#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on August 19] Taobao Tmall (Jinhua) Merchant Operation Center opened in Jinhua, Zhejiang, and is the first Alibaba Merchant Operation Center in the country; Unilever's skin care brand Tatcha has settled in Tmall International; Suning Zhang Jindong: After the end of 818, J-10% will be continued; Cainiao Gougou has launched a high-temperature subsidy, and more than 100,000 couriers have received it; Zoom will open a new data center in Singapore...

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1. Taobao Tmall (Jinhua) Merchant Operation Center opened in Jinhua, Zhejiang, and is the first Alibaba Merchant Operation Center in the country.
36Kr learned that today, Taobao Tmall (Jinhua) Merchant Operation Center opened in Jinhua, Zhejiang. This is the first Alibaba Merchant Operation Center in the country and the first self-built and self-operated e-commerce industrial park in Alibaba's digital economy. Li Shaohua, vice president of Alibaba Group, said that relying on the Jinhua Merchant Operation Center that opened today, Alibaba will attract more than 5,000 local companies to join Taobao within this year, reaching and cultivating 20,000 merchants, including 2,000 merchants above tens of millions of merchants and 10,000 merchants above one million, and accurately operate an e-commerce supply (production) system with a scale of more than tens of billions of dollars. (36Kr)
2. Unilever's skin care brand Tatcha has entered Tmall International
On August 18, according to the World Business Report, Unilever's Japanese high-end skin care brand Tatcha officially opened a store on Tmall International today, entering the Chinese market for the first time. It is reported that Tatcha was founded in San Francisco in 2009 and is rooted in the beauty culture of Kyoto, Japan. In 2019, the brand was acquired by Unilever. At present, Tatcha has launched 20 products on Tmall International, and it is expected that it will release a number of new products and exclusive custom gift boxes for Double 11 at the end of the year. (E-commerce News)
3. Suning Zhang Jindong: After the end of 818, J-10% will continue to fight
On August 19, after Suning 818 officially concluded, Suning Chairman Zhang Jindong revealed at the celebration banquet that Suning.com’s Internet platform and retail cloud platform both achieved more than double growth during 818. At the same time, he said that J-10% plans to continue to fight, and the scope should be larger and the time should be longer. "Suning must continue to 'focus on good services' and fight for users." (Titanium Media)
4. Dada Group and Lenovo Laiku reached a cooperation agreement. Laiku store will be launched on JD Home
On August 18, according to JD.com’s Blackboard News, in August this year, Dada Group and Lenovo Laiku officially reached a cooperation, and nearly a thousand Lenovo Laiku’s direct sales and strong franchise stores across the country will be launched on JD.com’s local instant retail platform under Dada Group. According to reports, consumers can choose products by logging into the JD Home APP to choose a nearby Lenovo Laiku store. After placing an order, Dada Express Knight will provide an instant delivery service of 1-hour home delivery. At present, 41 Lenovo Laiku stores have been launched on JD.com, covering 20 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Chongqing. (E-commerce News)
5. More than 100,000 couriers have received the high temperature subsidy from Cainiao Gou.
According to a report released by Wuhan, today, Cainiao Gougou announced that in the hot weather, exclusive weather subsidies for couriers have been launched, covering Cainiao Gougou couriers in more than 300 cities across the country. Data shows that in the past week, more than 100,000 couriers in 100 cities have received subsidies. (E-commerce News)
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6. Zoom will open a new data center in Singapore
Zoom Video Communications said on Tuesday that the company opened a new data center in Singapore, its first in Southeast Asia, through which all its users in Southeast Asia can connect. With this new center, Zoom has 18 data sites around the world. Abbot Smith, head of international business at Zoom, said the company also plans to recruit more Singapore employees, including engineers and sales staff. (Pinwan)
7. Dewu App joins hands with China Quality Inspection Association to release the first "footwear identification group standard" in China
On August 18, Yiou News, the first national "footwear identification group standard" formulated by Dewu App and approved by the China Quality Inspection Association was officially released.
It is reported that the Standard mainly provides standardized definitions on six dimensions, including the requirements of identification personnel, instruments and equipment, environment, identification content and methods, specific steps and judgment methods.
According to the Standard, a pair of sports shoes needs to be identified and inspected from different aspects such as packaging information (including tags, shoe box side marks, shoe box, wrapping paper and shoelaces), accessories, upper appearance details, size marks, insoles, midsole cloth, midsole plate, pull-up wire, sole, etc. By comparing the standard samples and the identification samples, find the difference points between the two. (Europe)
8. Alipay’s “818 Financial Management Festival” has held more than 60 insurance live broadcasts, and 60% of the audience come from third-, fourth- and fifth-tier cities
36Kr learned that Alipay introduced that during the "818 Financial Management Festival", experts from six major insurance companies, 30 insurance anchors, and nearly 100 insurance planners will conduct more than 60 live broadcasts on Alipay to answer users' questions about insurance knowledge online. Up to now, more than 10 million people have watched insurance live broadcasts on Alipay. In terms of age, more than 60 people have become born in the 1980s and 1990s, and in terms of region, 60% come from third-, fourth- and fifth-tier cities. (36Kr)
9. Kingsoft Office's revenue hit a new high in the first half of 2020, and its net profit increased significantly by 143%.
According to August 18, Kingsoft Office (688111) released its 2020 semi-annual financial report. According to the financial report, its revenue in the first half of 2020 was 916 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 33.64%; its net profit in the first half of the year was 357 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 143.3%. (Titanium Media)
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10. Amazon plans to create 3,500 jobs in the United States to invest $1.4 billion to expand technology center
According to 36Kr, Amazon plans to create 3,500 jobs in six cities in the United States and invest $1.4 billion to expand technology centers in Dallas, Detroit and other places. (E-commerce News)
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