#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on July 19]



E-commerce newsletter

1. JD Supermarket and Walmart launch 2019 omni-channel "8.8 Shopping Festival"

On July 18, the 2019 omni-channel "8.8 Shopping Festival" jointly organized by JD Supermarket and Walmart was officially launched. According to JD.com's official introduction, this year's "8.8 Shopping Festival" covers more than 170 cities and more than 400 Walmart physical stores across the country, of which more than 290 stores have launched the mini program "Walmart Home Delivery", and also covers the online Walmart JD flagship store and the Walmart JD home delivery platform across the country. (36Kr)

2. JD.com group purchase or independent operation, and staged a three-country kill with Alibaba and Pinduoduo

Recently, it was learned that JD.com's group purchase business is being split from the inside, and after the split, the group purchase business will be operated independently. As early as April this year, JD.com Group Purchase APP was launched for testing and will become the main base of JD.com Group Purchase business in the future. It is reported that the integration of the group buying team has been going on for some time, and it is expected to be split in September and a new business will be launched. "Specifically, at the investment promotion and operation level, after the split, the group purchase will have its own independent investment promotion and operation team," a JD insider revealed. However, this split of Pinzhu will not become an independent business group, and will still exist in the form of a business unit. (Webmaster's Home)

3. In 2018, the total import and export of cross-border e-commerce goods increased by 50% year-on-year

According to July 18, China's e-commerce has developed very rapidly in recent years. The latest report released by the Ministry of Commerce shows that the transaction volume of China's e-commerce in 2018 was 31.63 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.5% year-on-year. Among them, the total amount of imported and exported goods from cross-border e-commerce increased by 50% year-on-year, and more and more overseas goods are meeting the needs of domestic consumers at different levels. In order to promote the better development of cross-border e-commerce, Ningbo Customs has recently introduced a number of measures to help cross-border e-commerce reduce costs and allow consumers to have a better shopping experience. (Europe)

4. Hema Fresh Hou Yi: Two Hema Minis will be added next month

According to July 18, tonight, Hou Yi, president of Hema Fresh, published a message praising Hema Mini's performance, saying that "the square footage of Hema Mini has exceeded that of Hema's store in three months since its opening." Next month, the third and fourth stores will be open. Hou Yi also revealed that compared with Hema stores, Hema Mini's logistics and distribution costs are lower, online orders exceed 50%, and the investment costs are only 1/10 of the big stores. In the future, Hema Mini's coverage will be accelerated and can successfully replace the forward warehouse. (E-commerce News)

Internet news

5. Kuaishou is testing long video functions in a small range

Kuaishou is testing the long video function in a small range, with the duration limit being more than 57 seconds and within 10 minutes. On the function introduction page, Kuaishou said that the current function is a test function, which can only be experienced by some users, and will be fully released in the future. Before this, ordinary users could only record videos of up to 11 seconds or 57 seconds at a long time. In June, 36Kr learned that Douyin is also conducting a small-scale test of 15-minute long videos. (36Kr)

6. Alibaba Health launched an innovative platform for organ transplant follow-up

Alibaba Health announced that the organ transplant follow-up innovation platform jointly built by authoritative medical experts in the transplant field has been officially launched. Alibaba Health said that this China's first transplant follow-up platform based on Internet technology will transfer the traditional offline follow-up model online, which is expected to substantially improve the management dilemma of domestic organ transplantation. TechWeb)

7. Microsoft announced its fourth quarter financial report: revenue of US$33.7 billion net profit increased by 49%

According to July 19, Microsoft released its fourth quarter and full-year financial results for the 2019 fiscal year today. The report shows that Microsoft's fourth-quarter revenue was US$33.717 billion, a 12% increase from US$30.085 billion in the same period last year; net profit was US$13.187 billion, a 49% increase from US$8.873 billion in the same period last year. Microsoft's adjusted earnings per share and revenue exceeded Wall Street analyst expectations in the fourth quarter, driving its after-hours stock price to rise nearly 2%. (E-commerce News)

8. Apple executives visit Samsung to South Korea to discuss potential shortage of iPhone chips

According to foreign media reports, Apple sent some executives to South Korea to meet with Samsung. The topic of discussion between the two sides is the possible shortage of iPhone chips in the future, and there may be problems with Samsung's DRAM and NAND chip production. In addition, the production of iPhone screens may also be affected. (E-commerce News)

Cross-border newsletter

9. AliExpress’s new regulations: Internet access rate will be included in the merchant’s growth assessment

The Internet access rate indicator was displayed on the AliExpress homepage - Merchant Growth - Logistics Capacity Module in May. It is understood that this indicator has a large weight in the logistics module, which may affect the overall store score, store rating and rights of merchants. It is understood that the Internet rate indicator will affect the merchant's growth ability score. If the seller's 7-day Internet rate is >= 90%, it is temporarily acceptable. If the 7-day Internet rate is less than 80%, the seller needs to focus on improving it. (Yien.com)

10. Amazon membership daily record high sales exceed US$2 billion

According to July 18, during the 019 Prime membership day, Amazon third-party sellers' global sales exceeded US$2 billion. The total global sales volume on July 15 and 16 alone exceeded the sum of last year's "Black Friday" and "Cyber ​​Monday". The cumulative savings of global Prime members exceeded US$1 billion. This year, 18 countries joined Prime Member Day "carnival", twice the number of new members added than last year, and the number of new members joined globally also hit a record high, and third-party sellers of Amazon's global sites have also ushered in a new peak in sales. (Yibang Power)



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