#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News on February 25] Tmall Cloud Store will cancel the investment in "medical and health services" category; JD.com will test the new brand of community group buying "Whale Shark"; P&G launches mini program mall; Hema Fresh: If you do not buy plastic bags in the store, you can get 21g of green energy; JD.com Fresh's 2018 battle report: Order volume increases by 80% year-on-year...

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1. Tmall Cloud Store will cancel investment in "Medical and Health Services" category
On February 25, Tmall recently issued an announcement on the change of the "Tmall Cloud Store Service Management Standards", and adjusted the scope of investment promotion and the content of the qualification rules for entering some categories: 1. The current scope of investment promotion: the investment promotion for the "service category-medical and health services" category was cancelled; 2. The qualification rules for entering the qualifications: the "fresh fruit" category for aquatic meat/fresh fruits/cooked food category does not require special business qualifications. The change in the rules will take effect on February 28, 2019. (Crowdfunding Home)
2. JD.com opens test of new community group buying brand "Whale Shark"
JD Logistics and Shaxian Snacks have launched a cold chain self-pickup cabinet brand - Whale Shark. The whale shark project has been tested internally in Zhengzhou City. It has completed the distribution of locations in 100 Shaxian snack stores, and it is expected that 500 locations will be distributed in Zhengzhou City in 2019. Another informed supplier said that JD Cold Chain is currently focusing on leveraging the community group buying boom to test the practicality of this model in Zhengzhou. Brands participating in this project include Qianwei Yangchu, Hime Xiang, Dongyuan, Dacheng, Heluxue, Baxi, Bagefu, Huaying, etc. (Yibang Power Network)
3. Procter & Gamble launches mini program mall
Procter & Gamble’s e-commerce mini program is launched and Youzan provides technical support. Among them, the categories on sale include: hair care, beauty skin care, home cleaning, female care, oral care, body care, etc. In addition, the P&G mini program also has activities such as shopping cashback, paid content courses, gift giving and other activities. (Financial Finance Channel)
4. Hema Fresh: You can get 21g of green energy if you don’t buy plastic bags in stores.
On February 25, Hema Fresh announced that he would get 21g of green energy by not buying plastic bags when shopping in Hema stores nationwide. At this point, including shared bicycles, buses and subway travel, green takeaway, and walking, the number of green energy scenarios in Ant Forest has increased to 19. Hema said that this cooperation with Ant Forest is expected to reduce the use of 12.77 million plastic bags throughout the year, and the green energy created can be exchanged for planting about 15,000 saxacum trees. (E-commerce News)
5. Yu Chengdong responded to the concerns about the adaptation of the folding machine: the initial cost is high, but it is worth it
There are some concerns about Huawei's first folding phone, such as battery life and adaptation issues. Huawei's consumer business CEO Yu Chengdong said that these are not problems. Huawei has basically overcome the mature problems. With large-scale mass production, the cost is expected to be significantly reduced. Yu Chengdong said, "The initial cost is indeed very high, but the consumer experience value is also very high, and it is worth it." (NetEase Technology)
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6. Didi responded to "Cheng Wei's resignation as a fast legal person": normal internal adjustments
Didi responded to "Cheng Wei's legal representative resignation" that Hangzhou Kuaidi Technology Co., Ltd. is one of Didi's subsidiaries, and the change of the legal representative of the subsidiary is a normal internal adjustment and has no impact on the majority of users. Hangzhou Kuaidi Technology Co., Ltd. has undergone a number of important industrial and commercial changes, among which the legal representative is changed from Cheng Wei to Wang Qingshan. At the same time, Cheng Wei no longer serves as executive director and general manager, and Wang Qingshan takes over. In addition, the supervisor was changed from Zhang Bo to Wu Rui. (36Kr)
7. Meituan Dianping responded to "Wang Xingfa's internal letter": organizational structure adjustment at the non-company level
Regarding Meituan Dianping's internal letter, Meituan Dianping responded that remarks such as "Wang Xingfa's internal letter announced the organizational structure adjustment" and "weakening the transaction function of Dianping" are rumors. It said that the group established a user platform in the organizational structure adjustment on October 31, 2018, and its subsidiaries include Meituan Platform, Dianping Platform, Service Experience Platform Department and other departments. This is just an internal upgrade of the user platform itself, with the establishment of Meituan App Department, Dianping App Department and backend support departments. Li Ming and Huang Hai are the heads of Meituan App and Dianping App respectively, and they still report to Wang Huiwen, which is not an adjustment of the company-level organizational structure. (Sohu.com)
8. JD Fresh’s 2018 Battle Report: Order volume increased by 80% year-on-year
JD.com recently released its 2018 annual battle report. Data shows that the year-on-year growth rate of order volume in 2018 reached 80%, the number of stores increased by nearly 1 times, and the number of merchants sold over one million monthly has increased by 4 times year-on-year. In 2018, a total of more than 1 million cherries were sold, more than 50 million mangoes were sold, and the cumulative sales of peeled eggs exceeded 200,000 pieces throughout the year; beef became the most popular meat category, with more than 12.5 million steaks sold throughout the year. 80% of the provinces across the country have opened specialty restaurants on JD.com. (Yibang Power Network)
9. Xiaomi Senior Vice President Wang Xiang: What is driving the 5G outbreak is the application portfolio
Wang Xiang, senior vice president and head of international business, believes that what drives the 5G outbreak is not a certain application or a certain type of application, but an application combination. "I think video may be one aspect, AR, VR, autonomous driving, and many services may work together to promote the development of 5G. There is also the Internet of Things, because 5G has a large bandwidth and capacity, high-speed and low-speed can be used on the same Internet, giving birth to some low-speed Internet of Things." (36Kr)
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10. In 2018, Xiamen's cross-border e-commerce retail imports and exports increased by 14.5%.
February 26th news. Recently, the Xiamen Cross-border E-commerce Association released the Xiamen Cross-border E-commerce Industry Index. Data shows that last year, Xiamen City imported and exported 55.255 million cross-border e-commerce retail units, an increase of 14.5% year-on-year. The main goods were postal entry and exit parcels and express delivery personal items.
Data shows that in 2018, the export volume of foreign trade enterprises in Xiamen was RMB 333.85 billion and the import volume was RMB 266.35 billion, of which the export volume of cross-border e-commerce enterprises was RMB 20.87 billion and the import volume was RMB 264 million. From the perspective of business model, current third-party platform sales are mainstream, accounting for 93% of cross-border e-commerce trade volume. Last year, Amazon ranked first in the sales of cross-border e-commerce platforms in Xiamen. Amazon's market share in the province, and Xiamen also ranks first. It is worth mentioning that the development potential of EBAY platform in Xiamen is also increasing rapidly, with an annual growth rate of 300%-400%, leading other platforms. (Tencent.com)
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