#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter#[E-commerce Evening News on April 19]

      #Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News on April 19] Evening News : Amazon: Please upload the 2021 Prime Member Day discount as soon as possible; Meituan: The new generation of self-developed unmanned delivery vehicles have been put into operation in Shunyi, Beijing; New Hope Dairy's e-commerce revenue in 2020 was 372 million yuan, up 54.49% year-on-year.

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1. Some functions of Taobao and Tmall merchant operation tool "Business Advisor" may be free

      According to reports on April 19, it is reported that some functions of Taobao and Tmall merchant operation tool "Business Consultant" will change from charging to free. It is expected that starting from the end of May, all functions of the two sectors "Traffic Vertical and Horizontal" and "Category Compass" will be free first. It is understood that in the next stage, Alibaba is still considering reducing fees for more versions of "Business Advisor". There may be corresponding refund arrangements for merchants who have paid to purchase. It is worth mentioning that according to media reports recently, Taobao's "Shop Treasure", "Single Product Treasure", "Match Treasure" and "Coupon" will be changed to free in the near future. This change applies to all merchants on Taobao. (Yibang Power)

2. New Hope Dairy's e-commerce revenue in 2020 was 372 million yuan and increased by 54.49% year-on-year

      According to the news on April 19, the 2020 financial report released by New Hope Dairy recently showed that in 2020, New Hope Dairy's operating income was 6.749 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.92%; net profit was 271 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.18%. From the channel perspective, in 2020, New Hope Dairy's direct sales model achieved main business revenue of 3.321 billion yuan, and the distribution model achieved main business revenue of 3.021 billion yuan. Both data achieved double-digit year-on-year growth. Among them, e-commerce sales revenue was 372 million yuan, an increase of 54.49% year-on-year, becoming the fastest-growing channel. New Hope Dairy said that during the epidemic, the company relied on public and private domain e-commerce to quickly respond to consumer needs, and also cooperated in-depth with near-market e-commerce platforms such as Ele.me, Alipay, and Meituan to expand the new model of fresh milk home delivery business. (E-commerce News)

3. Ele.me: Destination wedding orders have increased by 149 times this year

      According to the news on April 19, Ele.me’s wedding consumption data released today showed that since the beginning of this year, destination wedding orders have seen a rapid growth of 149 times. More and more newlyweds choose to replace traditional wedding banquets such as weddings, travel photography, and honeymoon trips. According to data from Ele.me, 70% of the decision-makers at the destination wedding are women. In terms of age, the post-90s generation has become the main consumer group for destination weddings, accounting for nearly 47%; followed by the post-95s generation, accounting for nearly 20%. In addition, nearly 2% of the orders come from silver hair people over 60 years old. The most popular destination wedding cities are Sanya, Dali, Qingdao, Xiamen and Lijiang. (E-commerce News)

4. Dong Mingzhu talks about live streaming and selling goods: it is not tiring at all when investing, it is happiness and harvest

      On April 19, at the 2021 Annual Meeting Sub-forum of the Boao Forum for Asia, Dong Mingzhu, Chairman and President of Gree Electric Appliances, said when talking about live streaming and selling goods that she did more than a dozen live streams last year, and at the highest point of a live stream, "it can reach 10 billion." She said, "I think it's not tiring at all when I invest in it, it's a kind of happiness and harvest." Regarding the reasons for doing live broadcasts, Dong Mingzhu said, "This era has come. Our tradition in the past was tens of thousands of specialty stores. Under the epidemic, it's no longer possible to use the past model." In addition, Dong Mingzhu also believes that live broadcasts use Internet technology on the sales side and in the operation process, and requires big data support. (Yibang Power)

5. The registered capital of Shihuituan affiliated companies increased to 8 billion yuan and increased by 100%.

      According to the news on April 19, Tianyan Check information showed that on April 16, Beijing Qunxian Huicui Technology Co., Ltd., an affiliated company of Shihuituan, underwent industrial and commercial changes, with registered capital increasing from RMB 4 billion to RMB 8 billion, an increase of 100%. Beijing Qunxian Huicui Technology Co., Ltd. was established in February 2019. The legal representative is Chen Ying. The business scope includes retail medicines; wholesale and retail Class III medical devices; pre-packaged food sales; warehousing services; wholesale, retail computers, software and auxiliary equipment, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, flowers, edible agricultural products, etc. Shareholder information shows that the company is wholly owned by ShiHui Technology Limited. (Yibang Power)

