#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on April 20]

      #Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News Brief on April 20] Evening News: Report: European e-commerce market revenue is expected to reach US$465 billion in 2021; Gree Dong Mingzhu supports Internet supervision: No rules, no square footage; SA Research: Xiaomi’s global smartphone shipments in Q1 2021 will reach 49 million units.

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1. JD.com launches 618 merchant technical service special

      On April 20, JD Cloud recently announced the launch of the "JD Cloud 618 Merchant Empowerment Special" event, launching three major service packages for operation, marketing, and finance and a number of exclusive services for brands and retailers. At the same time, JD Cloud's JD Cloud's JD Cloud's JD Cloud's JD Cloud also launched exclusive services to open up JD's cloud ecological resources and welcome JD 618 with merchants. (Yibang Power)

2. SA Research: Xiaomi’s global smartphone shipments reached 49 million units in Q1 2021

      April 20th news, the latest research from Strategy Analytics shows that global smartphone shipments were 340 million units in Q1 2021, a year-on-year increase of 24%, the highest growth since 2015. The rebound in the smartphone market has been driven by consumers' health demand for old devices and the strong push of Chinese manufacturers for 5G. In Q1 2021, China's smartphone shipments increased by 35% year-on-year to 94 million units. Globally, the five major manufacturers of Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi, OPPO and vivo accounted for a total of 76% of the market share in Q1 2021, up from 71% a year ago. Among them, Xiaomi's global smartphone shipments in Q1 2021 were 49 million units, with a market share of 15%, higher than 10% a year ago, ranking third in shipments. (E-commerce News)

3. Douyin e-commerce will hold Douyin 618 investment conference online

      According to April 20, in order to better help merchants seize business opportunities, Douyin E-commerce has launched the 618 e-commerce promotion recruitment event, and will hold the Douyin 618 investment promotion conference online on April 22, announcing the arrangements and special gameplay of the 618 promotion in advance. It is revealed that the Douyin 618 Investment Promotion Conference will share a series of support policies brought to merchants during the 618 event. On April 23, Douyin E-commerce will also launch a one-stop tool "Big Promotion Investment Center", which aggregates all information on Douyin 618 e-commerce promotion investment, allowing merchants to better understand the gameplay, registration methods, and product tools of the big promotion. (E-commerce News)

4. Fliggy announced the launch of a 66 yuan air ticket blind box covering more than 6,000 routes across the country

      According to April 20, from now until April 22, Fliggy will launch a 66-yuan air ticket blind box. During the event, a user can only purchase a blind box once. It is reported that consumers participating in the event can obtain a blind box for air tickets to any destination nationwide after receiving the help of their friends with a price of 66 yuan. Blind box air tickets are air tickets at any destination nationwide that will depart in the next 3 to 30 days. There will be two routes to choose from, including dates for departure during May Day, and also popular tourist destinations. Consumers can specify their own departure location, but the destination and departure date are random. It is worth mentioning that Fliggy air ticket blind boxes have covered more than 6,000 routes across the country. (Yibang Power)

5. Luzhou Laojiao JD.com and Tmall flagship stores are officially launched

      April 20th news, today, Luzhou Laojiao Customized Wine Co., Ltd. launched JD and Tmall flagship stores. With the help of the coverage and reach of the two super platforms, the Luzhou Laojiao Customized Wine flagship store will bring the latest gameplay of liquor customization as soon as possible, as well as cultural and creative products with both personality and collection value. It is reported that the two latest e-commerce flagship stores launched in Luzhou Laojiao have launched online customization functions, and consumers can contact manual customer service and customize products online. In addition, consumers can participate in various offline activities organized by the company through online registration. (Yibang Power)

Internet news

6. Gree Dong Mingzhu supports Internet supervision: No rules can be achieved

      According to CCTV Finance, during the 2021 annual meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia, Dong Mingzhu, chairman and president of Gree Electric Appliances, said: If the Internet is not supervised, it may be a waste of money and malicious competition; if a manufacturing product has no profits in the long run under the exploitation of the Internet, the company will have no way to go. The crackdown and strict management are now correct. Without rules, there will be no order. It is reported that recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation, together with the Central Cyberspace Affairs Office and the State Administration of Taxation, held an administrative guidance meeting for Internet platform enterprises. The meeting pointed out that problems such as forcing the implementation of "two-choice one", abuse of market dominance, implementing "sharp mergers and acquisitions", spending money to seize the "community group buying" market, implementing "big data killing old customers", and ignoring "counterfeiting and shoddy". They must be seriously rectified. (E-commerce News)

