#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on January 10]

　　#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on January 10] Alipay released the latest data: the global number of users has exceeded 1 billion; Amazon CEO divorced; China's physical bookstore retail market showed negative growth last year; JD launched the "JD Alliance Pharmacy": involving chains and single pharmacies; Zhang Xiaolong responded to WeChat 7.0's "interface becomes ugly": products need to adapt to the times...

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　　1. Alipay released the latest data: the number of global users has exceeded 1 billion

　　On January 9, Alipay officially announced that its global number of users has exceeded 1 billion, and these 1 billion users are jointly served by Alipay and its global partners. Previously, according to the "Mobile Netizen Habit Change Report" recently launched by Questmobile, as of November, Alipay's monthly active users had exceeded 650 million, and it still maintained a rapid growth of more than 50%. (E-commerce News)

　　2. Last year, China's physical bookstore retail market showed negative growth again

　　"China Book Retail Market in the Global Background" released by Beijing Kaijuan Information Technology Co., Ltd. shows that in 2018, the scale of China's book retail market reached 89.4 billion yuan, an increase of 11.3% year-on-year. Among them, the online store channel continued to maintain a relatively rapid growth in 2018, achieving a total of 57.3 billion yuan in Mayang scale, but the growth rate slowed down to 24.7%. The scale of physical bookstores last year was 32.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.69%, and this scale of code is also the lowest level in the past seven years. (Beijing Business Daily)

　　3. JD.com launches "JD Alliance Pharmacy": It involves chain and monomer pharmacies

　　JD Medicine officially released the "JD Alliance Pharmacy" plan today, empowering three major aspects of brand, supply chain and technology, providing a one-stop solution for retail pharmacies to achieve transformation and upgrading. The "JD Alliance Pharmacy" plan includes two cooperation models: one is to provide comprehensive solutions for well-known chain pharmacies to meet the transformation and upgrading needs of new consumption trends, and the other is to provide comprehensive solutions for small and medium-sized chains or single pharmacies to enhance market competitiveness. (36Kr)

　　4. Zhang Xiaolong responded to WeChat 7.0 "interface becomes ugly": products need to adapt to the times

　　On the evening of January 9, Zhang Xiaolong, senior executive vice president of Tencent Group and president of WeChat business group, talked about the change in the interface of WeChat version 7.0 in his speech, saying, "The product needs to adapt to this era, rather than saying that our users complain, we will not change it." (Chuangyebang)

　　5. Community group buying platform "Yuanchuang Youpin" received millions of yuan in angel round financing

　　The community group buying platform "Yuanchuang Youpin" has received millions of yuan in angel round financing, and the financing party will not disclose it for the time being. Dai Xiaoning, CEO of Yuanchuang Youpin, said that this round of financing will be mainly used for four aspects: market development, team building, supply chain and technical tool upgrades. In the future, it is not ruled out that they will actively explore new technical means. (Europe)

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　　6. Amazon CEO Divorce

　　Foreign media: Amazon CEO Bezos divorced. Beijing time on the evening of January 9, according to the CNBC website in the United States, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie Bezos have decided to divorce. (Sina Weibo)

　　7. Liu Chuanzhi: It is not a bad idea to stand up for Lenovo's reputation.

　　On January 9, Liu Chuanzhi, Chairman of Lenovo Holdings, Founder and Honorary Chairman of Lenovo Group, attended the theme lecture event of "Reform Pioneer Entering Campus" at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences today. After the lecture, during the dialogue with students from the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a student asked Liu Chuanzhi about the reason why Liu Chuanzhi called for the Lenovo defense war last year. In response to this, Liu Chuanzhi said that in the event of a crisis in Lenovo's reputation, he must stand up and shout. Doing a good business does not mean being a cowardly company. (Sina Technology)

　　8. Dong Mingzhu responded that Gree gave employees a 1 billion salary increase: she did not feel the trouble of economic downturn

　　On the morning of January 9, Dong Mingzhu, chairman of Gree Electric Appliances, responded to the recent decision to increase salary for all employees in an interview with the media. She said that Gree Electric employees did not feel the trouble of the economic downturn. "When employees create wealth, how can they still worry about their lives? How can they do their job well?" Dong Mingzhu said that this year's salary increase plan is actually to implement the salary increase plan in February 2018. (Penguin)

　　9. Youku denies being acquired by Toutiao: The revelation is completely nonsense

　　In response to the news that Toutiao has reached the acquisition of Youku and is connecting with Xigua Video, Youku responded that the revelation is completely nonsense and seriously affects the reputation of Youku's brand. Youku will hold the relevant self-media that spreads the false news legally responsible. ByteDance Vice President Li Liang responded that the news was "false". In December 2018, it was reported that ByteDance was negotiating to acquire Youku and Alibaba Music related businesses for US$5 billion. Youku responded at the time: "Nonsense." ByteDance said at the time that "the rumors were untrue." (36Kr)

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　　10. Amazon invites sellers to meet privately at CES to promote new services

　　Behind the CES, Amazon is busy meeting Amazon Marketplace sellers to promote a new support service that costs between $30,000 and $60,000 a year. For Amazon, leveraging large exhibitions like CES is a cost-effective way to allow it to communicate face to face with many sellers at the same time, introducing new plans to them without having to hold a special seller meeting or meet separately. (Sina Technology)

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