#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter #May 7 E-commerce Evening News

2019-05-07

　　#Laogao E-commerce News# [May 7 E-commerce Evening News Brief] JD Express launches new functions, and personal delivery options are available for intelligent tracking and shipping; Jing Credit supports JD.com's corporate mortgage-free leasing is only for gold medal merchants; Pinduoduo launches the "Shanghai Time-honored Brand New E-commerce Plan"; Beidian completes a new round of financing investors including Hillhouse Sequoia, etc.; Mogujie launches the "brand new first test" business...

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　　1. JD Express launches new features, and can be selected for personal delivery and intelligent tracking of delivery

　　JD Express launches a new feature "Chicken Feather Letter". When consumers use mini-programs to send packages, they can choose the "Chicken Feather Letter" value-added service. The courier will add a JD Express intelligent tracker to the package, allowing it to complete the entire delivery process with the package to realize real-time package tracking, thereby ensuring that the delivery process is safer and more transparent. At present, this function has entered the trial operation stage. (36Kr)

　　2. Beijing Credit supports JD.com's corporate mortgage-free rental only for gold medal merchants

　　On May 7, JD.com's "Jing Credit" launched a new equity, which will provide merchants with no deposit service on JD.com's corporate leasing platform. It is understood that JD Enterprise Leasing is a platform that specializes in providing IT equipment rental services for enterprises. It can rent TVs, laptops, desktops, iPads, displays and other equipment, and also provides customized rentals, enterprise recycling and other services to solve the problems of short service life of merchant equipment and high financial pressure. (E-commerce News)

　　3. Pinduoduo launches "Shanghai's old-fashioned brand new e-commerce plan"

　　At the launch ceremony of the "Shanghai Time-Home Brand New E-commerce Plan" Pinduoduo promised that it will invest 10 billion marketing resources and 1.5 billion yuan in targeted cash subsidies in the next three years, helping 100 Shanghai time-honored brands expand their market share and push more brands to return to the first-tier brand array. A relevant person in charge of Pinduoduo said that in May, in response to the general demands of time-honored brands, Pinduoduo's "New E-commerce Plan for Time-honored Brands" has been gradually promoted online, offline, technology and production. (36Kr)

　　4. Beidian completed a new round of financing investors including Hillhouse Sequoia and others

　　On May 7, Beidian, a social e-commerce platform under Beibei Group, has completed a new round of financing, and investors include Hillhouse Capital, Sequoia Capital, Xianghe Capital and Innovation Works. It is understood that Beidian was founded in August 2017 and is currently one of the leading social e-commerce platforms in China. Through social sharing and dissemination between people, it realizes the three-party connection between consumers, store owners and the supply chain, and operates 200,000 products in 12 categories including home, clothing, food, beauty, maternal and infant, fresh food, etc. The products mainly come from "direct brand supply + factory selection + direct procurement from origin + global import". (E-commerce News)

　　5. Mogujie launches "brand new first test" business

　　Mogujie launches the "brand new first test" business. This business takes the LOOK of experts as the main form, updates information on globally renowned fashion brands in real time, and launches the first evaluation of brand new styles for the season. As of now, the Mogujie brand library has included nearly 3,000 fashion brands around the world, and has reached in-depth cooperation with more than 600 fashion brands. It can evaluate new brand models 7-15 days in advance. It is expected that the new brand models will reach 500,000 sets this year. (36Kr)

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　　6. Alipay tests for B-end "fabei"

　　Alipay recently launched the "Fabei" function. Search for "Fabei" on the Alipay homepage to find this service. However, this function is only available to some merchants. It is reported that "Fabei" is a free money-giving tool provided by Alipay to merchants. According to the introduction provided on the page, Alipay merchants can send remuneration, benefits, commissions, reimbursement payments, etc. to employees and flexible employees through "Fabei". (Beijing Business Daily)

　　7. A collection of high-quality public accounts appeared on WeChat Reading

　　Recently, I found that a collection of high-quality public accounts appeared in the third screen of WeChat Reading Bookstore. After opening it, you can see official accounts such as "Internet" and "Business and Finance". Open the 36Kr official account and you can see that all published articles are included. Users can also directly add the official account to the bookshelf for easy reading (including voice reading). In addition, users can also directly search for the corresponding official account through bookstore search, but currently there are limited public accounts directly retrieved. (36Kr)

　　8. Ren Zhengfei talks about successor requirements: Have a deep understanding of new technologies and customer needs

　　According to May 7, recently, Huawei Xinsheng Community announced an email from the President's Office No. 048 in 2019, which was a conversation between Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei more than ten years ago. In terms of successor requirements, Ren Zhengfei refined four points: 1. Have a far-sighted vision of value and the ability to control the business ecological environment; 2. Have a vision of the global market structure and the ability to execute transactions and service goals; 3. Have a deep understanding of new technologies and customer needs, and have the ability to be self-satisfied; 4. Have the ability to simplify management end-to-end business flow, logistics, capital flow, etc. (E-commerce News)

　　9. JD.com’s strategic investment spirit launches “pig face recognition” technology

　　On May 7, the "JD.com·Jingqishen Equity Investment Strategic Cooperation Media Conference and JD.com 618 Joint Preparation Launch Ceremony" was held in Beijing. Wang Zhiqiang, head of the Meat and Poultry Frozen Picking and Sales Department of JD 7FRESH, said that unlike the traditional cooperation model in the industry, this strategic investment spirit is a process of exploration from the sales end to the entire chain of the black pig breeding industry chain. In addition to providing sales platforms and channels for Jingqishen Shan Black Pork, it also conducts in-depth participation from all aspects such as breeding, feeding, product combination, and cold chain transportation. It will help Shan Black Pig industry to create F2T (Farm to Table), that is, "farm to table", and further promote the quality upgrade and brand improvement of the domestic pig industry. (E-commerce News)

　　Cross-border newsletter

　　10. It is said that Amazon is negotiating to purchase autonomous cargo company Tucson Future

　　On May 7, people familiar with Amazon's executives revealed that Amazon is negotiating the acquisition with Chinese autonomous driving freight company Tucson in the future. Tucson Future has successfully completed a US$95 million Series D financing in February this year. This round was led by Sina Capital and its valuation is valued at more than US$1 billion. Chen Mo, CEO of Tucson Future, responded that the company did launch a round of financing in North America and is in contact with many strategic investors, but they are all relatively preliminary. Chen Mo said he would not accept the fate of being acquired. (E-commerce News)