E-commerce Evening News Briefing on March 12

　　#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News on March 12] JD Health and Renfu Pharmaceutical put 1 million masks on the shelves every day for Hubei; Pinduoduo Huang Zheng: The company's team size increased to nearly 6,000 in 2019; Dingdang Express Pharmaceutical: During the epidemic, it provides users with home-to-door health services of 9 million times; Masayoshi Son: willing to provide 1 million coronavirus tests free of charge; Amazon began to restrict the sales of masks, hand sanitizer and other products...

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　　1. JD Health and Renfu Pharmaceutical will launch 1 million masks for Hubei every day.

　　On March 12, today, JD Health and Renfu Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. jointly announced that it will provide 1 million spot masks daily for Hubei until the end of the epidemic. According to reports, this batch of masks will be officially launched on the JD APP from now on. Hubei users can search for "masks" and go to the purchase page directly, with each user limited to purchase 200 pieces. Previously, JD Health also announced further cooperation with Sinopharm Holdings Hubei Co., Ltd. to add a second batch of 15 million masks exclusively for sale in Hubei. (E-commerce News)

　　2. Tmall Elf: More than 5 million people have "touched" to collect Ant Forest Energy

　　On March 12, Tmall Elf released a voice "Cloud Tree Planting" report. Data shows that since the launch of the voice version of Ant Forest in 2018, more than 5 million people have used voice to collect Ant Forest energy regularly. It is reported that Tmall Elf also announced the official launch of the "AI Farmers" channel to help farmers everywhere solve the problem of product unsalable sales. (Beijing News)

　　3. Pinduoduo Huang Zheng: The company's team size increased to nearly 6,000 people in 2019

　　On March 12, Huang Zheng, founder and CEO of Pinduoduo, revealed on a conference call that in 2019, the size of Pinduoduo's team increased to nearly 6,000 employees. At the same time, he said the company will increase the salary of the vast majority of team members. Huang Zheng believes that in difficult times, the company should praise and reward these colleagues who work silently and create value. It is reported that Pinduoduo achieved revenue of 30.14 billion yuan in 2019, an increase of 13.12 billion yuan in the same period last year. (Sina Technology)

　　4. Taobao Economic Warm News: 12,000 offline brands have entered Tmall to open new stores

　　According to the news on March 12, Taobao’s "Taobao Economic Warm News" released today, 12,000 offline brands have recently entered Tmall to open new stores. Taobao data shows that during the "38 Queen's Day", sales of more than 20,000 brands increased by more than 100% year-on-year, and Taobao live streaming led to a maximum of 650% increase in transaction volume in one day. (E-commerce News)

　　5. WeChat Pay launches one-stop solution for the e-commerce industry "E-commerce Payment and Payment"

　　March 12th news, yesterday, WeChat Pay launched a one-stop solution for the e-commerce industry, "E-commerce Payment Connect", to quickly build e-commerce platform funding tools for e-commerce merchants. It is understood that through this solution, the e-commerce platform will directly have the account sharing function, and can realize online commissions for sellers' transaction payments based on the agreement with the seller. In addition, roles such as distributors can be added as account subdivided recipients to meet the multi-channel distribution and multi-party flexible account subdivided in the scenario of multi-channel distribution and Internet celebrity experts selling goods. In addition, "E-commerce Payment Pass" can also meet consumers' needs for co-order payments. (E-commerce News)

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　　6. Reputation of Ele.me: Order volume in the past week increased by nearly 200% compared with the beginning of February

　　According to news on March 12, Ele.me data shows that the resumption rate of small and medium-sized merchants has exceeded 80% in the past week, and the order volume has increased by nearly 200% compared with the beginning of February. Taking advantage of the merchant support measures launched by Ele.me, more than 200,000 merchants have been able to reduce takeaway commissions, and more than 10,000 merchants have received low-interest loans and special funding support ranging from 5,000 yuan to 50 million yuan, with the overall amount exceeding 1 billion yuan. It is reported that Ele.me has provided assistance measures such as service rate discounts, differentiated marketing, and traffic support for newly added supermarket brands during the epidemic. (E-commerce News)

　　7. Dingdang Express Drug: Provides users with 9 million health services during the epidemic

　　According to the news released by Dingdang Express Pharmaceutical, users' demand for epidemic prevention supplies surged during the epidemic, which led to a rapid growth in platform users and order volume. The average daily order volume of Dingdang Express Drug reached 8 times that of the same period, and the number of user visits reached 50 times that of weekdays at its peak. The sales of masks in a single week reached 2 million, and the sales of disinfectant were nearly one million bottles. During the entire epidemic, Dingdang Express Pharmaceutical provided users with 9 million home-to-door services. (Sina Technology)

　　8. Masayoshi Son: willing to provide 1 million coronavirus tests for free

　　March 12th news, on Tuesday evening, SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son spoke on Twitter for the first time in three years, expressing his concerns about the new coronavirus epidemic. He then tweeted that he would provide 1 million new coronavirus PCR test opportunities for those who are uneasy about the new crown epidemic. However, the suggestion sparked strong criticism, which he tweeted again that he was reconsidering the idea given the strong negative feedback. (Beijing News)

　　9. WeMall and Tencent Cloud officially release digital fight against the epidemic

　　On March 12, it was learned that WeMall and Tencent Cloud officially released a digital fight against the epidemic. Through digital tools such as mini-program malls, smart retail, and smart catering, we help customers in e-commerce retail, catering and other industries to quickly achieve online operations, help enterprises launch "cloud" sales during the resumption of work and epidemic situation, and achieve performance growth against the trend. It is reported that in the e-commerce sector, companies can quickly build personalized stores through WeMall solutions; use group buying, bargaining, pre-sale and other functions to interact with customers for marketing. Previously, WeMall also announced that it would open live mini programs to merchants for free during the epidemic period to help merchants quickly achieve live streaming and selling goods. (IT Home)

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　　10. Amazon begins to restrict sales of masks, hand sanitizer and other products

　　According to cnBeta, due to the ongoing outbreak of the new coronavirus and the platform has raised prices during the epidemic, Amazon has begun to restrict the sales of masks, hand sanitizer and other products. Amazon issued a statement to the seller yesterday, stating that the platform has implemented stricter requirements for the sale of disposable masks, hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes/sprays, isopropanol and other related products. It is reported that Amazon has deleted the application for related products and no longer accepts related applications. According to reports, Amazon currently only allows sellers who have not violated the fair pricing policy of existing sellers to continue selling the above products. (E-commerce News)

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