#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on December 25] Alibaba Fresh increased its investment in new retail Yiguo Hema, all opening up the full link; the global corporate "innovation" list was released: Facebook ranked first, Alibaba ranked ninth; Nike announced Tmall Double 11 performance: driving global digital channels to speed up by 41%; Yunda Express launched the "168 large items" service; Mogujie CEO Chen Qi responded that employee options were diluted: the option pool can grow by itself every year...

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1. Global enterprise "innovation" list is released: Facebook tops the list, Alibaba is ninth
The ranking of "innovation" of major global companies has been released in Japan recently. The top ten companies include Facebook, Amazon, Google's parent company Alphabet, Apple, Netflix, Microsoft, Intel, AT&T, Alibaba, and Nvidia. This list is analyzed from the financial report data of 150 global companies with the highest market value and 168 Japanese local companies, and comprehensively evaluates corporate innovation capabilities based on three major indicators such as "organizational strength", "value creativity" and "potential".
2. Alibaba Fresh adds investment in new retail Yiguo Hema to open up the entire link
On December 24, Alibaba Group announced that Alibaba's ecological fresh food business will be upgraded and adjusted around the new retail strategy. Yiguo and Hema will deepen cooperation to further connect online and offline, accelerate the construction and upgrading of the fresh food supply chain system, and promote Alibaba's full-chain capabilities. (Yibang Power Network)
3. The two ministries issued a document: By 2025, the construction of about 150 national logistics hubs will be planned and built.
On December 24, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Transport jointly issued the "National Logistics Hub Layout and Construction Plan". The "Plan" points out that by 2020, through optimization and integration and functional improvement, we will plan and build about 30 national logistics hubs with strong radiation and driving capabilities, high modern operation level, and close interconnection, promote the organization and scale operation of regional and cross-regional logistics activities, cultivate and form a group of hub operation enterprises with strong resource integration capabilities and advanced operation models, and initially establish a hub construction and operation model that conforms to my country's national conditions, and form the basic framework of the national logistics hub network. (Dahe.com)
4. Nike announced Tmall Double 11 results: drive global digital channels to speed up by 41%
Nike CEO Mark Parker said at an investor meeting, "In the Chinese market, Tmall's Double 11 score broke the record again. On Double 11, Nike's transactions increased by 40% compared with the same period last year, becoming the number one sports brand on Tmall." In addition, Nike's chief financial officer Andy Campion believes that the cooperation between Nike and Tmall has driven Nike's digital transformation, "Nike's digital system has been fully upgraded, with a growth rate of 41%. It exceeds all other channels." (36Kr)
5. Yunda Express launches "168 large items" service
According to the news on December 24, Yunda Express launched the "168 Large Products" service today. According to Yunda's official information, the service is positioned at 10-68KG large package products, with full network coverage, and is used in conjunction with Yunda Express electronic page list. (Europe)
Internet news
6. Xinhua News Agency: Shared bicycles are "difficulty in withdrawing detention", experts say that investors should bear the main responsibility under special circumstances
Xinhua News Agency published an article saying that ofo, the once glorious shared bicycle company, has been deeply involved in the "difficulty in withdrawing from debt". Huang Shaoqing, associate professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University, believes that investors of shared bicycle companies should also fulfill their investor obligations, supervise the operation of the company, and should assume the main responsibility in special circumstances. In order to improve the deposit supervision mechanism, we can learn from the regulatory measures for banks and other financial institutions and require enterprises to pay similar risk reserves. (Xinhua News Agency)
7. Peppa Pig’s rights holder: To increase investment in the Chinese market, 50 infringement cases have been filed
Olivier Dumont, chairman of the family and brand business unit of Peppa Pig, said he hopes that in the next year and a half, China will surpass the United States to become the most important market for eOne. At present, the United States is still the most important market for Entertainment One. This year, Entertainment One has increased its efforts to combat counterfeiting in China and set up a team in Shanghai to protect rights. At present, nearly 50 civil cases have "achieved results that are beneficial to Entertainment One", with the cumulative amount involved in the case being tens of millions of yuan. (Penguin)
8. 12306 Technical Department: Online shopping for 90% of the 2019 Spring Festival train tickets do not require verification
On December 24, at the China Railway Science and Technology Innovation Achievement Exhibition, Shan Xinghua, deputy chief engineer of the Institute of Electronics of the China Railway Science Research Institute and director of the 12306 Technical Department, revealed that the railway department further optimized the verification code strategy during the Spring Festival travel rush to minimize the verification codes that passengers have appeared in the ticket purchase process. "We strive to control it to 5%-10%, which means that you only need to enter the verification code when purchasing tickets on the most popular dates and trains." (Pengpai)
9. Mogujie CEO Chen Qi responded that employee options were diluted: the option pool can grow by itself every year
On December 24, in response to previous media reports that Mogujie employees complained about the dilution of options, Mogujie CEO Chen Qi posted on WeChat Moments tonight to deny him "boring", and said that there has never been a case where investors and founders do not dilute but dilute employees, and the option pool can grow by itself every year.
Chen Qi said in the article that the previous financings starting from the A round in 2011, including this IPO, Mogujie has added options to prevent the employee option pool from being diluted almost every time. In addition, Mogujie's option pool can grow by itself every year to ensure that outstanding employees can be continuously rewarded. (Sohu.com)
Cross-border e-commerce
10. Foreign media: Ant Financial intends to acquire British cross-border payment company WorldFirst
According to British media reports, Alibaba Group affiliate Ant Financial is negotiating with the British cross-border payment company WorldFirst to discuss acquiring the latter for 550 million pounds (about 700 million US dollars).
According to reports, negotiations between Ant Financial and WorldFirst have been going on for several months. If completed, it will be the most important entry for Chinese technology companies to date to the booming tech finance industry in the UK. It is reported that Ant Financial and WorldFirst will announce the acquisition as soon as a few weeks. (E-commerce News)
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