#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on April 1] Evening News : Suzhou Municipal Supervision Bureau: The pass rate of "Qingtuan" products on platforms such as Ele.me, Meituan and other platforms was 100%; the decline of the British takeaway platform Deliveroo in London on the first day of listing has expanded to 30%; Pinduoduo affiliated companies disclosed invention patents related to "cold chain transportation methods".

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1. Guangzhou Baiyun District Municipal Supervision Bureau and Alibaba jointly launched the "Spark Plan"
March 31 news, yesterday, You Naiman, director of the Market Supervision Bureau of Baiyun District, Guangzhou, announced at an online seminar on intellectual property protection that he and Alibaba government and enterprises jointly launched the "Spark Plan" to serve the protection of intellectual property rights of small and medium-sized enterprises. The plan will mainly help small and medium-sized enterprises improve their intellectual property protection capabilities by collecting corporate needs, government feedback, providing solutions and effect tracking. A relevant person in charge of Alibaba said that the plan can give full play to the platform's technological advantages and the role of law enforcement resources of market supervision departments, provide personalized services to small and medium-sized enterprises and platform merchants, and better protect intellectual property rights. (E-commerce News)
2. Pinduoduo affiliated companies disclose invention patents related to "cold chain transportation method"
According to the news on March 31, Tianyan Check information showed that on March 30, Pinduoduo's affiliated company Shanghai Xunmeng Information Technology Co., Ltd. disclosed an invention patent called "cold chain transportation method, cold chain transportation network establishment method and related equipment". The disclosure number is CN112580884A, and the application date is December 24, 2020. The patent summary shows that the present invention provides a cold chain transportation method, a cold chain transportation network establishment method and related equipment. The present invention realizes cold chain transportation for these agricultural products, fresh products, etc., so as to avoid quality reduction and damage caused by traditional logistics transportation methods during transportation of these products. (E-commerce News)
3. 1688 will adjust the fast arrival rate from April 7
On April 1, Alibaba China Station issued a notice on March 31 about the change of the fast arrival rate. The announcement stated that the fast arrival brand will be fully upgraded in the near future. Therefore, starting from April 7, the fast arrival rate will be adjusted as follows: if the transaction medal is without medals, 1A, 2A, the new basic rate is 0.14%, if the transaction medal is 3A and 4A, the new basic rate is 0.11%, if the transaction medal is 5A, the new basic rate is 0.08%; if the transaction medal is without medals, 1A, 2A, the new basic rate is 0.12%, if the transaction medal is 3A and 4A, the new basic rate is 0.10%, if the transaction medal is 5A, the new basic rate is 0.07%. (E-commerce News)
4. Kuaishou CCTV held a special session on Xinjiang cotton sales: sales exceed 20 million yuan in 3 hours
According to March 31, Kuaishou and CCTV News jointly held a special event for "I endorse Xinjiang cotton" to sell goods. At 8 pm on March 28, CCTV host Nigmaiti, together with celebrities Jing Tian, Yu Menglong and Zhang Hanyun, came to CCTV News Kuaishou live broadcast room to jointly sell goods for Xinjiang cotton. That night, many Kuaishou e-commerce anchors such as Mimi Children's Clothing, Xu Xiaomi, and Bei Jie also brought goods for Xinjiang cotton-related products. Data shows that the cumulative number of views reached 22 million for more than three hours that night, and the number of live broadcast interactions was 10.12 million. The sales of CCTV News Live Room, Kuaishou Store Live Room and Kuaishou Anchor Live Room exceeded 20 million yuan. (Yibang Power)
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5. The UK food delivery platform Deliveroo's first-day decline in London expanded to 30%
On March 31, according to Sina Finance, the British takeaway platform Deliveroo broke the issue on its first day of listing in London. As of press time, Deliveroo's decline expanded to 30%. It is understood that the IPO price of Deliveroo is set at £3.9 per share, which is the lower limit of the issue price range given previously, making the company's valuation 1.3 billion pounds lower than the previous expectations. Data previously disclosed by Deliveroo showed that the company's sales increased by 54% in 2020 but lost £224 million. (Yibang Power)
6. Amazon announces the resumption of office work schedule: a few employees in the summer, most in the autumn
It is reported that as the number of people vaccinated against the new crown vaccine in the United States increases, the technology industry has also begun to introduce plans to resume office work. Amazon recently announced its latest policy, which is not as radical as some companies and has no plans to give up office work in the short term. Amazon announced in a memo to employees that a small number of employees are expected to return to office work this summer, but most employees return to work in the fall. (Sina Technology)
7. European omni-channel retailers and online stores cross-border turnover reached 146 billion euros in 2020
According to foreign media reports, recently, European cross-border e-commerce organizations released the "Top 500 Cross-border Retail Enterprises in Europe". Among them, the top ten are composed of only omni-channel retailers, with IKEA ranking first, and the German e-commerce platform Zalando, which once ranked first on the list, is now out of the top ten. Data shows that European omni-channel retailers and online stores operated across countries reached 146 billion euros last year. It is reported that European cross-border e-commerce sales increased by 35% year-on-year. (E-commerce News)
8. Taobao Global Shopping Organizational Structure Adjustment: Subordinate to Taobao Content E-commerce Department
On March 31, at the Taobao Global Shopping Merchant Conference held recently, Xuan De, general manager of Taobao Content E-commerce Department, announced that Taobao Global Shopping is classified as the Taobao live content team. Through four months of running-in with the Taobao content team, more traffic support from the Taobao content team will be obtained in the future. (Yibang Power)
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9. Didi customer service responds to system failure: caused by system upgrade
Didi Chuxing failed this morning. Some users were prompted to have an order that had not been paid when they were calling a taxi, and they could only continue to call a taxi after the payment was completed. After the user clicked to pay, the system failed to obtain the order details. Many users said on Weibo that they actually had no orders that had not been paid. Didi customer service responded to this and said that some inquiries about the above phenomena were indirectly reported that it was caused by system upgrades. (Sina Technology)
10. Suzhou Municipal Supervision Bureau: The pass rate of "Qingtuan" products on platforms such as Ele.me, Meituan and other platforms is 100%
According to March 31, recently, the Suzhou Municipal Supervision Bureau announced the results of the special sampling inspection of the "Youth League". This time, 7 production-related real estate companies, 27 catering units, and 33 circulation-related operating units, including online purchasing platforms such as Ele.me, Meituan, and Taobao. It is reported that this special sampling of "Youth League" combines the consumption hotspots of the general public. A total of 72 batches of products of the Youth League were selected in the three links of production and processing, market circulation, and catering services. The sampling covered ten sections of four cities and six districts. The results showed that all were qualified, with a pass rate of 100%. (E-commerce News)
