#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter #July 4th E-commerce Morning News

　　#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on July 4] 1688 marketing activities have added new rules for handling violations of shipment commitments; Xiaohongshu: Since 2019, the overall increase in technology and digital content has increased by 11.4 times; Li Jianye accused Baidu's new smart speakers of plagiarizing the appearance of Tmall Elf Sugar Cube R; Baidu responded to Li Yanhong's "water splashing" incident: the person who splashed water at Li Yanhong was taken away by the police for investigation; Zhang Chaoyang talked about the harm of 5G to the human body again: I took back this sentence...

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　　1. Walmart e-commerce may lose $1 billion this year

　　A US technology media quoted a discussion report from multiple sources familiar with the financial situation, saying that Walmart currently expects its U.S. e-commerce division to have sales between $21 billion and $22 billion this year, with a loss of more than $1 billion. As the losses of the e-commerce team continue to increase, a sense of disappointment within Walmart is also intensifying, the report said. Now Walmart is reportedly putting pressure on the team of e-commerce leader Raul to sell some of the acquired online retail brands. (Tencent Technology)

　　2. 1688 marketing activities add new rules for handling violations of shipment commitments

　　According to July 3, in order to promote the sustainable and healthy development of the 1688 trading market, Alibaba will add the "Rules for Handling Violations of Shipping Commitments" to its marketing activities. It is understood that breach of the delivery commitment refers to the seller's failure to ship the goods at the delivery time promised during the marketing campaign without a legitimate reason. This rule applies to sellers participating in Alibaba China marketing activities. The rules show that sellers must fulfill their delivery commitments from the time of registration to the end of the event. (E-commerce News)

　　3. A group of offline retail companies in Shanghai promised to "seven-day no-reason return"

　　Yesterday, the launch ceremony of "Shanghai offline retail enterprises promised seven-day unreasonable return service" was held in Jing'an District. Up to now, there are large commercial enterprises such as Bailian, Suning, Red Star Macalline, Gome, and Yongle in Shanghai, and more than 750 shops and stores in the clothing, shoes, hats, home appliances, and home decoration industries have participated in the "seven-day no-reason return" service commitment. In addition, a group of companies have also promised to provide consumers with higher than expected returns services, such as Haomeijia, Red Star Macalline, C&A, etc., making service commitments to consumers with "30-day no-reason return". (Liberation Daily)

　　4. Suning responds to employees' announcement of "Hongyan Huoshui": It is a personal behavior

　　On July 3rd, at noon today, a Suning Supermarket "Yibao Pure Water" advertisement, which is "The same unit price is 1.075 yuan, cool!", caused controversy. Suning Holdings Group confirmed that the above advertisement was indeed produced by employees of Suning's relevant departments. Suning people said that this "advertising" is not Suning's official behavior, but an employee's personal behavior and is inconsistent with Suning's values, so the company has stopped this advertisement and will intervene in the investigation of the matter. (E-commerce News)

　　5. The BAT mini program layout is becoming more stable and Youzan layout multi-platform mini program

　　According to July 3, the trend of "multi-platform" in the mini program ecosystem is becoming more and more obvious. As companies such as Baidu, Alibaba, Toutiao and other companies have successively entered the mini program open platform, domestic mini program developers and service providers will face the problem of multi-platform layout. (Yibang Power)

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　　6. Xiaohongshu: Since 2019, the overall growth of technology and digital content has been 11.4 times

　　According to Xiaohongshu, Technology Digital is one of the fastest growing content categories in the content community of Xiaohongshu platform. Since 2019, the overall growth of technology digital content on Xiaohongshu has increased by 11.4 times. In the category of mobile phones alone, the exposure frequency of related notes is 4 billion times per month, which is equivalent to every user browsing at least 1.6 times per month for mobile phone-related content. In addition, Lei Jun, founder and CEO of Xiaomi Group, has also opened a personal account on Xiaohongshu recently. (36Kr)

　　7. Li Jianye accused Baidu smart speakers of plagiarizing the appearance of Tmall Ghost Sugar Cube R

　　Li Jianye forwarded the official Weibo of Tmall Elf and commented, "I was really shocked to see the new product of K-Du. My colleagues in the design department compared it in many places. The most obvious one was the mic hole design on the fuselage. The sugar cube R uses a dual microphone solution, so there are only two holes in the first version of the fuselage. But after weighing the trade-offs, we added several blind holes for decoration, and there were 8 holes in the mic. Unexpectedly, K-Du transplanted this design solution intact." Li Jianye was once the vice president of industrial design of Hammer Technology and is currently working in the artificial intelligence laboratory of Alibaba Damo Academy. (36Kr news)

　　8. Baidu responds to the "water splash" incident of Li Yanhong: the person who splashed water on Li Yanhong was taken away by the police for investigation

　　Regarding the "water splashing" incident of Li Yanhong, Baidu issued a statement last night saying: "We are angry at the incident that happened at the AI ​​developer conference today and strongly condemns the perpetrator's behavior." Baidu emphasized in the statement that the perpetrator has been taken away by the public security organs and investigated in accordance with the law. (36Kr news)

　　9. Zhang Chaoyang talks about the harm of 5G to the human body again: I will take back this sentence

　　Zhang Chaoyang, Chairman and CEO of Sohu Company, once again talked about the harm of 5G to the human body at a media meeting. Zhang Chaoyang said, "I take back this sentence. I am really not an expert in the impact of 5G on human health. I really don't understand it very much. I just saw some reports and experts need further research." In May this year, Zhang Chaoyang said in public, "When it comes to millimeter waves, the high frequency of microwave broadcasting is several gigahertz. In this case, according to my physical knowledge, this frequency is actually more harmful to the human body." (Sina Technology)

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　　10. US Court of Appeal: Amazon should bear part of responsibility for third-party products

　　A U.S. federal appeals court ruled against Amazon in a lawsuit Wednesday, which could lead to lawsuits when users buy defective products through third-party merchants on their website. Circuit Court Judge Jenny Richard Ruth said Amazon may be partially responsible for such incidents because its business model “enables third-party suppliers to conceal themselves from customers, causing customers to be harmed by defective products but cannot directly sue third-party suppliers.” (Sina Technology)

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