year-on-year, and a total of 30 million subsidies have been invested to help reduce the successful financing of merchants. Since the beginning of this year, the country has introduced a series of policies to alleviate the difficulties and high cost of financing for small and micro enterprises. Ant Commercial Bank is also determined to serve at least 30 million small and micro businesses and self-employed people in the next three years. (Crowdfunding Home)
2. Before Double 11, WeChat will fully open product search
It is reported that products can already be searched in the search bar of WeChat mini program. This is the second time that WeChat has opened up the product search function after "Search Yishu". Click to enter the "Mini Program" page in WeChat "Discovery" to find the "Search Mini Program" column. After typing keywords such as down jacket, headphones, and quilts, a list of products with single items as the dimensions appears. The sources of these products are not limited to JD.com. Compared with the product list presented in "Search", the product search results in the "Search Mini Program" include functions such as "Friends think it is easy to use" and "Friends Want to buy" and other functions. (Yibang Power)
3. Taoxianda has opened 603 stores in 158 cities
According to news on November 2, Taoxianda, which focuses on one-hour delivery of fresh food department stores, has now opened 158 cities and has launched 603 stores. It is understood that these stores include the renovated traditional offline supermarkets such as Hema, RT-Mart, Hexiao Ma, Auchan, Xinhuadu Supermarket, Renben Supermarket, Sanjiang Shopping, Shunkelong Supermarket, Zhongbai Supermarket, Qingkelong, Wang Zhongwang and other traditional offline supermarkets. (E-commerce News)
4. Ele.me officially launched electronic consumption coupons in its Tmall flagship store
On November 1, Ele.me officially launched electronic consumption coupons at its Tmall flagship store. Consumers can purchase a variety of commodity consumption coupons including Starbucks, KFC, and Wufangzhai, and consume at will from 3 to 180 days. What is interesting is that in the first battle against Double 11, these catering and new retail brands will sell their respective electronic consumption coupons at a minimum of 0.3% discount. (Yibang Power Network)
5. Starbucks plans to open 2,100 new stores around the world next year
On November 2, Starbucks announced on Thursday that it plans to open 2,100 new stores worldwide in 2019. The company added that it opened about 600 new stores in the latest quarter, with the total number of stores worldwide currently exceeding 29,300. Last year, the company opened nearly 2,300 new stores worldwide. Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said in 2019 the company will "focus on long-term growth in China and the United States." These are the company's two largest markets in the world. (E-commerce News)
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6. Didi’s “Public Review Council” is launched for trial operation
On November 2, Didi's "Public Review Council" was launched for trial operation, and long-term opinions and suggestions were solicited in response to the difficulties and challenges faced by the platform. During the trial operation of the "Public Parliament", a seven-day discussion will be held on each topic. The first issue of the topic is "Can the driver refuse to take the car by drunk passengers alone?" (36Kr)
7. Bilibili sells old stocks and introduces Alibaba, with Alibaba + Alibaba fund holdings reaching 10%
After Tencent became the second largest shareholder, B Station recently received investment from Alibaba. It is reported that this investment was not carried out through capital increase and share expansion as mentioned in the report, but was achieved by selling old shares on Bilibili, so there is no need to issue an announcement. Specifically for the investment ratio, Alibaba will hold 5% of the shares, and Alibaba-based funds will also hold 5% of the shares. An industrial investor said: "The introduction of Alibaba on B station does not constitute capital increase and share expansion. At the same time, based on the arrangement of AB shares, the voting rights of the B station management team exceed 80%, which means that Tencent cannot control how B station handles its old stocks." (Financial)
8. Tencent responded to WeChat's ban on Douyin: There are policies and regulations, and we must also look at the rules of WeChat.
At the Tencent Open Partner Conference held in Nanjing, a media asked that Weishi can share it on WeChat Moments, why is Douyin still not good? In this regard, Tencent Vice President Lin Songtao said that this is due to policies and regulations, and it also depends on WeChat’s rules. However, so far, Tencent has not made a clear explanation of what specific policies, regulations and WeChat rules are. (Blue Whale Finance)
9. Lei Jun: Not only should we be Zhongguancun in China, but we should also become Zhongguancun in the world.
On the morning of November 2, Lei Jun, chairman of Xiaomi Technology, said at the 2018 Zhongguancun Forum: "Looking back, from Kingsoft Software to making e-commerce excellence network, to becoming an angel investor, and later founding Xiaomi, thanks to this great era, which gave us the opportunity to realize our dreams." He also said that Zhongguancun should not only be the Zhongguancun of China, but also look around the world and become the Zhongguancun of the world. TechWeb)
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10. NetEase Koala Double 11 upgraded supply chain has realized intelligent logistics warehouse
November 2nd news, Double 11 is approaching, and NetEase Koala is busy upgrading its bonded warehouse supply chain.
It is reported that since September this year, NetEase Koala's Double 11 cross-border cargo has gradually entered its bonded warehouses over one million square meters that radiate across the country through sea, air and land. In addition, NetEase Koala will also connect customs, warehousing and logistics service providers to provide 24-hour service during Double 11. (Yibang Power Network)
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