E-commerce Evening News on April 21

"#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on April 21]" Pinduoduo: Since April, sales of sports trendy shoes and basketball have tripled; the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released the 100 short-term professional rankings of couriers ranked second; Jack Ma was selected as the list of 25 of the world's 25 greatest anti-epidemic leaders in Fortune; Alibaba Health officially launched an online appointment for the nucleic acid testing service for COVID-19; Ant Financial Report: "Revenge" consumption is unlikely to occur in the first quarter...

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1. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology promotes the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises Alibaba's "Spring Thunder Plan" is recommended

April 21st news, today, the Small and Medium Enterprises Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Recommended Catalog for Digital Empowering Service Products and Activities of Small and Medium Enterprises (Issue 1)", guiding "specialized, specialized and innovative" small and medium-sized enterprises to become benchmark small and medium-sized enterprises through digital empowerment, promote the resumption of work and production of small and medium-sized enterprises and accelerate transformation. It is reported that in the first recommended catalog, Alibaba's "Contactless Loan" Micro-Aid Plan, "Spring Thunder Plan", JD's "Spring Rain Plan", JD's "Spring Rain Plan", JD's enterprise purchase, Meituan Dianping's "Spring Breeze Action" and "Spring Return Plan" and other products and activities were selected. (Sina Technology)

2. Pinduoduo: Sales of trendy sports shoes and basketball have increased by three times since April

According to the news on April 21, today, the "Outdoor Sports Consumption Hot Sales List" released by Pinduoduo shows that since April, the sales of outdoor and travel-related products on the platform have increased significantly. Among the list of popular products for going out, sports shoes, trendy shoes and sportswear rank first to third. Among them, the sales of sports shoes, basketballs, sports suits and other products increased by more than three times; the sales of sports bracelets increased by 241%; the sales of disposable bed sheets, travel storage bags/bags, outdoor barbecue supplies, picnic mats and other products also increased by more than two times. (Economic Daily)

3. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released the ranking of 100 short-term jobs in the first quarter. Couriers ranked second

April 21 news, today, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released the national ranking of 100 job seekers in the first quarter of 2020. The top ten occupations in shortage are marketers, couriers, restaurant waiters, security guards, packers, welders, cleaners, commodity salesmen, loaders and unloaders, and turners. Among them, the "courier" jumped from 13th in the previous issue to 2nd in this issue. (21st Century Finance)

4. Amazon will release its first-quarter financial report on April 30

According to foreign media reports, Amazon's official website shows that the company will release its first quarter financial report on April 30, and will hold a first-quarter financial report analyst conference call at 2:30 pm Pacific time on April 30 (5:30 AM Beijing time on May 1). Amazon's fourth-quarter 2019 financial report previously released showed that Amazon's revenue in the quarter was US$87.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 21%; operating profit increased to US$3.9 billion and net profit increased to US$3.3 billion. TechWeb)

5. ByteDance sets up a new performance agency in Shanghai

According to the news on April 21, Tianyan Check data showed that on April 16, Shanghai Xinglai Culture Media Co., Ltd. was established with a registered capital of RMB 1 million. The legal representative is Li Fei. The business scope includes commercial performances, performance brokerage, advertising release, advertising design, production, agency, etc. According to Tianyan Check shareholder information, Shanghai Xingli Culture Media Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd., and Zhang Yiming is the legal representative of the latter. (Chuangyebang)

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6. Jack Ma was selected for Fortune's list of 25 greatest anti-epidemic leaders

On April 21, Fortune magazine released the 25 greatest anti-epidemic leaders in the world of the year, paying tribute to the world's heroes who are fighting the epidemic. Among them, Jack Ma ranks third on the list, and among entrepreneurs, Jack Ma ranks first. Today's latest news shows that Jack Ma Charity Foundation and Alibaba Charity Foundation announced that they will donate 100 million medical masks, 1 million N95 masks and 1 million nucleic acid testing reagents to the WHO. Up to now, Jack Ma has donated a total of more than 100 million pieces of epidemic prevention and control materials to more than 150 countries and regions around the world. (E-commerce News)

7. Huawei's sales revenue in Q1 2020 increased by 182.2 billion yuan year-on-year

According to the report on April 21, Huawei's operating results for the first quarter of 2020 released today showed that in the first quarter of 2020, the company achieved sales revenue of RMB 182.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 1.4%, and a net profit margin of 7.3%. Ren Zhengfei previously said in an interview that the epidemic has a certain impact on Huawei's production, sales and delivery, but he said that it is estimated that the annual plan will not have an impact. (Sina Technology)

8. Alibaba Health officially launches online appointment for nucleic acid testing services for COVID-19

On April 21, Alibaba's Alibaba Health announced today that it will jointly launch an online appointment for the nucleic acid testing service for the new coronavirus pneumonia, including Meinian Big Health Tmall flagship store, Dean Health Examination Tmall flagship store, etc. According to reports, from now on, residents of the 10 major cities in Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Wenzhou and Jinan can search for "new crown nucleic acid test" on Taobao or Tmall to make an appointment for testing online, and electronic reports can be obtained as soon as one day. Alibaba Health said that 28 cities will launch this service soon this week. (E-commerce News)

9. Ant Financial Report: "retaliatory" consumption is unlikely to occur in the first quarter

According to China Securities Network on April 21, today, Southwest University of Finance and Economics and Ant Financial Research Institute jointly released the "Trends of Changes in Chinese Family Wealth under the Epidemic-China Family Wealth Index Survey Report (2020Q1)". The report shows that there is little possibility of "retaliatory" consumption in the first quarter of this year. The reason is that the stable jobs and income of middle- and low-income groups and freelancers are greatly affected by the epidemic, and expectations are not optimistic. Li Zhenhua, director of Ant Financial Group Research Institute, said that inclusive consumer finance will have a positive impact on the implementation of consumption sinking and effective promotion of consumption. (Sina.com)

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10. eBay plans to launch managed payment services in Australia and Canada

April 21 news, eBay announced today that it will launch managed payment services in Australia and Canada later this year, aiming to further modernize its trading platform and bring a more simplified experience to customers. It is reported that eBay plans to provide Australian and Canadian buyers with a variety of payment methods including credit cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay payment. Earlier, eBay has launched the service in the US, Germany and the UK markets respectively. (Hugo.com)

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