#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News on March 18] Alipay has joined hands with 100 brands and tens of thousands of merchants to create a "City Life Week"; JD Express: It has helped medical teams to send nearly 10,000 free return luggage; Ministry of Commerce: The opening rate of national e-commerce platforms and express delivery industries exceeds 90%; Dong Mingzhu: Gree will invest 1 billion to enter the medical equipment field; Fortune Magazine has rated 100 modern designs: WeChat Mobike is on the list...
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1. Kuaishou E-commerce launches "Brand C-position Plan" and "Shopping in Place" brand recruitment
March 18th news, Kuaishou Commercialization and Kuaishou E-commerce jointly launched the "Brand C-position Plan" and "Shopping in Place" brand recruitment activities, with the first period from March 27 to March 28th. According to reports, the Kuaishou platform will provide a series of major support for merchants who have settled in. The specific support forms include zero-threshold entry to Kuaishou stores, step-by-step operation guidance, exclusive marketing activities, account traffic support and other functional support. (E-commerce News)
2. Alipay joins the top 100 brands and tens of thousands of merchants to create "City Life Week"
On March 18, according to the "E-commerce Daily", Alipay announced today that it would join hands with 100 brands and tens of thousands of merchants including Burger King, Xibei, Haidilao, Naixue's Tea, etc. to start the "City Life Week" and issue more than 10 million coupons to users. According to reports, the Urban Life Week will last from today until April 6, and will be the first to open in 12 cities including Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, Hefei, Qingdao, Xi'an, Chengdu, Ningbo, Xiamen, Taiyuan, etc., with discounts covering the fields of mass consumption such as catering, fast-moving consumer goods, movies, and travel. (Beijing News)
3. JD Express: It has helped the medical team to send nearly 10,000 pieces of return luggage for free
According to reports on March 18, JD.com said today that since March 13, JD.com Express has started to send back luggage to medical teams to Hubei to provide free shipping. As of March 17, JD.com Express has helped dozens of medical teams including Guangdong, Shandong, Shaanxi, Hainan, etc. to send nearly 10,000 pieces of luggage for free, and the destination involves 30 provinces across the country. (Sina Technology)
4. Alibaba Cloud and DingTalk launch an international doctor exchange platform
On March 18, Alibaba announced today that Alibaba Cloud and DingTalk will launch an international doctor exchange platform, inviting Chinese doctors to participate in the fight against the epidemic to share clinical practical experience for overseas medical staff, and provide real-time AI translation in 11 languages. At present, Chinese hospitals such as Zhejiang University First Hospital have been settled. In addition, today, Jack Ma Charity Foundation, Alibaba Charity and Zhejiang University First Hospital released the "Handbook for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19", which has now launched two versions of the Chinese and British versions. (E-commerce News)
5. Ministry of Commerce: The opening rate of e-commerce platforms and express delivery industries in the country exceeds 90%.
March 18th news, Wang Bin, head of the Consumer Promotion Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said at a press conference that as the epidemic prevention and control situation has improved significantly in the recent past, enterprises have accelerated their resumption of work and business, and market sales have bottomed out and rebounded, and have steadily improved. The opening rates of large agricultural product wholesale markets, large supermarkets, brand chain stores, e-commerce platforms and express delivery industries in the country all exceed 90%. It is reported that the Ministry of Commerce recently issued a notice requiring greater efforts to mobilize and organize e-commerce enterprises, large agricultural product wholesale markets, public welfare agricultural product demonstration markets, logistics enterprises, etc. to actively connect with poor areas to effectively solve the problem of poor sales of agricultural and animal husbandry products. (Beijing Daily)
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6. Ministry of Commerce: Internet + medical + pharmacies and other developments against the trend during the epidemic
On March 18, Wang Bin, head of the Consumer Promotion Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said at a press conference that according to statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics, consumption of daily necessities has increased steadily after the outbreak of the epidemic, and food sales in January and February increased by 9.7% year-on-year. In addition, new consumption models and new methods such as contactless delivery, unmanned retail, and live retail are developing rapidly, while artificial intelligence, remote office, Internet + medical care + pharmacies, etc. are developing against the trend. It is understood that e-commerce platforms such as JD Health and Alibaba Health have recently launched online consultation and drug purchase related services for the epidemic. (CCTV)
7. Dong Mingzhu: Gree will invest 1 billion to enter the medical equipment field
On March 18, Dong Mingzhu's self-media published a message today saying that Gree has developed an air purifier for killing the new coronavirus in two months, which can kill 99% of the new coronavirus in one hour. But Dong Mingzhu said that if the machine had been developed one month earlier, the medical staff might not have been infected so many times, and she still felt a little regretful. In addition, Dong Mingzhu said that Gree will invest 1 billion to enter the medical equipment field. "When making high-end medical products, people always need to do this for how to break through the core technology." (Sina Technology)
8. Fortune Magazine rated 100 modern designs: WeChat Mobike is on the list
On March 18, Fortune magazine released 100 "Modern Greatest Designs" rankings yesterday, and Chinese companies WeChat and Mobike shared bicycles were on the list. Among them, WeChat ranked 31, surpassing Facebook to become the world's highest-ranked social software. Fortune said that WeChat has integrated a series of important mobile applications and has become a one-stop store for users. According to data from the WeChat team, in 2019, WeChat Pay's coverage in countries and regions that comply with overseas regulations increased to 60, supporting direct settlement in 16 different currencies. (Sina Digital)
9. Alipay: "Medical Staff Security Fund" has helped 301 medical staff
According to March 18, yesterday, Alipay disclosed the latest progress of the "Medical Staff Security Fund" project. There were 211 doctors and nurses diagnosed with infections in the third batch of rescued patients, most of whom were from major hospitals in Hubei Province. Up to now, Alipay’s “Medical Staff Security Fund” project has rescued a total of 301 medical staff. (IT Home)
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10. 1,500 warehouse employees jointly petitioned to ask Amazon to pay 1.5 times the risk allowance
According to NetEase Technology, as Amazon warehouse employees are worried that the chance of getting infected with the new coronavirus in their workplace is higher, they jointly petitioned Amazon to provide higher risk allowances and take relevant measures. As of Monday night, more than 1,500 employees have signed a petition asking Amazon to pay 1.5 times the risk allowance and provide paid sick leave and paid parental leave to all employees. It also asked Amazon to suspend productivity-based performance penalties and close facilities where employees are infected with the new coronavirus. (E-commerce News)
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