7. Fliggy: The concert of "Word of Mountains and Rivers" has driven Suzhou's tourism popularity by 620%

      According to the news on April 20, Fliggy said that the upcoming "Word of Mountains and Rivers" concert in Suzhou will add to the popularity of Suzhou's tourism on May Day. According to data from Fliggy platform, the recent search popularity in Suzhou has increased by more than 620% year-on-year; the number of hotel bookings in Suzhou has increased by more than 160% year-on-year; the number of car rental tours in Suzhou on May Day has increased by more than 200% compared with last week. During the concert from May 3 to 4, it was hard to find a room in many hotels around the Suzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium. Among the top 20 popular train sections to Suzhou on May Day, there are many departures from Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Beijing, Wuhan and other places. (E-commerce News)

8. Meituan: The unmanned vehicle delivery service has covered more than 20 communities, with a total of 35,000 orders delivered

      On April 20, according to the WeChat public account "Meituan Meituan", in 2020, in order to respond to the epidemic, Meituan took the lead in carrying out unmanned vehicle delivery on Shunyi’s open roads. Up to now, Meituan’s unmanned vehicle delivery service has covered more than 20 communities, with a total of 35,000 orders delivered and an autonomous driving mileage of nearly 300,000 kilometers. At the same time, in January 2021, Meituan UAV completed its first trial-run route flight mission in Shenzhen for real users. As of mid-April, the relevant orders had exceeded 1,000 orders. It is reported that yesterday, Meituan's new generation of self-developed unmanned delivery vehicles were officially launched in Shunyi, Beijing. Compared with the previous generation, the new car can adapt to the operating needs of 24 hours a day, the mileage of urban roads reaches 80km, and it senses obstacles 150 meters away and automatically slows down. (E-commerce News)

Cross-border newsletter

9. Report: European e-commerce market revenue is expected to reach US$465 billion in 2021

      On April 20, according to the report of Beluga's overseas, data from research firm Finaria.it shows that the revenue of the European e-commerce market is expected to reach US$465 billion in 2021, a 30% increase from before the outbreak of the epidemic. According to a survey by data analysis company Statista, the total revenue of the European e-commerce market in 2018 increased by US$24.8 billion year-on-year to US$320.6 billion; it increased by US$33.6 billion in 2019, reaching US$354.1 billion. At the same time, the total revenue of the European e-commerce industry reached US$425.2 billion in 2020, an increase of US$71 billion year-on-year. This growth trend will continue in 2021, and the size of the entire European e-commerce market is expected to grow by 9.5% year-on-year. By 2025, the size of the European e-commerce market will reach nearly US$570 billion. (E-commerce News)

10. SameWeb: Tokopedia becomes the number one visitor in Indonesia's e-commerce market, surpassing Shopee

      According to the news on April 20, according to Yien.com, SameWeb data shows that in January 2021, the number of visits to Indonesian e-commerce platform Tokopedia exceeded Shopee and Lazada, accounting for 32.04% of the Indonesian market traffic. At the same time, as of the first quarter of 2021, Tokopedia still maintained the number one visit in the Indonesian e-commerce market.

      According to reports, in the first quarter of 2021, Tokopedia's traffic share had increased to 33.07%, with monthly visits reaching 126.4 million and monthly independent visits reaching 38.93 million.

      Following closely behind is Shopee, which had a traffic share of 29.73% in March, down from 29.78% in January. Data shows that from January to March this year, Shopee's monthly visits were 117 million and the monthly independent visitors were 35.74 million.

      In addition, Bukalapak, Lazada and Blibli are ranked third, fourth and fifth respectively. In the first quarter of 2021, Bukalapak's monthly visits were 31.27 million, monthly independent visits were 12.83 million, and the traffic share in March was 7.79%.

      Lazada's monthly visits in the first quarter were 28.2 million, with 11.22 million monthly independent visits, and a traffic share in March was 7.45%. Blibli's monthly visits in the first quarter were 18.52 million, with monthly independent visits of 9.64 million, and the traffic share in March was 4.86%.

      In addition, according to foreign media reports, Tokopedia, the largest local e-commerce platform in Indonesia, and online ride-hailing giant Gojek, will soon complete a US$18 billion merger to form a new company called GoTo, the transaction is expected to be completed this month. GoTo will be a new giant integrating ride-hailing services, food delivery and e-commerce. (E-commerce News)