#Laogao E-commerce News# [E-commerce Evening News on July 16] Alibaba 1688: 40,000 foreign trade factories have settled in; Taobao’s special price version has accelerated the establishment of a “foreign trade to domestic sales service center” nationwide; Liu Qiangdong resigned as an executive of six JD companies; Xiaomi held its first global ecological chain press conference and launched five smart products; ByteDance plans to develop new applications to expand its business in China, and it is unlikely to sell TikTok...
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1. Alibaba 1688: Currently, 40,000 foreign trade factories have settled in
According to reports on July 16, data shows that since Alibaba’s “Spring Thunder Plan” restarted in April, 1,688 foreign trade factories have settled in, with an average of 667 factories entering every day. According to the plan, 1688 will help 500,000 foreign trade companies open up the Chinese market and help merchants transform digitally. It is understood that after Alibaba's "Spring Thunder Plan" was released, Alibaba Group's customer experience business group urgently launched a 1-to-1 factory cargo customer manager system to help merchants. It has currently covered nearly 100 provinces and regions across the country, involving various fields such as beauty, maternal and infant, home appliances, and daily necessities. (E-commerce News)
2. Alibaba launches a public welfare live broadcast activity to help farmers 100,000 Taobao anchors help sell agricultural goods in poor counties
July 16th news, recently, Alibaba Poverty Alleviation Fund, Taobao Live, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and Headline News jointly launched a one-hour charity campaign initiative, and Taobao anchors and merchants responded. On the evening of July 15, 100,000 Taobao anchors and merchants took out one hour to participate in the charity live broadcast activity for charity assistance to farmers, and agricultural products from 52 poor counties were sold in the charity live broadcast room. (E-commerce News)
3. Taobao special price version accelerates the establishment of "Foreign Trade to Domestic Sales Service Center" across the country
According to the news on July 16, according to the news from the World Online Business, Taobao's special price version foreign trade channel has been fully in line with the Taobao C2M super factory plan, and is accelerating the establishment of a "Foreign Trade to Domestic Sales Service Center" across the country, and is the first to promote and implement key industrial belts in 10 cities in four provinces, including Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian and Hebei. In addition, data shows that since the foreign trade channel was launched on July 2, more than 700 new foreign trade factories have entered Taobao's special price version every day, and sales have increased by nearly 500%. At present, more than 1.2 million merchants have entered the Taobao special price version, of which more than 30% of them are foreign trade merchants. (E-commerce News)
4. Zou Zhijun, the person in charge of Alibaba Retail, entered the community group buying market
According to 36Kr, Alibaba Retail Connect business department is preparing to form a new community group buying department recently. Zou Zhijun, the person in charge, has been in place not long ago, with a rank of P10, and reports to Lin Xiaohai, general manager of the Retail Connect business department. Alibaba Retail Connect business department said that community group buying is only part of the business of the new department. Zou Zhijun said that Retail has strong product and supply chain capabilities, and it is not surprising that it is involved in community group buying. According to information, Zou Zhijun was previously the founder and CEO of the startup company Miaosheng. Miaosheng is an e-commerce O2O platform established in 2015 and focuses on fresh fruits. (E-commerce News)
5. Liu Qiangdong resigned as executives of six JD companies
Tianyan Check data shows that recently, according to incomplete statistics, Liu Qiangdong resigned from the position of executives of six companies under JD.com. Including Chongqing Zhengyi Chengyuan Logistics Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou Dao Logistics Co., Ltd., Dongguan Guandong Information Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Auto Guangxing Information Technology Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou Xingyaodi Logistics Co., Ltd., and Xiamen Jingdong Donghe Trading Co., Ltd. At the same time, it was not only Liu Qiangdong who stepped down as the legal representative of the above six companies, but also Zhang Yun.
Tianyan Check data shows that since July, Liu Qiangdong has withdrawn from senior executive positions in many companies. At present, Liu Qiangdong is still serving as an executive in hundreds of companies. (Europe)
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6. Xiaomi holds its first global ecological chain press conference and launches five smart products
36Kr learned that on the evening of July 15, Xiaomi held its first global launch conference for the ecological chain new products, launching five smart hardware products around the world, including Xiaomi Smart Bracelet 5, Xiaomi Home Electric Scooter Pro 2, Xiaomi True Wireless Headphones 2 Basic, Xiaomi TV Stick, and Xiaomi 34-inch curved gaming monitor. (36Kr)
7. Youzan's "Salesperson" upgraded the personal income tax payment function, and more than 200 brand merchants have been connected to use it.
On July 16, Yiouxun, recently, Youzan's celebrity marketing fission system "salesperson" has been upgraded. After the function is updated, merchants can use the salesperson’s personal tax payment function to pay personal tax and issue invoices to provide labor costs incurred by merchants due to personal tax declaration during use.
At the end of June, this function has been fully launched, and more than 200 brand merchants including Teenie Weenie, Wangfujing Online Mall, Afu Essential Oil, Skyworth and other brands have been connected to use. (Europe)
8. ByteDance plans to develop new applications to expand its business in China, unlikely to sell TikTok
According to foreign media, the investor of Yiming ByteDance said that its parent company ByteDance has shown some investors that the company plans to focus more on the Chinese market. Try to expand into new areas and develop a new popular application. According to people familiar with the matter, ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is unlikely to consider selling TikTok at present. Zhang Yiming is unwilling to give up the value of TikTok and is still determined to build a global company. The sale of TikTok will bring some practical problems: external people can access ByteDance's computer code and its content recommendation engine.
Another person familiar with Zhang Yiming's ideas said that Zhang Yiming is unwilling to give up the value of TikTok, which was created through ByteDance's long-term efforts. Just a few weeks ago, ByteDance's stock was valued at a secondary market of more than $120 billion, well above the $75 billion it was in the previous round of financing, according to investors of the company. However, investors are also considering the impact of changes in the international environment. Some people believe that ByteDance is expected to sell or issue an initial public offering in 2022, and its valuation may be reduced by 30% due to the ban. (Shanghai Securities News)
9. NetEase Cloud is renamed NetEase Digital Fan and transformed into a basic software provider
At the NetEase Digital+ Conference on July 16, NetEase Cloud announced that it was officially upgraded and renamed "NetEase Digital Sail". According to official reports, NetEase Digital Fan is committed to becoming a leading provider of basic software for digital transformation and will focus on four major business lines: cloud native software productivity platform NetEase Qingzhou, full-link data productivity platform NetEase Yishu, multimedia intelligent open platform NetEase Yizhi and full-dimensional quality and efficiency platform NetEase Yishu. (Daily Economic News)
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10. Lazada launches Campaign Page for Six Nations to promote refined operations
On July 16, Lazada said yesterday that in order to solve the pain points of the business of reporting Campaign, after communicating with the six countries, it officially launched a version of the Campaign Page of the six countries at Lazada University, introducing the details of each site Campaign to merchants. It is understood that Campaign Page consists of the Campaign Calendar area, the site of various countries, and how to improve activities and flash sales areas. Click any of the countries to enter the corresponding country page to view the situation of the country's Campaign. (E-commerce News)
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