#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on July 17]

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1. Strategic cooperation between Alibaba and Heilongjiang Province

On July 16, Alibaba Group reached a strategic cooperation with the Heilongjiang Provincial Government. The two sides will rely on Heilongjiang's industrial and resource advantages and use Alibaba's technological advantages in cloud computing, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence to cooperate in digital agriculture, digital finance, digital government, digital enterprises and other fields. (Securities Times)

2. WeChat officially opens the ability of "one thing, one code", and every product is the "entry" of brand mini program

WeChat officially opened the "one thing, one code" capability today. Through the QR code printed on the product, each product becomes the entrance to a brand mini program, and merchants can efficiently associate with consumers even if they do not have channels. Brand merchants can obtain "microcodes" that support quick reading under 0.5cm×0.5cm printing area through the "one thing, one code" interface, and realize consumers' ability to jump to mini programs, public accounts, precise marketing interaction, big data operations, etc. through "code" on products, and turn the sold goods into "traffic" and settle down. (36Kr)

3. Tmall’s first offline experience center is located in Shanghai K11

The first "Ideal Life Experience Center" created by the Tmall Club team was launched in the Shanghai K11 Shopping Art Center, and the first phase was invited to skateboard shoe brand Vans to launch a street cultural exhibition. In the future, the form of the experience center will continue to expand, and a series of innovative business forms such as co-creation space, theme stores, retail terminal experience stores, etc. will be launched to create a window for normal communication with users for brands. (Tianxia Online Business)

4. Xiaomi's e-commerce platform adds new automobile sales business

Tianyan Check data shows that on July 15, the business scope of the operating entity of Xiaomi Youpin Information Technology Co., Ltd. was changed, and "auto sales" were added. Youpin Information Technology Co., Ltd. was established on April 4, 2018 with a registered capital of RMB 50 million. The legal representative is Xiaomi co-founder Liu De. Lei Jun, Li Wanqiang and Liu De serve as directors of the company. The ultimate beneficiary and largest shareholder are Lei Jun, who holds 70% of the shares. (IT Home)

5. JD Express has opened a store delivery service and has connected to more than 5,000 stores.

On July 16, JD Express recently announced the launch of a store shipping service. When consumers have a need for shipping, they can not only wait for the courier to pick up the goods at home, but also deliver them to the nearby shipping site. When users place an order on the JD Express mini program, they choose the "self-delivery service point" to send the goods, and they can see the nearby delivery stores, including JD Logistics Department, convenience stores, supermarkets, convenience points, etc. At present, this service has been launched in nearly 100 cities in China, 5,000 stores have launched delivery services, and JD Express is recruiting more cooperative stores. (Lianshang.com)

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6. JD Asset Management Platform signed a strategic agreement with 13 institutions

Xu Yerun, deputy general manager of JD Digital Technology Asset Management Department, announced that JD Digital Technology, based on the asset management technology product "JT² Intelligent Management and Well-off" launched in February this year, has begun to improve from technical system services to open platform services. By combining the 7 major middle-end services of modular services, it provides asset management institutions with customized solutions on demand. At the same time, JD Digital Technology announced that it has recently signed strategic cooperation agreements with 13 domestic and foreign asset management institutions such as CITIC Securities, CITIC Construction Investment, and Anxin Securities. (Securities Daily)

7. Huang Jing, director of the Intellectual Property Department of 360, was arrested for suspected bribery

On July 16, 360 Company issued an internal notice that Huang Jing, senior director of the Intellectual Property Department, accepted bribes from several agents and was arrested for suspected bribery. 360 official confirmed this matter. The internal letter stated that after verified by the Ethics Committee, Huang Jing accepted bribes from multiple agents and was suspected of accepting bribes by non-state employees. At present, Huang Jing has been approved for arrest by the inspection agency. 360 believes that integrity and integrity are the bottom line of the company, and the company has zero tolerance for "fraud". (E-commerce News)

8. TikTok: The number of Blue V accounts increased by 44.6 times, and the number of submissions increased by 211 times.

The "Tik Tok Enterprise Blue V White Paper 2019 Edition" officially released by Douyin shows that Douyin Enterprise Blue V accounts have grown rapidly. Compared with June last year, the number of accounts has increased by 44.6 times and the number of submissions has increased by 211 times. Corporate accounts have become an important active user of the Douyin platform. Not only has the number of accounts and submissions grown rapidly, the content of Douyin Enterprise Blue V account has also become an important source of Douyin platform. As of May 31, 2019, the Douyin enterprise Blue V account had a total of 4.1 billion fans and received 1069.2 billion views. (36Kr)

9. Add new support files and other forms for WeChat floating windows, and set up to 5 floating windows at the same time.

On July 16, in the version of WeChat iOS 7.0.5, the WeChat floating window function has been upgraded, and new support for setting floating windows when browsing files, collecting notes, and mini programs, and up to 5 floating windows can be set at the same time. In addition, the music floating window will automatically float when playing music in WeChat, so that users can switch playback status at any time.

Before this version, the content of browsing web pages in WeChat could be reduced to a floating window at any time, and return to the main interface of WeChat at any time to view and reply to messages. (Sina Finance)

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10. News says Amazon will be under the EU antitrust investigation, and how to use third-party merchant data is the key

According to foreign media reports, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday that the head of the EU antitrust plans to launch a formal investigation into Amazon in the next few days. EU Competition Commissioner Margaret Vestager has started a preliminary investigation into Amazon in September last year and is expected to announce in the near future whether to conduct a comprehensive investigation into Amazon. The preliminary investigation focused on how Amazon uses data from third-party merchants selling items on its website. (Tencent Technology)

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