#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News on May 20] JD.com launches a new version of the app: launching the new "Thousands of People and Thousands of Faces" homepage; Suning adds new search and downsizing penalties, and false transactions remove products; Hema announced that it has won 500 agricultural product bases across the country; Meituan Taxi has added 15 new cities to support catering merchants' pages to call taxis with one click; AliExpress tries to "Huabei" in Europe...

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1. JD.com launches a new version of the app: launching the new "Thousands of People and Thousands of Faces" homepage
According to May 20, JD.com recently launched the 8.0 version of JD.com App, saying it will bring more innovative gameplay to this year's 618. According to reports, the new version of the app has launched the new "Thousands of People and Thousands of Faces" homepage, that is, through technical capabilities such as artificial intelligence and big data algorithms, private customized pages are provided according to the needs of each consumer, helping consumers choose products more accurately and efficiently, and recommend more suitable novel products for consumers. (E-commerce News)
2. Suning adds new search and reduces rights and removes products from false transactions
Suning platform has added a new single product search right reduction penalty mechanism for merchant violation handling rules, involving 7 violations of search right reduction, including 5 general violations and 2 serious violations. This adjustment will take effect on May 20, 2019. The violations involved in this time are seven categories and 12 sub-categories. Generally, violations are divided into five categories: abuse of information, false transactions, inconsistent descriptions, empty stocks and inflated prices. (Yibang Power Network)
3. Hema announced that it has won 500 agricultural product bases across the country
On May 20, Hema announced at the launch of the direct fresh food procurement strategy that it has won 500 bases across the country and has also expanded more high-quality agricultural product bases around the world. At present, nearly one-third of Hema's fresh products come from strategic cooperation bases, covering several major categories such as fruits and vegetables, meat, poultry and eggs, seafood and aquatic products. (Financial Finance Channel)
4. Meituan Taxi added 15 new cities, supporting one-click car call on the catering merchant page
On the afternoon of May 19, after launching the "aggregation model" in Shanghai and Nanjing, Meituan Taxi added fifteen pilot cities today, including: Suzhou, Hangzhou, Wenzhou, Ningbo, Tianjin, Chongqing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Changsha, Hefei, Kunming, and Guangzhou. Users can call vehicles from multiple different platforms with one click on the Meituan App, or they can directly call a taxi on the Meituan Catering Merchant Page. (Chuangyebang)
5. Taoxianda tests community fresh food, the first new model community store will open
The first new model community fresh food store "Linju Vegetable Market" jointly with Taoxianda and Xinhuadu, opened in Fengze District, Quanzhou, Fujian. Users can also enjoy the service of delivering fresh food, food and daily necessities through "Taoxianda". Linju Vegetable Market has created a new retail scenario integrating vegetable market, retail and dine-in, which is Taoxianda's new exploration of the community fresh food model. (36Kr News)
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6. Baidu's Xiaodu smart speaker market share rose to the top in China
Market analysis companies Canalys and Strategy Analytics respectively released the first quarter of 2019 smart speaker market report, which shows that Baidu's Xiaodu smart speaker shipments reached 3.3 million units, second only to Google's 3.5 million units and Amazon's 4.6 million units, making it the first in the Chinese market and the third in the global market. According to Canalys' report, the global shipment of smart speakers in the Chinese market accounted for 51%, surpassing the foreign market for the first time. (China Securities Network)
7. WeChat launches WeChat Maker Plan
On the afternoon of May 18, US time, WeChat joined hands with Maker Faire, the world's largest maker community, to launch the "WeChat Maker/WeChat Maker" plan, announcing that it will jointly promote long-term cooperation at the "WeChat Maker" level, and at the same time released the WeChat Maker Handbook to introduce global makers how to use WeChat and become a WeChat maker. (36Kr)
8. Alipay Charity Foundation is officially established, with three-thousandths of the income each year
On May 20, Chen Liang, vice president of Ant Financial, announced the establishment of the Alipay Charity Foundation, which will spend 3% of the income to be a Charity Foundation every year to do more useful charity explorations. Chen Liang said, "When Alipay was founded, it hoped to use guaranteed transactions to resolve trust between people. Today, we use credit points to solve the problems encountered in renting bicycles and power banks." (Crowdfunding Home)
9. AliExpress try "Huabei" in Europe
According to May 20, AliExpress has provided a new payment method for its users in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Finland. It is reported that this is a "deferred payment" service cooperation conducted by Swedish payment service provider Klarna, Dutch payment company Adyen and Alibaba payment company Alipay. This "delayed payment" model is similar to the domestic "Huabei", where consumers can make payments later than when placing an order. In addition, according to public information, Klarna can now realize the installment payment function. (E-commerce News)
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10. Amazon AWS overseas acceleration camp officially started
Recently, Amazon.com Technology Services (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (AWS) announced that the AWS overseas acceleration camp project was officially launched. The project aims to help Chinese startups expand overseas markets by leveraging resources including Amazon E-commerce, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Echo, Amazon Alexa Fund and third-party resources. (36Kr)
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