#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [October 18 E-commerce Morning News Brief] JD Logistics: Subsidy of 300 million to front-line employees in the next five months; rural online retail sales in the first half of the year will be 777.13 billion; in addition to ZTO and YTO, many express delivery companies said that they have not received notices of the "Double 11" fee increase; WeChat group chat launches the link function; the first World 5G Conference will be held in Beijing from November 20 to 23...
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1. JD Logistics: Subsidy of 300 million to front-line employees in the next five months
On October 18, JD Logistics announced the upgrade of the "321 Front-line Talent Construction Project" in the next five months, it will provide nearly 300 million subsidies and incentives for front-line warehousing, sorting employees and couriers. Among them, an additional 138 million yuan of business peak subsidies were invested, and a subsidy incentive was given to front-line warehousing and sorting employees for a lasting five-month subsidy incentive. At the same time, 30 million are added every month to be used for performance incentives for couriers to work more and get more. (E-commerce News)
2. Rural online retail sales in the first half of the year were 777.13 billion
On October 17, the 4th China Rural E-commerce Conference was held today in Lishui, Zhejiang. The China International E-Commerce Center Research Institute released the "China Rural E-Commerce Development Report (2018-2019)" at the meeting. According to the report, in the first half of this year, the national rural online retail sales reached 777.13 billion yuan, accounting for 16.1% of the national total online retail sales, an increase of 21.0% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 3.2 percentage points higher than the national average. With the continuous improvement of rural networks, logistics and other infrastructure, farmers' awareness and ability to use e-commerce continue to increase, and the role of e-commerce in driving the upward trend of agricultural products and promoting farmers' income growth has further emerged. (Sina Finance)
3. China Post E-commerce Poverty Alleviation Solves the Problem of Agricultural Products Entering the City
On October 17, the "Consumption Poverty Alleviation Month" event was launched. The event plans to use one month to display and sell high-quality specialty agricultural and sideline products from deeply impoverished areas through offline communities and online resources in some first-tier cities. China Post continues to promote the construction of online and offline channels to solve the problem of "the first kilometer" of agricultural products entering the city. Up to now, the national postal service has carried out a total of 2,594 e-commerce poverty alleviation projects, sold 36.59 million poverty alleviation products, helped farmers generate income of 890 million yuan, benefiting more than 460,000 people. "China Post Rural E-commerce, Helping Targeted Poverty Alleviation" was selected as a typical case of the State Council Poverty Alleviation Office. (E-commerce News)
4. JD Logistics’ “Jingxiaocang” launches B-end ‘warehousing service’
On the evening of October 18, Yiou Logistics learned that JD Logistics' "Jingxiao Cang" has launched a "warehouse-in-warehouse service" focused on corporate users. In addition to one-click ordering, deposit and withdrawal, and door-to-door services, users will enjoy secure storage and professional hosting services with "unique code sealing, each photo can be checked, full-time online viewing, exclusive customer service after-sales service". (Europe)
5. In addition to ZTO and YTO, many express delivery companies said they have not received notices of "Double 11" fee increase
According to October 18, as of October 17, except for ZTO and YTO, the other three express delivery companies in the "Four Connections and One Delivery": Shentong Express, Best Huitong and Yunda Express, have not issued any notice of the "Double 11" price increase expectations. Debang Express’s service staff also said that they have not received any notice of the increase in express fees so far. (E-commerce News)
Internet news
6. WeChat group chat online function
According to October 18, in the iOS v7.0.8 version of WeChat, WeChat group chat has launched the serial function. Users enter any text in the group chat window, and do not enter a pause sign. Just press the punctuation key to pop up the "Enter the Solitaire Table" option. (Chuangyebang)
7. The first World 5G Conference will be held in Beijing from November 20th to 23rd
On October 17, the reporter learned from the organizing committee of the World 5G Conference that the first World 5G Conference will be held in Yizhuang, Beijing from November 20 to 23. At that time, the most influential scientists and entrepreneurs in the field of information and communications in the world will gather in Yizhuang, Beijing to discuss the development of the 5G industry. According to reports, this conference is themed "5G changes the world, 5G creates the future". It will give speeches and conduct high-end dialogues around the technological frontiers, industrial trends, innovative applications, etc. in the 5G field to create the world's top 5G cooperation and exchange platform. (First Financial Daily)
8. The first Alipay ETC "Car Brush Payment" in the country can be used for refueling and parking
On the evening of October 16, there was news today that the Bilibili trademark application was rejected because it was similar to the Niconico trademark. In response to this, Bilibili responded. Bilibili said that the double-frame small TV trademark that was rumored to have been rejected online was a brand element used by Bilibili before 2015. Except for some groups of Class 41 trademarks, other double-frame small TV groups have been authorized. The trademark is no longer used. Since 2015, B Station has upgraded its small TV brand elements to its current blue single-frame small TV, and obtained a trademark registration certificate in this category in the same year. (Oriental Fortune Network)
Cross-border newsletter
9. A new battlefield for overseas merchants? Another cross-border social e-commerce platform emerges
The social e-commerce model is moving from China to the global market.
The cross-border e-commerce platform iSHARE, which was officially launched in November 2018, has started playing the "social model" in the US market. When the company was first established, it also launched its independent website isharelike.com at the same time. At present, iSHARE has multiple channels for computer, mobile and offline stores, with hundreds of thousands of users on the platform and nearly 10,000 daily active users.
In the view of founder Chen Mingyan, iSHARE is a social version of Amazon. Its platform management logic is the same as Amazon, but its core gameplay is similar to that of domestic social e-commerce platforms. (Yibang Power)
10. Shopee Double 11 promotion starts to sell heavy objects for explosive orders
On October 18, Southeast Asian e-commerce platform Shopee announced today that it will launch the 11.11 big promotion this month. It is reported that in this year's 11.11 promotion, Shopee will simultaneously open seven major markets, and will last from October to November 11. In addition, Shopee also officially launched a heavy goods channel today, focusing on "half freight costs and no discount on time", helping sellers to hit orders on the 11.11 big promotion.
It is understood that the launch of Shopee heavy goods channel is a new upgrade of Shopee logistics services. This channel is a cross-border heavy goods transportation channel provided by Shopee official logistics to sellers. It has been opened to the Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand markets. After using Shopee heavy goods channel, the price reduction rate of these three markets can be as high as 29%, 30%, and 50%, respectively. (Yibang Power)
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