"#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News on January 17]" Report: The total amount of financing in my country's e-commerce market in 2019 was nearly 200 billion yuan; the 1 billion red envelope gameplay of Kuaishou Spring Festival Gala was exposed: 5 rounds of New Year's Eve; the Ministry of Transport: "ETC promotion and exclusion of WeChat and Alipay" is not a fact; in 2019, China's total retail sales of consumer goods exceeded 41 trillion yuan year-on-year growth of 8%; Xiaomi's stock price rose nearly 10%, and its total market value exceeded HK$320 billion...

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1. Report: The total amount of financing for my country's e-commerce market in 2019 is nearly 200 billion yuan
January 17th news, yesterday, the E-Commerce Research Center of the Network Economics and Social Security released the "2019 China E-Commerce Investment and Financing Market Data Monitoring Report". According to the data that has been disclosed publicly, there were 665 financings in my country's e-commerce market in 2019, with a total amount of RMB 193.381 billion. Among them, logistics technology is RMB 56.866 billion, accounting for 29.4%; life service e-commerce is RMB 62.267 billion, accounting for 32.2%; retail e-commerce is RMB 34 billion, accounting for 17.58%, cross-border e-commerce is RMB 21.47 billion, accounting for 11%; industrial e-commerce is RMB 18.77 billion, accounting for 9.7%. (E-commerce News)
2. Suning.com: Suning Appliance Group pledged the company's total share capital of 1.50%
On January 17, Suning.com issued an announcement today stating that it had learned that some of the shares of Suning Appliance Group's holdings of its company were lifted and re-pled. Among them, from January 15, 2020 to January 17, 2021, Suning Appliance Group pledged 140,000,000 shares of Suning.com, accounting for 1.50% of Suning.com's total share capital. (Titanium Media)
3. JD.com established a trading company in Tibet with a registered capital of 20 million
According to Tianyancha data, Tibet Jingdong Chaohe Trading Co., Ltd. was established on January 8 with a registered capital of 20 million. The legal representative is Zheng Hongyan. The business scope includes health food, hardware and electrical appliances, electronic products, cultural supplies, photography equipment, computers, software and auxiliary equipment, development, etc. Tianyan Check's equity structure shows that the company is wholly owned by Beijing JD Century Trading Co., Ltd., which is the operating entity of JD Group, and its legal representative is Liu Qiangdong. (Sohu.com)
4. Kuaishou Spring Festival Gala 1 billion red envelope gameplay is exposed: 5 rounds of New Year's Eve
On January 17, Kuaishou announced the specific gameplay of sending 1 billion yuan in cash red envelopes at the Spring Festival Gala. From 8 pm (New Year's Eve), from January 24 (New Year's Eve), Kuaishou will use "Like China Year" as the red envelope interactive theme at the 2020 Spring Festival Gala, and use the new gameplay of "video + like" to launch 5 rounds of red envelope grabbing activities, with the total amount of red envelope cash of 1 billion yuan. This includes 2.21 million "koi red envelopes", with the amount ranging from 66.6 yuan to 2,020 yuan. In the last round of red envelopes, Kuaishou will send 10,000 red envelopes with an amount of 2,020 yuan. (Pengpai News)
5. The official flagship store of KENZO, a subsidiary of LVMH Group, is officially launched
On January 17, today, KENZO, a trendy luxury brand under the French luxury LVMH Group, officially settled in Tmall and released a limited series of new products in the Year of the Rat in the official flagship store. According to information, KENZO was founded in France by Japanese designer Kenzo Takada in 1970 and joined the LVMH Group in 1993. In November last year, LVMH Group reached a $135 acquisition agreement with American jewelry chain Tiffany & Co., which will reach $16.2 billion after the successful acquisition. (E-commerce News)
Internet Information
6. Bezos: 1 million jobs will be created in India in the next five years
According to foreign media The Hindu BusinessLine, Amazon founder and CEO Bezos said on Friday that it will create 1 million jobs in India in the next five years. It is reported that these 1 million jobs will cover multiple industries such as information technology, skills development, content production, retail, logistics and manufacturing. Amazon has created 700,000 jobs in India in the past six years. Not long ago, Bezos promised that Amazon will invest $1 billion in the next five years to help the digitalization of small and medium-sized enterprises in India. (Sina Technology)
7. Ministry of Transport: "ETC promotion and exclusion of WeChat Alipay" is not a fact
According to the news on January 17, at a press conference held today, in response to the question of "banks seize the ETC field with the purpose of squeezing out payment methods such as WeChat and Alipay that people use commonly used", Wu Chungeng, spokesperson of the Ministry of Transport, said that the above related reports mainly come from self-media, and this phenomenon is neither true nor exists. He said that the current ETC charges, payments and settlement users can be either bank accounts or payment accounts of WeChat or Alipay. There is no concept of excluding certain payment methods in ETC promotion. (China News Service)
8. In 2019, China's total retail sales of consumer goods exceeded 41 trillion yuan and increased by 8% year-on-year
According to statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2019, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 41164.9 billion yuan, a nominal increase of 8.0% over the previous year (the actual increase after deducting price factors is 6.0%, and the following are nominal growth except for special statements). In addition, in 2019, commodity retail sales were 36492.8 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9%. In 2019, the retail sales of supermarkets, department stores, specialty stores and specialty stores among retail units above the limit increased by 6.5%, 1.4%, 3.2% and 1.5% respectively compared with the previous year. (Titanium Media)
9. Xiaomi's stock price rose nearly 10%, with a total market value exceeding HK$320 billion
According to news on January 17, as of press time, Xiaomi's stock price rose 9.82%, with a quotation of HK$13.42, and its market value exceeded HK$320 billion, setting a new high since December 2018. It is reported that recently, Hang Seng Index Company has released a consultation document on the inclusion of companies with different rights and second listed companies in the Hang Seng Index, and shares such as Xiaomi are expected to be included in the Hang Seng Index as early as May. (E-commerce News)
Cross-border e-commerce
10. In 2019, the number of AliExpress Russian stores increased by nearly a hundred times
According to Seller Home, the number of Russian stores on the AliExpress platform increased by nearly 100 times in 2019, reaching about 10,000. In addition, during the Russian New Year holiday (January 1-7, 2020), consumers ordered more than 9 million orders on AliExpress and initiated more than 14 million search queries. It is understood that in March 2019, AliExpress also launched an online car sales service in Russia. Russian consumers can place orders on AliExpress and pick up cars in offline stores. (Tencent Technology)
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