#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on January 14] Alipay spent 2.262 billion yuan to buy an office building in Lujiazui, Shanghai; Xianyu has opened an offline store "Xianyu Station" in a shopping mall in Hangzhou; "Express delivery suspension during the Spring Festival" is fake news; Jack Ma: It is bad for students to skip classes, and the teacher's encouragement makes students more confident; Zhang Liaoyuan: Three Squirrels sold more than 100 million in Laba's sales of 49 points...

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1. Alipay spent 2.262 billion yuan to buy an office building in Lujiazui, Shanghai
On January 13, Shanghai Lujiazui Financial and Trade Zone Development Co., Ltd. issued an announcement yesterday that it had transferred its office building No. 2 Pudong Financial Plaza to Alipay Company for 2.262 billion yuan on January 10. The office building is located at No. 447, Nanquan North Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, with a total capacity of about 48,000 square meters.
The announcement stated that the company signed a "Presale Contract" for the office building with Alipay on January 10, 2019 in accordance with the "Cooperation Agreement" and other relevant legal documents signed with Zhejiang Ant Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd. and Alipay Company, and transferred the office building to Alipay Company. The tentative total transfer price was RMB 2.262 billion. The company will deliver the office building after Alipay Company completes the payment of the funds in accordance with the above agreement and contract. (Sohu.com)
2. Xianyu has opened an offline store "Xianyu Station" in Hangzhou Shopping Mall
According to reports, Xianyu has opened an offline store "Xianyu Station" at the Binhu Yintai Shopping Center in Hangzhou, and the decoration tone and brand image are highly consistent with Xianyu's overall style. The store is full name "Xianyu Xiaozhan·Recycling Treasure", with an area of about 5 square meters and is managed by a clerk. According to the clerk, the store belongs to "Recycling Treasures under Alibaba Xianyu". A relevant person in charge of Xianyu said that the Xianyu Small Station project has not been officially released to the public and is in the trial operation stage, so the specific situation is not convenient to disclose. (Yibang Power)
3. "Express delivery suspension during the Spring Festival" is fake news
According to the news on January 13, regarding the previous online news that express delivery was suspended during the Spring Festival, major delivery companies such as Postal Service, SF Express, "Three Connections and One Da", Best said that they will not suspend operations. Debang, which has issued a service announcement during the Spring Festival, said that during the Spring Festival, employees will be properly arranged to work on duty based on the business volume forecasts of all regions in the network to ensure the safety and smooth express delivery services during the Spring Festival. (E-commerce News)
4. Jack Ma: It is bad for teachers to skip classes for students. The teacher’s encouragement makes students more confident
At the 2018 Jack Ma Rural Teacher Award Ceremony, Jack Ma said in a speech that an excellent teacher can always discover advantages that students do not realize, and the teacher’s encouragement can make students more confident. "The most important reason for skipping classes is that the teacher is not good. I think it has nothing to do with the students. If this teacher is not interesting enough, that class really sounds unpleasant." (Zhuangyebang)
5. Zhang Liaoyuan: Three Squirrels sold over 100 million in Laba 49 points
On January 13, the sales of Three Squirrels exceeded 100 million in 49 minutes, 10 hours earlier than last year, exceeding the sum of 2+10.
Zhang Liaoyuan said that the achievement was due to innovation-driven and five non-principles: 1. No spokesperson was invited; 2. No hard marketing; 3. No packaging; 4. No blindly set high prices; 5. No high prices. (Yibang Power Network)
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6. WeChat Pay debuted for the first time
On January 13, at the 2019 WeChat Open Class Pro Edition event held a few days ago, the Internet credit service product "WeChat Payment Point" made its debut in a low-key manner. According to the exhibition area, WeChat payment points are derived from WeChat payment big data, which is a comprehensive calculation score for a series of behaviors such as individual consumption and compliance.
In fact, WeChat Pay points began with Tencent Credit points, which officially started grayscale tests in Guangzhou in November 2018. At that time, according to netizens who participated in the internal test, it was said that WeChat payment points were basically similar to Alipay's Sesame Credit points, and also supported deposit-free behavior, such as renting shared mobile power without deposit. (E-commerce News)
7. Luo Yonghao talks about his New Year's wishes: Solve the troubles of supplier partners as soon as possible
On January 13, on the day the movie "Rimble Point" was released, Razer Technology CEO Luo Yonghao mentioned two wishes in the New Year in an interview with the media: one is to solve the troubles of supplier partners in the shortest time, and the other is to solve the troubles caused to investors as soon as possible during the whole year.
Recently, news about the shortage of funds in Smartisan Technology, the inability to pay employees' salaries normally, the default of supplier payments, and even Luo Yonghao's "resignation" has spread on the Internet, causing heated discussions. During this period, Luo Yonghao did not make a public response to the relevant news. (Phoenix Technology)
8. Haikou Meituan Takeout is suspected of unfair competition, and the local industrial and commercial department has filed an investigation
On January 13, the Hainan Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau revealed that at present, the Haikou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce has filed a case for investigation into the Haikou Branch of Beijing Sankuai Technology Co., Ltd., which operates Meituan Takeout. On January 7, Meituan Takeout was reported for suspected unfair competition for merchants who asked to "choose one of two" to enter the takeout platform. (Nanhai.com)
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9. Indian online seller appeals: opposes Flipkart and Amazon rulings
Chanakya Basa, a lawyer for the Indian Online Sellers Association (AIOVA), said in a statement last Saturday that she would appeal a ruling made by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for its ruling against Walmart-owned Flipkart. (Sina Technology)
10. The first domestic duty-free shop is expected to be launched in Beijing this year
Cao Pengcheng, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, revealed that this year, Beijing will actively promote the landing of the first city duty-free shop in Chaoyang District, mainly for inbound tourists coming to Beijing, and further extend the airport duty-free shop to the city from a spatial perspective, with prices consistent with the airport. "In the future, Beijing's city duty-free shops will be better than airport duty-free shops in space layout, size, and product categories, and domestic products will also be included in the duty-free sales scope." (Beijing Business Daily)
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