#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News on March 28] JD.com refuted rumors and 400 people resigned in one day: purely spread rumors, expanding recruitment by 15,000 this year; Taobao’s first live broadcast: 12 product pools include about 130,000 products; Guazi cooperated with Taobao to target the new retail field of used cars; Xiangpiaopiao’s revenue in 2018 was 3.251 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.13%; Midea’s 2 million air conditioners will be connected to Tmall Elf...

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1. #JD.com refutes rumors and 400 people resign in one day# It is purely a rumor that it has expanded its enrollment by 15,000 this year
According to the afternoon of March 28, the day before yesterday, some media reported that 400 employees of JD resigned in a day. For this reason, JD responded that the information was entirely a rumor, and some personnel and institutions organized the normal flow of enterprises to exaggerate and falsely spread the normal flow of personnel in the enterprise.
Recently, some netizens posted information saying that "JD employees lined up to go through the resignation procedures." A former JD employee who recently resigned said that when he was handling his resignation, he "chatted with human resources. They said that about 200 people were resigning today, sometimes more than 100." "At the peak, nearly 400 people resigned a day."
In response, JD.com issued a statement saying that the information is completely a rumor. At present, JD.com has signed contracts with fresh graduates of 2019 in just over 1,300, and will join the company in the next three months; at the same time, JD.com will also expand its enrollment by 15,000 positions this year. (Sina Technology)
2. Guazi cooperates with Taobao to target the new retail field of used cars
On March 28, Guazi Used Cars and Taobao Used Cars jointly announced that they have reached a cooperation in the field of new used car retail. The two parties will work together to create a new retail entrance for used cars, accelerate the circulation of used cars, and jointly explore the new retail model of automobiles in the cross-regional circulation industry. At present, the two parties have started cooperation at "Ali Auction", and Taobao stores and other entrances will also be launched one after another in the near future. (E-commerce News)
3. Luosen cooperates with the first farm to launch the community fresh food convenience "Huimin Community Fresh Fresh Store"
On March 28, Beijing Shounong Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Beijing Shounong Food Group Co., Ltd. and Luosen (China) Investment Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing, announcing their joint entry into the community fresh food convenience retail business. The two sides will open hundreds of "Huimin Community Fresh Fresh Stores", providing basic ingredients including meat, poultry, eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables, as well as semi-finished products, finished products and fresh food, supplemented by daily convenience products. We also plan and build infrastructure such as logistics centers, fresh food processing centers, central kitchens, and urban logistics around the community's fresh food convenience business formats. (Oriental Fortune Network)
4. Xiangpiaopiao's revenue in 2018 was 3.251 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.13%.
According to reports on March 28, Xiangpiaopiao released its 2018 annual performance report. The report shows that in 2018, Xiangpiaopiao achieved operating income of 3.251 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.13%; and achieved net profit attributable to parent company shareholders of 315 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.53%. (Financial Finance Channel)
5. Ma’s African Youth Entrepreneurship Fund Registration
On March 28, the online registration for Jack Ma's African Youth Entrepreneurship Fund officially began. The African Youth Entrepreneurship Fund aims to explore African grassroots people, regardless of industry background or business size, and encourages all qualified African entrepreneurs to sign up. The fund will provide $1 million a year over the next 10 years, selecting 10 players each year to participate in the finals expected in Africa in November. (Sina Finance)
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6. Baidu launches "Quick Search Video"
Baidu recently launched "Quaisou Video" on the Apple App Store, introducing that "Quaisou Video" is a video search client on the entire network, which mainly has two major functions: hot search content and high-quality film lists. The former provides hot search film and television content on the entire network, and the latter collects high-quality film lists on the entire network. (36Kr)

7. Taobao’s first live broadcast: 12 product pools contain about 130,000 products
On March 28, recently, the content marketing service platform Alibaba V Mission officially launched the "Live Broadcast" product selection platform, and stipulated that anchors who are engaged in the Alibaba V Mission platform can use the live broadcast tool.
It is understood that "Live Broadcast" has launched 12 product pools, totaling about 130,000 products. The product pool covers five major industries: clothing, beauty, home furnishing, fast-moving consumer goods, and food, and collects goods from merchants in the industry, including products selected by Tmall International and Taobao.
8. Midea's 2 million air conditioners will be connected to Tmall Elf
Midea Air Conditioning and Tmall signed a strategic cooperation memorandum in Shunde, Guangdong. The two parties will cooperate in product customization cooperation, brand building and brand marketing, IoT products and omni-channel sales. According to the agreement, in 2019, the two sides will jointly promote the annual transaction of Midea air conditioner of 10 billion yuan. Midea Air Conditioner and Alibaba Artificial Intelligence Laboratory will also continue to cooperate in voice interaction, joint customization, channel customization and other projects, and plan to sell 2 million smart air conditioners to support Tmall Genie on Tmall. (36Kr)
9. iResearch: China's third-party payment mobile payment market transaction scale reached RMB 47.2 trillion in Q4 2018
On March 27, data released by the independent third-party research institution iResearch showed that in the fourth quarter of 2018, the transaction size of China's third-party payment mobile payment market reached 47.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.78% month-on-month. Among them, Alipay ranks first with a market share of 53.78%, and Tencent Finance (including WeChat Pay) ranks second with a share of 38.87%. The two together account for 92.65% of the entire market. (E-commerce News)
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10. Import value-added tax cuts by up to 3% and the annual tax cut exceeds 225 billion yuan
According to reports on March 28, Yibang Power learned that from April 1, 2019, if the original value-added tax rate of imported goods is subject to 16% VAT, the tax rate will be adjusted to 13%, and if the original value-added tax rate is subject to 10% VAT, the tax rate will be adjusted to 9%. (Yibang Power Network)
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