#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on April 29] Taobao will launch a community-based e-commerce "Tao Xiaoshu"; Huiyuan responds to 3.6 billion "selling" Tiandi No. 1: cooperation rather than transactions; Huayu Software: Sign a cooperation framework agreement with Alibaba Cloud and Sichuan Big Data Company; Didi launches the "special carpooling" function, and the official response said that it is in the trial operation stage; Amazon plans to spend US$7 billion to create video and music content in 2019...

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1. Taobao will launch community-based e-commerce "Taoxiao Shop"
Recently, Taobao Rules official website issued a new notice - "Taoxiaopu Management Specifications". The notice claims that the Taobao platform, which has been brewing for a long time, will be launched soon. A data suspected to be a Taoxiaopu investment promotion document stated that Taoxiaopu is positioned as a "communicational e-commerce that everyone can participate in" and uses the S2B2C model for sales. Regarding the launch time of Taobao Xiaopu, Alibaba responded that Taobao Xiaopu's business is currently owned by Taobao and has not been released to the public during small-scale testing. (Yibang Power Network)
2. Huiyuan responds to 3.6 billion "selling" Tiandi No. 1: Cooperation rather than transaction
According to the news on April 28, Huiyuan Group stated that they have been actively looking for opportunities for other investors to invest in their business, and if this transaction is implemented, it will complement each other with partners in product categories, marketing areas, marketing channels, etc., which will help expand and develop the juice and beverage business. If the joint venture operates well in the future, Huiyuan will be able to obtain stable business orders and continuous operating cash flow, the company's cash position can be improved, and the debt situation will be alleviated. (Sohu.com)
3. Huayu Software: Sign a cooperation framework agreement with Alibaba Cloud and Sichuan Big Data Company
Huayu Software issued an announcement stating that the company has signed a "Cooperation Framework Agreement" with Sichuan Development Big Data Industry Investment Co., Ltd. and Alibaba Cloud, which will give full play to the company's strength in AI, big data, and cloud technology, and combine Sichuan big data's advantages in resource integration, capital operation, etc. to promote the company's business expansion in the advantages of legal technology, education informatization, security and reliability, market supervision, and increase market share. (Securities Times)
4. Gree Electric Appliances: It plans to increase e-commerce business in the scope of the company's articles of association
On the evening of April 28, Gree Electric Appliances announced in the evening that in order to further improve sales channels, promote online sales, and promote the company's emerging industry products, the company plans to increase e-commerce business in the scope of the company's articles of association.
Tonight, Gree Electric Appliances released its annual report. According to the annual report, Gree Electric achieved a total operating income of 200.024 billion yuan in 2018, a year-on-year increase of 33.33%; and achieved a net profit attributable to shareholders of 26.203 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.97%. (E-commerce News)
5. It is said that Xiaomi Youpin recommends a special incentive plan: Employees need to sign a military order to give up the year-end bonus
On April 29, a Xiaomi employee recently broke the news on a workplace social platform that Xiaomi Youpin has launched a special incentive plan internally, and employees participating in the plan need to sign a military order that promises to voluntarily give up the 2019 year-end bonus. Some Xiaomi employees said they were unaware of the situation, but some said that this special incentive plan and the signing of military orders were indeed true. In addition, some Xiaomi Youpin employees revealed that they had not signed up and did not know the specific content of the incentive plan. (Phoenix Technology)
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6. Didi launched the "Special Car Pooling" function, and the official response said that it was in the trial operation stage
Recently, the "Special Car Pooling" function has appeared in Didi Chuxing App, and the entrance to this function is on the left side of the "Car Pooling" portal on the vehicle call page. In response, Didi's official response said that the special carpooling function is a means to encourage passengers to try carpooling. This function filters specific routes over 10 kilometers in specific periods, providing passengers with discounts on long-distance carpooling trips. Didi also stated that the function will be tested on some long-distance carpooling routes in Beijing, Tianjin and Dalian in late March. It is currently in the trial operation stage and will gradually expand the route in the future. (interface)
7. Celebrating the launch of Lakala, Lei Jun gave Sun Taoran a kilogram of gold bricks
On the evening of April 28, Lakala CEO Sun Taoran revealed today that Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has promoted him to become an angel investor because of the angel investment in Lakala, and has successively angelized 30 companies.
Sun Taoran said that Lei Jun also agreed with his brothers that whoever made a listed company worth 1 billion US dollars would give him a kilogram of gold bricks. "Yu Yongfu has one piece, Li Xueling has one piece, and it seems that there are a few Lei brothers. I also have one piece today, so I'm happy." (E-commerce News)
8. Shanghai will build tens of thousands of 5G base stations this year, achieving deep coverage of the city by 2021.
The Shanghai Economic and Information Commission stated that in 2019, Shanghai will build more than 10,000 5G base stations to achieve full coverage of key areas in central urban areas and suburban areas; by 2021, a total of 30,000 5G base stations will be built to achieve deep coverage of the city. At the same time, Shanghai will achieve the goal of "ten hundred thousand" development of 5G, focus on building 10 5G innovative application demonstration bases, and build 100 5G application companies. The scale of 5G manufacturing, software and information service businesses and application industries has reached 100 billion yuan. (Penguin)
9. News says Tongcheng Elong Transportation Division will lay off employees
According to internal employees, Tongcheng Elong Transportation Department will launch layoffs, involving Suzhou and Shanghai areas. The internal employee said that the transportation department has layoffs on all lines of transportation and production research. The above-mentioned insider said that the reason for the layoffs is that mini-program products are affected by WeChat and are not allowed to sell value-added services, resulting in a sharp decline in revenue, so revenue must be increased and expenditure must be reduced. Previously, the revenue of the train ticket business mainly came from tie-in sales. (Sanyan Finance)
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10. Amazon plans to spend $7 billion in 2019 to create video and music content
April 28 news, Amazon disclosed on Friday that it spent $1.7 billion on video and music content in the first quarter. Amazon said in its quarterly financial report that video and music investments, including in Amazon Prime membership program, were up 13% from $1.5 billion a year ago. This is equivalent to about $7 billion in video and music investment throughout the year. (Tencent.com)
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