#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on April 16] The location of Taobao homepage channel adjustment Juhuasuan rose to the top; Alipay: More than 200 cities support 56 "electronic documents"; Alibaba released its fourth quarter and full-year financial report for the 2019 fiscal year on May 15; Xiaohongshu: All notes mentioning tobacco have been offline; Didi Liuqing: Life is moving forward, reality is more important than perfection...

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1. Adjustment of Taobao homepage channel position Juhuasuan rose to the top
Taobao Tmall marketing platform Juhuasuan has been further strengthened at the entrance of Taobao mobile phones. The upgraded new Juhuasuan entrance content includes marketing matrix such as Taobao purchases, daily specials, today's hot products, brand clearance, etc., which will help brands reach target groups more accurately and efficiently. In the future, Juhuasuan will focus on the explosion of scale, and Taobao rush purchases provide consumers with the ultimate rights and goods through the limited-time and limited-quantity selling method, and the two will be further organically integrated. (China.com)
2. Alipay: More than 200 cities support 56 types of "electronic documents"
The latest data released by Alipay shows that more than 200 cities support 56 "electronic documents", including electronic social security cards, electronic driving licenses, electronic driving licenses, electronic marriage certificates, electronic student cards, etc., covering ticket purchases, hotel accommodation, Internet cafe registration, medical treatment and medicine purchases, etc. (36Kr)
3. Alibaba released its fourth quarter and full-year financial report for fiscal year 2019 on May 15
According to April 16, Alibaba recently announced that it will release its fourth quarter and full-year financial report for the 2019 fiscal year ended March 31, 2019 before the opening of the US stock market on May 15, 2019 (evening on May 15, Beijing time).
After the financial report is released, the Alibaba management team will hold a financial report conference call at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time on May 15 (7:30 p.m. Beijing time on May 15). (Sina Finance)
4. Baiguoyuan enters the fresh food field to promote independent fresh food platform "Baiguoxinxiang"
On April 16, Baiguoyuan announced its big fresh food strategy, officially announcing Baiguoyuan to enter the fresh food field, and released Baiguoyuan Group’s independent fresh food platform "Baiguoxinxiang", covering two major business lines: "Xinxiang Mall" and "Xinxiang Membership". This means that Baiguoyuan will upgrade from a good life of fruits to a good life of fresh food. (Chuangyebang)
5. Xiaohongshu: All notes mentioning tobacco have been offline
On April 16, in response to the report that "Xiaohongshu App has 95,000 tobacco soft articles", Xiaohongshu responded that the company opposed any form of dissemination of tobacco, checked all relevant information as soon as possible, and had offline all notes mentioning tobacco. (E-commerce News)
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6. Ren Zhengfei: It is good for Meng Wanzhou to suffer some hardships, which is beneficial to her growth.
On April 16, the reporter learned from Huawei's Xinsheng Community that Huawei released the minutes of the company's founder Ren Zhengfei's interview with CNBC on April 13. Ren Zhengfei said in an interview that he would often call Meng Wanzhou and talk about some family matters. He believes that when their children are old, they have grown up too smoothly, and it should be good to suffer some hardships. "Without scars, there are no thick skin and flesh. Heroes have suffered many hardships since ancient times." This hardship is also a huge wealth for her. After these difficulties, it will help her to make her will stronger and her growth more beneficial. If Meng Wanzhou is released, she will still do her original job at Huawei. (Chuangyebang)
7. SF Express plans to match the vehicle and goods "Shunlu" platform officially launched
On April 16, SF Express’s “SF Express Road Transport Service” was officially renamed “Shunlu” recently and released an official version of the product introduction.
It is reported that "Shunlu" was formerly "Fengchi Changxing", which was an internal management application tool launched by SF Express in 2017, mainly for SF Express's self-operated fleets, suppliers and corporate drivers. At present, Shunlu has two mobile APP products, namely Shunlu Driver Edition and Enterprise Edition. The platform has 500,000 registered personal drivers with real-name registration, and about 300,000 vehicles have been successfully certified. (E-commerce News)
8. Didi Liu Qing: Life is moving forward, reality is more important than perfection
On the afternoon of April 16, Didi Chuxing President Liu Qing revealed on his personal circle of friends today that he has been divorced for two years and is now a "single mother". Liu Qing also expressed his gratitude to the outside world for his concern, saying, "In life, reality is more important than perfection. Give yourself some fuel and all single mothers."
Regarding the end of the marriage, Liu Qing said, "Although I have sent away a relationship that was once vast, I have accumulated many beautiful memories, a deep friendship, and a elves who have a close relationship with me. Family and work are all my current emotional links."
In the past few months, Liu Qing’s public expressions on his Moments and Weibo have gradually increased. Just a week ago, Liu Qing posted on Weibo to recall his previous experience of suffering from cancer, lamenting that "in life except life and death, everything else is abrasion." He also expressed his gratitude to this experience, which makes people more brave and pure. (Sohu.com)
9. Zhang Jindong, Chairman of Suning.com: The Yangtze River Delta will deploy more than 2,000 smart retail stores in the next three years.
Zhang Jindong, chairman of Suning.com, said at the Yangtze River Delta Business Summit that currently Suning's offline smart retail stores in the Yangtze River Delta region have reached more than 3,200, the logistics network has achieved 100% full coverage, and financial business has been deeply implemented in most cities; at least more than 2,000 smart retail stores will be implemented in the next three years, and through the integrated interaction between online and offline, new entrances and new scenarios will be created for users. (Securities Times)
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10. "Sell to Africa Network" received 80 million yuan in Pre-B round of financing
On April 16, the cross-border e-commerce platform sold to Africa.com announced that it had completed a Pre-B round of financing of 80 million yuan, led by Huachuang Capital. This is another financing obtained by "selling to Africa Network" after the investments of Hongtai Fund and others in the A round.
According to the E-commerce News, this round of financing will be used to expand local stores in Africa, increase SKU categories, invest in overseas warehouse sales, assist manufacturing companies in setting up factories in Africa, and build self-built logistics in light models.
Selling to Africa Network stated that the company will build a 40,000-square-meter commodity city in the center of 500 million people in Lagos, Nigeria and West Africa, and plans to introduce 2,000 domestic manufacturing industries to provide integrated services from export to transportation customs clearance, display and sales, warehousing and collection, and replicate it to major African cities. (Lieyun.com)
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