E-commerce Evening News on April 22

　　#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News on April 22] Gome Retail's share price closed up 10.47% with a market value of HK$20.48 billion; Amazon once again fired a warehouse employee who protested the working environment; Goldman Sachs: Raised Alibaba's target price by 2% to HK$273; Alibaba DAMO Academy released the world's first autonomous driving test platform; Alibaba Charity: The "reunion" system has recovered 4,217 lost children in three years...

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　　1. Gome Retail's share price closed up 10.47% with a market value of HK$20.48 billion

　　According to reports on April 22, as of today's closing, Gome Retail's share price rose 10.47%, with a quotation of HK$0.95, with a transaction of approximately 410 million shares, involving HK$367 million, and its latest market value exceeded HK$20 billion, reaching HK$20.48 billion. Previously, e-commerce platform Pinduoduo announced that it would subscribe to the US$200 million convertible bonds issued by Gome Retail, and eventually exercised all the conversion rights. Pinduoduo will allocate up to 1.28 billion new shares of Gome, accounting for approximately 5.62% of the expanded share capital of Gome's issuance of convertible shares. (Oriental Fortune Network)

　　2. Amazon fires a warehouse employee who protests the work environment again

　　April 22 news, according to cnBeta, Amazon fired another employee who protested the company's work environment last Friday. The employee, named Gerald Bryson, said he was fired for speaking rude language and claimed the firing was Amazon's retaliation against the organization and protests. In a statement, an Amazon spokesman said the company respects employees' right to protest, but that right does not provide a comprehensive immunity for acts such as harassing, discriminating or intimidating other employees. (E-commerce News)

　　3. Tmall: More than 17.3 million users searched for "environmental" and other product keywords in the past month

　　According to the news on April 22, according to the "E-commerce Daily", today is the 50th anniversary of World Earth Day. Tmall data shows that in the past month, more than 17.3 million people have searched for keywords such as green and environmental protection products on Taobao and Tmall. In March, sales of first-level energy-efficient refrigerators on Tmall increased by 143.14% year-on-year, an increase of 10 percentage points year-on-year; while first-level energy-efficient air conditioners increased by 28% year-on-year. In the fashion field, brands such as H&M, Zara, Allbirds, Peacebirds, Evely have recently launched new environmentally friendly products. (E-commerce News)

　　4. China Post’s “Shanghai-Tokyo” international freight charter route is officially opened

　　According to China Post Network, yesterday morning, China Post Airlines flight CF207 took off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport and arrived at Tokyo Narita Airport in Japan at noon that day, marking the official opening of China Post's "Shanghai-Tokyo" international cargo charter route. According to reports, this route is also the second international route opened by China Post since the "epidemic" war, and will effectively improve the international mail time limit. At the same time, Tokyo has become the fourth international (regional) node of China Post Independent Aviation Network. (Jincheng Logistics Network)

　　5. Goldman Sachs: Raise Alibaba's target price by 2% to HK$273

　　On April 22, according to Zhitong Finance APP, Goldman Sachs published a research report to maintain Alibaba's "buy" rating and raise its target price by 2% to HK$273. Goldman Sachs said that from January to March this year, Alibaba's online commodity retail sales increased by 6% year-on-year, and performed strongly in March, with sales exceeding expectations by 10.7% year-on-year. The bank expects Alibaba Group's revenue in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 will reach RMB 113.3 billion, an increase of 21% year-on-year. (Sina Finance)

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　　6. Online medical stocks continue to strengthen Alibaba Health closed up more than 10%

　　According to the news on April 22, as of today's closing, online medical stocks continued to strengthen, Alibaba Health rose 10.89%, with a quotation of HK$18.94, reaching a high of HK$19.4 during the session, setting a new high for listing. In addition, Ping An Good Doctor closed up 7.20%, with a quotation of HK$114.7, reaching HK$123.3 during the session, the highest price since its listing. (Sina Finance)

　　7. Toutiao Search jointly launched an environmental protection charity event for more than 10 million people participated in it in 4 days

　　According to Guangming.com, recently, Toutiao, a Toutiao subsidiary of Toutiao, jointly launched an environmental protection charity event with the International Foundation of Protection. Official data from Toutiao Search shows that since the event was launched on April 18, it has attracted more than 10 million users to participate in the event in four days. It is reported that Toutiao has officially launched its encyclopedia product "Toutiao Encyclopedia". (E-commerce News)

　　8. Alibaba DAMO Academy releases the world's first autonomous driving test platform

　　According to Sina Technology, Alibaba Damo Academy released the world's first "hybrid simulation test platform" for autonomous driving. The system's daily virtual test mileage can exceed 8 million kilometers, and it only takes 30 seconds to simulate an extreme scene. Alibaba said that this platform will promote the acceleration of autonomous driving toward the L5 stage. Previously, the Autonomous Driving Laboratory of Alibaba DAMO Academy also launched a new self-developed ISP processor, which can increase the night vision of autonomous driving by 10%. (IT Home)

　　9. Alibaba Charity: The "Reunion" system has recovered 4,217 lost children in three years

　　According to April 22, Alibaba recently released the top 15 projects of the fourth "Alibaba Orange Point Charity List", among which the missing children's information release platform "reunion" was listed. It is reported that since the "Reunion" system was launched three years ago, 4,217 lost children have been recovered. In addition, the projects selected for this list also cover poverty alleviation assistance, rural education for children, anti-fraud prevention, on-chain charity, smart technology care for the elderly, AI garbage classification, urban governance improvement, cultural protection, and mobile phone assistance for visually impaired groups. (Webmaster's Home)

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　　10. Indian grocery e-commerce company Grofers plans to invest $50 million to strengthen supply chains, etc.

　　April 22 news, according to foreign media reports, Indian grocery e-commerce company Grofers plans to invest US$50 million in the next two years to develop its supply chain and private brand business. It is reported that Grofers launched its own brand in 2018 and plans to achieve a 100% reliance on its own brand by 2021. Currently, the company has more than 350 privately-branded stores. In March this year, Grofers also announced the completion of a new round of financing of 430.7 million rupees (about US$5.67 million) from its Singapore parent company. (E-commerce News)

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