E-commerce Evening News Briefing on August 12

　　#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News Brief on August 12] Xiaohongshu responded that "it was raising 5 billion yuan before it was removed": the news was untrue; "Sixth Prince" arrived at the Palace Museum Stationery" and will be on Tmall soon; 2018 US patent institutions list: Huawei and BOE entered the top 20; it is said that Kuaishou and Baidu jointly invested in Zhihu's US$450 million F round financing; Tencent COO Ren Yuxin: Weshi must continue to do it, and we must do better...

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　　1. Kuaishou store has added new jade standards, and the qualifications of live broadcast merchants need to be registered.

　　On August 12, Kuaishou Store added the "Taobao Jewelry Industry Standard", which officially came into effect on August 16. The qualifications of live broadcast merchants must provide a legal person’s ID card and business license (the business scope must include jewelry) for filing. The raw stone merchants must implement the invitation system to settle in. Non-invited merchants are prohibited from selling raw stones. (Sina Technology)

　　2. Xiaohongshu responded that "it was raising 5 billion yuan in financing before it was taken off the shelves": The news is untrue

　　At noon on August 12, there is news today that Xiaohongshu is conducting a new round of financing with a pre-investment valuation of US$5 billion before it was taken off the shelves. Xiaohongshu responded that the news was not true. According to reports, Xiaohongshu's financing amount was US$400 million to US$500 million before it was taken off the shelves. Hillhouse Capital has expressed strong investment intentions, and the progress is still unclear. (IT Home)

　　3. The "Sixth Prince" arrives at the "Forbidden City Stationery" will be on the Tmall

　　On August 12, Tmall, People's Daily and the Forbidden City jointly announced that the Forbidden City stationery will be launched on Tmall in late August. The Forbidden City Stationery will be the 6th store opened by the Forbidden City on Tmall and Taobao. Netizens laughed and said, "The Sixth Prince" is about to arrive.

　　Previously, the five "brothers" of the Forbidden City Taobao, the Forbidden City Cultural and Creative City, the Forbidden City Publishing, the Forbidden City Food, and the Forbidden City have all entered Tmall Taobao.

　　The Forbidden City’s test of cultural and creative path began with cooperation with Alibaba. In December 2008, the Forbidden City settled in Taobao, becoming the first museum in China to open a Taobao store. "Traveling under the order" luggage tags, "I am such a man" folding fans and other products later became popular. This year, the Forbidden City has launched cross-border Internet celebrity products such as the Forbidden City lipstick and the Forbidden City first snow can. (Yibang Power Network)

　　4. 200,000 stores have settled in Ele.me’s reputation to build a digital supermarket platform

　　According to August 12, Ele.me’s word-of-mouth announced the establishment of an open platform for digital supermarkets to uniformly output digital growth capabilities from orders, distribution, warehousing and other links. Currently, in 676 cities across the country, more than 10,000 large supermarkets and chain supermarkets with a total of nearly 200,000 have entered the open platform. As of August 2019, Ele.me's reputation has reached in-depth cooperation with RT-Mart, Carrefour, Bailian, China Resources, Wumart, etc., and supermarkets are becoming another major local life consumption scenario after catering. (Yibang Power Network)

　　5. Online retail sales increased by 17.8% in the first half of the year

　　The Ministry of Commerce recently released economic data for the first half of 2019, with the total retail data of consumer goods reaching 19521 billion yuan, a nominal increase of 8.4% year-on-year (the actual increase after deducting price factors is 6.7%, and the following are nominal growth except for special instructions). Among them, the total retail sales of consumer goods in June was 338.78 billion yuan, an increase of 9.8% year-on-year.

　　By retail format, the retail sales of supermarkets, department stores, professional stores and specialty stores among retail units above the limit in the first half of the year increased by 7.4%, 1.5%, 5.3% and 3.0% respectively compared with the same period last year.

　　In the first half of the year, the national online retail sales reached 4816.1 billion yuan, an increase of 17.8% year-on-year. Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods was 3816.5 billion yuan, an increase of 21.6%, accounting for 19.6% of the total retail sales of consumer goods; among the online retail sales of physical goods, food, clothing and use goods increased by 29.3%, 21.4% and 20.9% respectively. (Europe)

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　　6. 2018 US Patent Institutions List: Huawei and BOE are in the top 20

　　On August 12, the list of the top 300 U.S. utility patent awarding institutions announced by the IPO shows that IBM is the first, Huawei is the 19th, and BOE is the 20th. In addition, the top 20 are: IBM, Samsung Electronics, Canon, General Electric, Intel, Google's parent companies Alphabet, LG Electronics, TSMC, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Apple, Dell, Toyota, Ford, United Technologies, Amazon, Samsung Display, Sony, Huawei and BOE. (E-commerce News)

　　7. It is said that Kuaishou and Baidu jointly invested in Zhihu with US$450 million in Series F financing

　　According to 36Kr, Zhihu completed a F round of financing of about US$450 million, jointly invested by Kuaishou and Baidu. This is the largest round of financing for Zhihu so far. After this round of financing, Zhihu’s website Q&A may be connected to Baidu App in the form of smart mini programs to achieve business linkage.

　　In response, Titanium Media asked Kuaishou, Zhihu and Baidu for verification, but the three parties have not yet responded. (Titanium Media)

　　8. Tencent COO Ren Yuxin: Weshi must continue to do it, and it must do better

　　According to LatePost on August 12, Weishi held a performance summary meeting on August 9, and Ren Yuxin, head of Tencent COO, Platform and Content Business Group (PCG), attended. At the meeting, Ren Yuxin expressed his opinion to the team, "WeSi must continue to do it, and it must do better." (IT Home)

　　9. Fliggy adjusts the vehicle category regulations: The service area is judged by the city

　　According to August 12, in order to continuously improve consumer shopping experience and maintain market order, Fliggy plans to revise the "Fliggy Travel Market Holiday Product Release Management Standards" and adjust the management regulations for chartered vehicles and pick-up categories. This rule will officially take effect on August 22. (E-commerce News)

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　　10. Amazon will test its automatic delivery robot Scout in Irving, California

　　Amazon will test its automated delivery robot Scout in the Irving, California area, as part of the company's "last mile" automatic delivery trial. "Last Mile" delivery is the final step in delivering the package from the warehouse to the doorstep, traditionally done by a van or truck. (E-commerce News)

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