#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on September 9] China's e-commerce transaction volume in 2018 was 31.63 trillion yuan; NetEase Koala Zhang Lei: Liu Peng will serve as Koala CEO and will serve as a business consultant; 2018 list of top 100 retail sales in China was released: 7 companies sold over 100 billion yuan; Huawei announced that Huawei smart screen will be released on September 19, and today the appointment is open: equipped with the Hongmeng system; the new iPhone may be officially launched in the Chinese market on September 20...

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1. China's e-commerce transaction volume in 2018 was RMB 31.63 trillion
September 9th news, the 2019 Global E-Commerce Conference was held in Xiamen yesterday, and the "China E-Commerce Development Report 2018-2019" was released. The report pointed out that the total amount of e-commerce transactions in China in 2018 was RMB 31.63 trillion, an increase of 8.5% year-on-year.
In the first half of 2019, the online retail sales of physical goods continued to grow by as high as 21.6% year-on-year, and e-commerce continued to assume the strong driving force for the development of the national economy. (E-commerce News)
2. NetEase Kaola Zhang Lei: Liu Peng will be the CEO of Koala and will serve as business consultant
It is reported that after the merger of Tmall and Koala, Liu Peng, general manager of Tmall Import and Export Business Group, will serve as the CEO of Koala, and the Koala brand will continue to maintain independent operations. In this regard, Zhang Lei said that Liu Peng has rich practical experience in the field of cross-border e-commerce and has also demonstrated outstanding management capabilities during his tenure. In the future, Liu Peng will serve as the CEO of Koala and lead everyone to continue fighting for a better Koala. I will serve as a consultant for Tmall import and export business and continue to accompany you. (Sina Finance)
3. The list of top 100 retail retailers in China in 2018 was released: 7 companies have sales exceeding 100 billion yuan
September 8th news, recently, at the 19th Asia-Pacific Retailers Conference and International Consumer Products Expo held in Chongqing, the list of the top 100 retail retailers in China was released. The list shows that 7 companies have sales exceeding 100 billion yuan, namely Tmall, JD.com, Pinduoduo, Suning.com, Dashang Group, Gome Electrical Appliances, and CR Vanguard. In addition, 67 companies have entered the sales team of 10 billion yuan, and the threshold for the top 100 retail sales is 4.5 billion yuan, an increase of 2017 by 2017. In the list, Tmall and JD.com lead the top 100 retail sales with sales of 2.45 trillion yuan and 1.68 trillion yuan respectively. (First Financial Daily)
4. The first MSSM business store in JD Qixian Supermarket in Tianjin opened
On September 7, the Tianjin Poly Plaza store of Qixian Supermarket was grandly opened. This is the first store opened in Tianjin after JD 7FRESH's business format upgraded MSSM (Meal Solution Supermarket), and it is also the tenth Qixian supermarket in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. (E-commerce News)
5. Huhu Save Money announced that it has received nearly 100 million yuan in Series A financing, officially entering the membership social e-commerce
On September 8, Huhu Saving Money held a global launch conference for 2.0 products in Beijing, announcing its official entry into the member-based social e-commerce field. It also announced that the company has completed a Series A financing of nearly 100 million yuan. This round of financing was led by Green Skin Group and followed by Shunda Group. Zou Mi, founder and CEO of Huhu Saving Money, said that this round of financing will be mainly used for Huhu Saving Money's product technology platform research and development and online and offline marketing promotion. (Titanium Media)
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6. Alibaba pays tribute to its hometown for the 20th anniversary: Thank you, Hangzhou
On September 7th, on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, Alibaba wrote a letter to its hometown Hangzhou: "Thank you, Hangzhou, to understand our original dream." Why is Alibaba born in Hangzhou? Jack Ma said that not only because Hangzhou is his hometown, but also because Hangzhou has entrepreneurial spirit, respects people who start from scratch, and tolerate the development of private enterprises, and gathers a large number of outstanding talents. Zhang Yong said: "Aliba was born in Hangzhou, grew up in Hangzhou, and its roots are in Hangzhou. This year marks Alibaba's 20th anniversary, and we are grateful to Hangzhou." (China Daily)
7. Wang Gaofei: Weibo's monthly active users reached the largest increase in four quarters with 486 million yuan.
On September 7, Weibo CEO Wang Gaofei revealed at the Weibo Marketing Summit on the 6th that as of June this year, Weibo had 486 million monthly active users and 211 million daily active users, both of which set the largest increase in the past four quarters. At the same time, in the first half of this year, Weibo's traffic and interaction volume increased by more than 20% year-on-year. (E-commerce News)
8. Huawei announced that it will release Huawei smart screen on September 19, and will open reservations today: equipped with the Hongmeng system
On September 9, Huawei officially announced that it will release Huawei's own brand smart screen on September 19. Before that, Honor smart screens have been launched and launched, and both products must be equipped with the Hongmeng system. Judging from the official announcement, Huawei Smart Screen will open online reservations at 10:08 on September 9, and from the promotional picture, this product will also be equipped with a lifting camera. There have been reports that Huawei's smart screen may be equipped with an 8K resolution screen and will also have a built-in 5G baseband.
Yu Chengdong said that as the main entrance in the family scenario, smart screens are the focus of Huawei's strategic deployment and the core support of Huawei's full-scene intelligent strategy. With the new upgrades of large-screen devices, multi-screen collaboration capabilities, management and control capabilities, and smart audio and video, smart screens will become the smart interaction center, cross-screen experience center, IoT control center, and audio and video entertainment center of the family, and are a new species and new category of smart families in the future. (Europe)
9. The new iPhone may be officially released on September 20 for the first time in the Chinese market
According to September 9, the new generation of iPhone will be released at 1 a.m. Beijing time on September 11, and will be pre-sale on September 13 (the Chinese market will start at 3 p.m. on September 13), and will be officially launched on September 20 (the Chinese market will start at 3 p.m. on September 20). (E-commerce News)
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10. General Administration of Customs: my country's foreign trade imports and exports have always shown strong resilience
On September 8, Li Kuiwen, Director of the Statistical Analysis Department of the General Administration of Customs, said that the current international economic and trade growth has slowed down, but my country's foreign trade imports and exports have always shown strong resilience, with imports and exports exceeding 2.5 trillion yuan for five consecutive months. China is both a "world factory" and a "world market". (E-commerce News)
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