E-commerce Morning News on December 25

　　#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on December 25] JD.com’s online consumption report for middle-aged and elderly people: post-80s and post-90s buy nearly 50% of elderly products; Alibaba Cloud announced that it will cooperate with eight major businesses such as Tmall, Gaode, DingTalk, and Ele.me to provide services to the cultural and tourism industry; Hema CEO Hou Yi said that the forward warehouse model is not established, but is a model for VCs to see; Liang Jianzhang: Big data kills old customers is an illusion Ctrip has no rivals in China; Amazon has spawned false comments, water army company: a comment collects 116 yuan...

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　　1. Tmall International and four major beauty device brands have reached a new product cooperation plan

　　According to December 24, today, Tmall International reached a new product cooperation plan with four major Korean beauty and body beauty instrument brands Ulike, Omelon, Cellreturn and DPC. According to the cooperation plan, the four major brands will introduce more new products through Tmall International to meet the needs of young Chinese people for the consumption upgrading of "black technology beauty". Tmall International said it plans to introduce about 50 imported beauty and body beauty brands in the next two years and incubate more than 10 Korean beauty device brands with annual sales exceeding 10 million yuan. (E-commerce News)

　　2. JD.com’s online consumption report for middle-aged and elderly people: people born in the 1980s and 1990s buy nearly 50% of the elderly products

　　On December 24, JD Big Data Research Institute recently released the "Focus on Silver Economy - 2019 Online Consumption Trend Report for Middle-aged and Elderly". Data from the report shows that 48% of the consumers who are suitable for the elderly are born in the 1980s and 1990s. The proportion of real middle-aged and elderly users in the elderly is 25%. The report proposes that as the Internet continues to penetrate into middle-aged and elderly people, the online consumption market for middle-aged and elderly people is facing major development opportunities, and the number of goods applicable to elderly people has grown at an average annual growth rate of 39% in the past three years. According to the 44th "Statistical Report on the Development of the Internet in China", as of June 2019, the proportion of Internet users aged 50 and above increased from 12.5% ​​at the end of 2018 to 13.6%. (Xinhuanet)

　　3. "Monster Charging" completes 500 million yuan in Series C financing, SoftBank Asia leads

　　"Monster Charging" announced that it had officially completed a 500 million yuan Series C financing. This round of financing was led by SoftBank Ventures Asia, followed by BOChina International and Goldman Sachs. Old shareholders Yunjiu Capital, Hillhouse Capital, Shunwei Capital, Shangshang Capital and Gan Jiawei continue to increase their investment in this round. Fanzhuo Capital serves as the exclusive financial advisor for this round of financing. Regarding the purpose of this round of financing, Monster Charging stated that it will be used for the expansion of shared charging services and the exploration of new services. (Phoenix Finance)

　　4. Alibaba Cloud announced that it will join forces with eight major businesses including Tmall, Gaode, DingTalk, and Ele.me to provide services to the cultural and tourism industry.

　　Recently, Alibaba Cloud announced that it will join forces with eight major businesses including Tmall, Gaode, DingTalk, and Ele.me to jointly provide services to the cultural and tourism industry, including scenic spots, paradises and venues. Relying on Alibaba Cloud's all-around tourism solutions, the cultural and tourism industry can obtain a series of services including Alibaba Cloud's technical capabilities, Ele.me's catering services and instant delivery services, Youmeng+'s all-around intelligent marketing solutions, Feizhu's scenic spot tickets and live travel services, Damai.com's cultural and tourism performance-related services, Ant Financial's face-scanning payment and Huabei, etc. (Yibang Power Network)

　　5. Hema CEO Hou Yi said that the forward warehouse model is not valid, but is a model for VCs to see.

　　Recently, Hema CEO Hou Yi said in public that the forward warehouse model is not valid and is a model for VCs to see. He said that in theory, the forward warehouse model cannot be achieved, but Hema hopes to work hard and try to find that all the things that are worried about are real. From the perspective of the business model itself, forward position is a false proposition and cannot be profitable. However, its traffic is valuable. The best result of making forward warehouses in the future is to sell them to companies that require localized traffic. (Beijing Business Daily)

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　　6. Liang Jianzhang: Big data kills old customers is an illusion. Ctrip has no rivals in China

　　According to Sina Technology, Liang Jianzhang, co-founder and executive director of Ctrip, responded to the topic of "big data killing old customers" in an interview with the media. Liang Jianzhang said that the previous rules were too complicated, which caused illusions for some customers and there were discrimination issues in prices, but now the rules have become more transparent and simplified. Regarding the competition in the OTA industry, Liang Jianzhang said that quick response to competitors’ means is a strategy that must be adhered to in the long run. He also pointed out that Fliggy and Meituan have a good share of mid- and low-end customers in China, but Ctrip has a very high share of mid- and high-end customers, and judging from the overall transaction volume, Ctrip is already much larger than them. (E-commerce News)

　　7. Ministry of Culture and Tourism: Investigate and punish "unreasonable low-priced tours" during the New Year's Day and Spring Festival holidays in accordance with the law

　　The General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently issued a notice on the work of the cultural and tourism holiday market, requiring cultural and tourism administrative departments at all levels to investigate and punish illegal and irregular acts such as "unreasonable low-priced tours", forced or disguised forced consumption in accordance with the law. The notice proposes that we must strictly implement responsibilities and prevent major safety risks. All travel agencies conduct safety assessments of tourism products and routes, and relevant departments guide A-level tourist attractions to strengthen maximum carrying capacity management, and guide star-rated tourist hotels to strengthen food safety work. (China News Network)

　　8. 2019 shared bicycle big data released average daily orders of 47 million orders

　　On December 25, the "China Shared Travel Development Report (2019)" jointly compiled by the China Environmental Protection Foundation Green Travel Special Fund, the National Information Center Sharing Economy Research Center and the Northern University of Technology was officially released yesterday. According to data released by the Ministry of Transport, as of the end of August 2019, there were 19.5 million Internet bicycles in my country, covering 360 cities across the country, with more than 300 million registered users and an average daily order count of 47 million. (E-commerce News)

　　9. State Administration of Radio, Film and Television: Promote the research on 5G high-tech video technology

　　According to December 24, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television today, the Science and Technology Department of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television held a project supervision meeting to promote the research on 5G high-tech video technology. The meeting required all project groups to keep a close eye on cutting-edge technologies, gather superior forces, strengthen collaborative research, pay attention to the transformation of results, propose end-to-end key technologies and solutions for 5G high-tech videos according to plan and high quality, establish relevant standard systems, actively cultivate and develop new business forms, new models and new products of 5G high-tech videos, enrich 5G business applications, and empower the development of 5G radio and television. (Securities Times)

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　　10. Amazon spawns false comments, water army company: one comment collects RMB 116

　　According to the latest news from foreign media, sellers on Amazon are buying fake reviews from professional companies. There have been professionally operated fake reviews in the industry. The price of each fake review is 15 euros (equivalent to 116 yuan). A foreign media survey found that the comments were sold by marketing companies in the gray market, and the navy companies used a large group of so-called "testers" to post four- and five-star reviews online. (Tencent Technology)

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