#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [May 3 E-commerce Morning News]

　　#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [May 3 E-commerce Morning News Brief] 1. JD.com invests 300 million yuan in TCL's Internet TV Thunderbird; 2. Big short citron is bullish on Alibaba, saying its stock price will rise to US$250; 3. JD.com builds 100 billion yuan online fresh food merchants this year; 4. People close to Xiaomi's IPO intermediary: valuation is at least US$70 billion; 5. Australian 104-year-old scientists will be euthanized: I'm sorry to live to this age...

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　　1. JD.com invests 300 million yuan in TCL's Internet TV Thunderbird

　　TCL Group issued an announcement that JD.com plans to subscribe for new shares of its subsidiary Thunderbird Technology for RMB 300 million. After this capital increase, JD.com acquired 6.67% of the equity of Thunderbird Technology, becoming the sixth largest shareholder. Thunderbird Technology's valuation reached 4.5 billion yuan. (Source: TCL Group)

　　2. Big short cigars are bullish on Alibaba, saying its stock price will rise to $250

　　Celebrity, a well-known short-selling agency, said in the report that Alibaba is "on the road to $250." If Alibaba's first-quarter performance meets expectations, its stock price will easily exceed $200; if its operating profit margin in the first quarter is lower than expected, investors will get a buying opportunity for a trillion-dollar corporate stock. It is understood that Alibaba will release its financial report tomorrow, and the market expects Alibaba to earn 71 cents per share in the first quarter. (Source: 36Kr)

　　3. JD.com has created 100 billion yuan online fresh food merchants this year

　　As one of the hardest bones in the e-commerce field, fresh products with extremely high requirements for logistics have always been a "category" that e-commerce companies dare not touch. However, after more than two years of exploration, JD.com began to make strong efforts in this "category". At the partner conference held the day before yesterday, Ye Wei, president of JD.com's Fresh Business Department, faced the promises of more than 600 fresh food merchants across the country, JD.com will provide support to fresh food merchants from the fields of logistics, channels, big data, marketing, finance, etc. At the same time, JD Fresh also launched the "Billion Yuan Club" plan this year, aiming to create 100 merchants with sales of over 100 million yuan on JD Fresh last year. (Source: Communication Information News)

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　　4. Taopiaopiao Professional Edition launches box office abnormality warning function to be opened to the industry within two weeks

　　In order to effectively avoid false ticketing data disrupting the market, Taopiao Piao Professional Edition plans to launch a new function "Box Office Alert Warning" function in the new version. It is understood that this function has been in the original product planning. In view of the current urgent needs of the industry, it will be developed in advance and is expected to be opened to the film crew and theaters within two weeks. (Source: TechWeb)

　　5. Didi: He has reconciled with the beaten passenger Mr. Zhang, and he sincerely apologized to him again

　　Regarding the incident of Zhang Huan, the founder of Crazy Mi, being beaten by Didi Express driver on the 28th of this month, Didi said that the driver and passenger have settled and have once again apologized to the passenger Mr. Zhang. Didi said that after the incident, Didi continued to contact passengers and drivers, cooperated with the police with all their might, and persuaded the driver to take the initiative to go and cooperate with the investigation as soon as possible. Under the coordination of the public security organs, the two sides have reached an understanding of each other. (Source: Tencent)

　　6. People close to Xiaomi's IPO intermediary: valuation is at least US$70 billion

　　It is reported that Xiaomi is expected to submit a listing application in the near future, listing from the end of June to the beginning of July, and then considering listing in the mainland with CDR (China Pre-Trust Securities). This will be the largest IPO in Hong Kong's history and is expected to become the world's largest new technology stock this year. According to people close to Xiaomi's IPO intermediaries, sponsors, investment banks and potential investors are generally accepting the current valuation of at least US$70 billion. After the IPO, Xiaomi's market value exceeds US$100 billion in the short term is very sure. (Source: Yicai.com)

　　7. Enterprise WeChat connects WeChat, and group chat will be launched soon

　　According to May 2, Enterprise WeChat can already be connected with WeChat. After the internal testing of the Internet has been opened, Enterprise WeChat supports three ways to add WeChat friends: "using enterprise WeChat to actively scan the QR code", "showing personal business card QR code to scan WeChat users", and "sending personal business card to WeChat". In addition, Enterprise WeChat will not have the function of Moments, and it will not be synchronized without adding friends. WeChat friends cannot view the internal organizational structure of the enterprise. You can choose whether to enable the message receipt function of Enterprise WeChat. (Source: Yibang Power)

　　8. A 104-year-old scientist will be euthanized: I'm sorry to live to this age

　　As the oldest scientist in Australia, 104-year-old botanist Goodall will go to Basel, Switzerland in early May to end his life journey through euthanasia. Although not suffering from a fatal disease, Goodall suffered from aging in recent months. (Source: Morning News)

104-year-old scientists will be euthanized: I'm sorry to live to this age

　　Cross-border newsletter

　　9. Amazon opens a global store in China to launch a "Service +" plan

　　May 2, 2018, Beijing - Today, Amazon Global Store Opening China launched a "Service +" plan, providing customized service solutions for Chinese sellers at all stages of entry, starting and growing cross-border e-commerce, helping them enhance their knowledge reserves of cross-border e-commerce, comprehensively improve store operation and business expansion capabilities, continue to grow and optimize sales performance. At present, "Service +" mainly includes three aspects: training, seller transformation consultation and exclusive account manager services, and all are officially provided by Amazon. Trusted high-quality and diversified services will provide reliable guarantees for Chinese sellers to break the ice and cross-border e-commerce and travel to overseas markets. (Source: Yibang Power Network)

　　10. Amazon officially bids to acquire 60% equity in Indian e-commerce Flipkart

　　Amazon officially bid on Wednesday to acquire 60% of the Indian e-commerce company Flipkart. It is reported that Amazon's bid will be on par with Walmart, and promises that a $2 billion breakup fee will be paid to Flipkart for a failed deal. Reuters reported last month that Walmart may reach a deal with Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart at the end of June this year. (Source: Tencent Technology)

Amazon officially bids to acquire 60% stake in Indian e-commerce Flipkart

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