E-commerce Evening News Brief on April 20

　　#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on April 20] Jinjiang City cooperated with Alibaba, and the online exhibition of the 22nd Shoe Expo was launched; Liu Qiangdong stepped down as manager of 7FRESH; Jack Ma: launched the third batch of African emergency material donations, including 4.6 million masks; Pinduoduo cooperated with two major sneaker identification platforms to invest 1 billion yuan in trendy shoes subsidies; JD International's 5th anniversary celebration report: transaction volume increased by more than 80% year-on-year...

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　　1. Jinjiang City cooperates with Alibaba, and the 22nd Shoe Expo online exhibition will be launched

　　On April 19, the 22nd Shoe Expo (Sports Expo) online exhibition was launched, lasting 4 days, with more than 2,000 companies participating in the exhibition. The online exhibition was jointly conducted by Jinjiang City, Fujian Province and Alibaba, with Alibaba's online wholesale platform 1688 as the main venue, and Alibaba International Station and AliExpress as the sub-venues. (36Kr)

　　2. Liu Qiangdong stepped down as manager of 7FRESH

　　Tianyan Check data shows that recently, 7FRESH's operating entity, Beijing Siji Youxuan Information Technology Co., Ltd., had industrial and commercial changes. Liu Qiangdong resigned as manager and Wang Jing took over. In addition, Zhang Yun stepped down as legal representative and executive director, and Wang Jing took over. Li Yayun resigned as supervisor and was taken over by Tan Saili. (36Kr)

　　3. South Korea's Shilla Duty Free Shop will be launched on Koala Haizhuang Live

　　According to April 20, in order to promote online sales, South Korea's Shilla Duty Free Shop will be launched on Koala Haizhuang live broadcast on April 24. It is reported that due to the impact of the epidemic, the overall sales of the Korean duty-free shop industry have dropped by 90% year-on-year since April, and the industry has accumulated a backlog of duty-free goods worth about tens of billions of yuan. In late March this year, South Korea's Shilla Aiboke duty-free shop, known as the "world's largest city duty-free shop", has launched a Koala Haizhuang live broadcast to help Chinese consumers visit duty-free shops in the cloud. (E-commerce News)

　　4. Jack Ma: Launches the third batch of African emergency supplies donations, including 4.6 million masks

　　On April 20, Jack Ma posted on Weibo this afternoon that the Jack Ma Charity Foundation and Alibaba Charity Foundation announced today that they cooperated with the African Union (Africa) to launch the third batch of African emergency material donations. This batch of materials will be donated directly to the AU and will be distributed by the AU and the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention based on the development of the epidemic and local conditions. It is reported that this batch of emergency anti-epidemic materials includes 4.6 million medical and civilian masks, 500,000 virus sampling tubes, nucleic acid extractants and nucleic acid detection reagents, 300 ventilators, 100 infrared thermometers, 2,000 forehead thermometers, 200,000 protective clothing, 200,000 protective masks, and 500,000 pairs of medical gloves. (Sina Technology)

　　5. China Foreign Trade's cross-border e-commerce logistics business volume increased by about 56% year-on-year in 2019

　　On April 20, in response to the company's cross-border e-commerce business development issues asked by investors, China Foreign Exchange responded today that the company's cross-border e-commerce logistics business volume increased by about 56% year-on-year in 2019, but the gross profit margin of the business was relatively low. China Foreign Trade said that the company's cross-border e-commerce logistics business mainly refers to the end-to-end logistics supply chain services provided by the company to cross-border e-commerce customers under the cross-border e-commerce trade model; the specific service content includes providing professional logistics solutions for import and export e-commerce customers, and its products and services cover Europe, America, the Middle East, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other regions. (Yibang Power)

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　　6. Alibaba International Station: It will provide support to 200,000 small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises for five consecutive months

　　According to April 20, in response to Alibaba's "Spring Thunder Plan 2020", Alibaba International Station announced today that it will provide support for 200,000 small and medium-sized foreign trade companies for five months. Specific measures include that Alibaba International Station will enhance the ability of small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises to develop digital business opportunities and integrate supply chains through three core measures, including comprehensively helping merchants open source business opportunities, providing full-link cross-border supply chain solutions, and providing service systems from check-in to growth to advanced level; merchants who signed contracts with Alibaba International Station and the funds received from September 30 will provide a two-month traffic start-up support plan, etc. (E-commerce News)

　　7. Pinduoduo cooperates with two major sneaker identification platforms to invest 1 billion yuan in trendy shoes subsidies

　　According to Bianniu Shi, Pinduoduo announced the launch of the "Trendy Shoes Player Day" today, and more than 600 trendy shoes are sold at a subsidy of 10 billion yuan. At the same time, Pinduoduo announced that it has officially reached an identification service cooperation with two authoritative domestic sneaker identification platforms "get" and "Zhijie". It is understood that these two identification platforms will provide authentic identification services for Pinduoduo’s “10 billion subsidies” and “Duoduo Fashion Shoe Pavilion” in the future. In addition, Pinduoduo said that the platform has allocated 1 billion yuan of special subsidy budget for trendy shoes. (Sina Technology)

　　8. JD International's 5th Anniversary Celebration Report: Transaction volume increased by more than 80% year-on-year

　　According to the "E-commerce Daily", JD International recently released its 5th anniversary promotion report. On the 5th anniversary celebration on April 15, the transaction volume increased by more than 80% year-on-year. The battle report also shows that among the TOP10 brand awards, maternal and infant brands ranked among the top, with Aitamei and A2 ranked first and third respectively; the transaction volume of nutritional complementary food products reached 3.2 times that of the same period last year. In addition, from the perspective of user portraits, the post-00s performed strongly, with product transactions increasing by 287%. (E-commerce News)

　　9. Gome Retail: It will open 2,000 new franchise stores this year

　　April 20th news, today, Gome Retail held a conference call on the company's authorization to issue convertible bonds. Gome CFO Fang Wei said that Gome’s main market is in first- and second-tier cities, and has also been vigorously expanding the third-, fourth- and fifth-tier markets in recent years, and will open another 2,000 franchise stores this year. By the end of this year, Gome will have 3,000 franchise stores and more than 1,600 self-operated stores, and effectively combine self-operated, franchise stores and Pinduoduo’s current customer base through franchise. At the same time, Gome Logistics is also vigorously promoting store distribution and will open up Pinduoduo. According to reports, Gome also plans to launch 10,000 SKUs on Pinduoduo. (Zhitong Finance)

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　　10. Amazon’s global logistics team provides charter flights from China to Europe and the United States

　　Starting from April, Amazon Global Logistics Team (AGL) has launched a weekly charter service, with three routes, departing from Hong Kong and Shanghai, directly to the United States, West and Europe, to help sellers who use Amazon FBA services and ship from China to timely re-ship goods such as high-demand medical supplies and daily necessities during the epidemic, reducing the logistics pressure caused by fluctuations in air transport space.

　　Amazon said that sellers using chartered flight services can create shipments through the seller platform, track logistics information throughout the process, accelerate operational processes, and use Amazon's cross-border logistics network to deliver daily necessities and medical supplies to the United States and Europe. (Yibang Power)

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