Internet news

6. Meituan: The new generation of self-developed unmanned delivery vehicles have been put into operation in Shunyi, Beijing

      April 19th news, today, Meituan announced that the new generation of self-developed unmanned delivery vehicles were officially launched in Shunyi, Beijing. The new generation of self-developed unmanned delivery vehicles have a load capacity of 150kg, a capacity of nearly 540L, and a maximum delivery speed of 20km/h. Meituan introduced that the new generation of unmanned vehicles can adapt to the operating needs of 24 hours a day, the mileage of urban roads reaches 80km, and can sense obstacles 150 meters away and automatically slow down. At present, it has initially achieved standardized mass production capabilities. It is expected that in the next three years, Meituan will be launched in many regions and cities such as Shunyi, Yizhuang and Shenzhen, to realize unmanned delivery services in business scenarios such as takeaway, grocery shopping, and flash purchases. (E-commerce News)

7. JD Logistics and Tencent Smart Retail jointly launched "Jingteng Cloud Warehouse"

      According to April 19, JD Logistics recently held the 2021 JD Cloud Warehouse Ecological Partner Conference in Beijing. At the meeting, JD Logistics and Tencent Smart Retail jointly announced the launch of the "Jingteng Cloud Warehouse", using Tencent Smart Retail as an online private domain field and using JD Logistics Cloud Warehouse's goods and logistics services as a supply chain field to create a new platform, new business and new growth. Jingteng Cloud Warehouse will integrate JD Logistics' cloud warehouse technology, logistics middle platform capabilities and supply chain industry standards, as well as Tencent's full-domain digital touchpoints, smart retail production and research technology, etc., empower partners with dual brand, provide one-stop solutions for system + brand empowerment + business flow, and build a full-link smart retail market centered on customer experience. (E-commerce News)

8. 1688: Find a factory to buy "Safe" service will be launched on delivery insurance and quality insurance

      On April 19, Alibaba China Station recently issued an announcement stating that the "Safe Buy" service of finding a factory will be officially launched on delivery insurance and quality insurance at the end of April, further enriching the service content, helping sellers obtain more customized buyers and customized orders, and enabling sellers to quickly make online transactions, lock in large orders to customize business, efficient fulfillment and customer management. (E-commerce News)

Cross-border newsletter

9. China's cross-border e-commerce scale reaches 1.69 trillion yuan, and "micro-multi-national enterprises" break into a new blue ocean of foreign trade exports

      On April 19, the First Financial Commercial Data Center (CBNData) released the "2020 Cross-border Export E-commerce Industry White Paper" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"). The report analyzed in detail the storm and changes in the cross-border export e-commerce market in 2020 and predicted that the market size will hit another high in 2021.

      According to the CBNData report, the scale of China's cross-border e-commerce transactions has continued to rise in recent years. Data from the General Administration of Customs shows that my country's cross-border e-commerce imports and exports in 2020 were 1.69 trillion yuan, an increase of 31.1%, of which exports were 1.12 trillion yuan, an increase of 40.1%.

      China's cross-border e-commerce dominated by exports, with exports accounting for nearly 70% in 2020; in the first quarter of 2021, my country's cross-border e-commerce export growth rate far exceeded imports, reaching 69.3%. In the post-epidemic era, cross-border export trade is coming strongly. (E-commerce News)

10. Amazon: Please upload the 2021 Prime Member Day discount as soon as possible

      According to Hugo.com, recently, Amazon announced that it reminded sellers to upload the 2021 Prime Member Day discount as soon as possible. In addition, Prime Member Day coupons have the opportunity to offer additional offers based on the offer on the Prime Day event page.

      Since the Prime Member Day event date has not been announced yet, sellers can first use the following reservation dates and qualification conditions to make coupon arrangements for the Prime Member Day warm-up period and/or Prime Member Day in advance. The reserved "start date" and "end date" do not represent the actual time period of the event, nor are the actual launch time of the coupon.

      After the Prime Member Day event date is announced, Amazon will automatically update the reserved coupon start and end dates to the Prime Member Day event period selected by the seller, and the updated date will also be displayed on the seller's platform.

      The announcement shows that the warm-up period of Prime Member Day and Prime Member Day start dates on August 26 and the end date is August 27. The warm-up period for Prime membership only is August 28 and the end date is August 29. Prime membership dates are August 30, 2021 and end dates are August 31, 2021.

      It is understood that sources previously revealed that Amazon will hold Prime Day in June this year, and the platform is also considering holding its second Prime Day around the fall this year. (E-commerce News)