Alibaba and Tencent ranked among the top 30 of Forbes' "Top 2000 Global Listed Companies"; Pinduoduo joined forces with thousands of maternal and child brands to launch the second "Duoduo Parent-Child Festival"; Business Consultant Open Letter: Some functions are open to merchants on all platforms for free; Qunar.com: The average price of air ticket booking this summer this year is 936 yuan; Tmall International's new direct store delivery fee rules will take effect on May 20...

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1. Alibaba and Tencent ranked among the top 30 Forbes’ “Top 2000 Global Listed Companies”
On May 14, Forbes, the world's well-known and authoritative business magazine, released the 19th issue of Forbes Global 2000 Enterprises today. The list selects the world's largest and highest market value 2,000 listed companies with the largest market value each year based on the four major measurement criteria: sales, profits, assets and market value. Among them, the US e-commerce platform Amazon rose 12 places this year, ranking among the top ten; Walmart ranked 18. Among Chinese Internet companies, Alibaba rose from 31 in 2020 to 23; Tencent climbed from 50 last year to 29. (E-commerce News)
2. Pinduoduo joins thousands of maternal and child brands to launch the second "Duoduo Parent-Child Festival"
According to May 14, Pinduoduo recently joined forces with thousands of maternal and child brands to launch the second "Duoduo Parent-Child Festival". It is reported that during the event, the "Mom's Transparent Factory" traceability action will lead netizens to visit the entire process of maternal and infant goods from the place of origin, raw materials, manufacturing plants to logistics and transportation. In addition, "Duoduo Parent-Child Day" will use "10 billion subsidies" and "limited-time flash sale" as the starting point, and provide benefits through "subsidy base price plus flash sale discount". Brands including Curiosity, Babycare, Junlebao, Aitamei, Mianzhi, Xiao Raccoon, etc. will all be listed on the Pinduoduo platform at the lowest price. (E-commerce News)
3. Open letter of business consultant: Some functions are open to merchants on all platforms for free
According to May 14, today, the business consulting team sent an open letter to all business friends. The business consultant will be open to all platforms for free and 14 versions of the functions involved. On May 19, the two products, namely the traffic standard version and the category compass standard version, will be open for free, and the remaining products and corresponding versions will be open for free on July 1. Depending on the time when the product is open for free, the relevant refund procedures will be divided into two batches and will be returned to the merchant account within one week after the corresponding product functions are free. (Tianxia Online Business)
4. JD.com will open an official Douyin store. The annual cooperation frame of the two parties reaches 20 billion GMV.
On May 14, the cooperation between JD.com and Douyin e-commerce has been further upgraded. JD.com will open an official Douyin store. In the future, all JD products will be connected to the Douyin store and the Douyin platform store. Users will not need to jump to purchase JD.com products through Douyin, and they can enjoy the logistics, warehousing and after-sales services provided by JD.com. According to the annual box agreement between the two parties, JD.com needs to achieve a 20 billion yuan GMV conversion on Douyin this year, and achieve it in the form of "store broadcast + expert". (Yibang Power)
5. Xiaomi Technology applies to register multiple "MI CARE" trademarks
According to news on May 14, Tianyan Check information shows that recently, Xiaomi Technology Responsible Co., Ltd. applied to register multiple "MI CARE" and "CARE MI" trademarks, with international classifications involving financial property management, advertising sales, scientific instruments, building repairs, etc. The current trademark status is "trademark application". (Yibang Power)
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6. Qunar.com: The average price for booking air tickets for summer travel this year is 936 yuan
According to May 14, after the May Day holiday, air tickets and hotel prices both fell. Qunar data shows that the average booking price of domestic air tickets traveling from May 12 to June 11 was 653 yuan, a decrease of 14% from the previous month, and nearly 40% cheaper than the average booking price of air tickets during the May Day holiday. As of now, the average price of air ticket booking for summer travel this year has reached 936 yuan, while the average payment price of air tickets for summer travel in 2019 is 866 yuan. From May 15 to 16, hotel prices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Hangzhou will be about 100 yuan cheaper than the two days before May Day. (E-commerce News)
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7. eBay: Adjust a number of overseas warehouse-related policies from May 16
According to May 14, today, eBay issued an announcement stating that from May 16, 2021 (trading day), it will make a number of adjustments to overseas warehouse related policies.
First, for products whose items are located in Germany and whose unit price is less than 10 euros (including freight), if the seller uses overseas warehouse service providers that connect data with eBay and uses Deutsche Post Letter service as the tail logistics service, the relevant transactions will not be included in the evaluation scope of timely delivery rate and timely delivery rate in the overseas warehouse service standard assessment. In addition, the compliance publication rate and the rate of unreceived goods will still be assessed normally.
It should be noted that eBay has opened products with unit price less than 5 euros (including freight) in February 2021 to use the Deutsche Post Letter service through overseas warehouse service providers that connect data with eBay.
Second, for products whose items are located in Australia and whose unit price is less than AUD 10 (including freight), if the seller uses an overseas warehouse service provider that connects data with eBay and uses Australia Post Letter service as a tail logistics service, the relevant transactions will not be included in the evaluation scope of timely delivery rate and timely delivery rate in the overseas warehouse service standard assessment. In addition, the compliance publication rate and the rate of unreceived goods will still be assessed normally.
Third, the new Good Cang (barn) German overseas warehouse is an overseas warehouse service provider that connects data with eBay.
Fourth, the evaluation rules of the seller's overseas warehouse business access management system are adjusted: According to the overseas warehouse business access management policy requirements, an overseas warehouse service provider that has achieved data docking with eBay is added as the overseas warehouse service provider designated under this policy. (E-commerce News)
8. The Global Cross-border E-commerce Conference signed a total of 50 projects with a contract amount of 18.6 billion yuan
On May 14, recently, Zhengzhou, Henan held the 5th Global Cross-border E-commerce Conference, and the State Council agreed to carry out a pilot program of cross-border e-commerce retail imported drugs in Henan Province for a period of three years. At the meeting, 50 major projects were signed in a concentrated manner, and the cooperation content involved cross-border park construction, international logistics, cross-border procurement, talent training, etc., with a contract amount of 18.6 billion yuan. Public data shows that during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, Henan's cross-border e-commerce import and export volume reached 640.88 billion yuan, with an average annual growth of 35.3%. (E-commerce News)
9. Amazon sets up an electric bicycle terminal distribution center in New York, USA
On May 14, Amazon recently rented a two-story building in the West Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, USA as the end distribution center in the downtown area. The electric freight bike is expected to be put into use this fall, and for this reason, Amazon is hiring contract couriers and bicycle delivery workers. It is reported that Amazon currently has about 200 electric cargo bicycles in New York, delivering goods to three Whole Foods supermarkets in Manhattan and Brooklyn, each electric bicycle can carry up to 45 packages. Amazon may significantly increase the number of electric bikes in the coming months. (E-commerce News)
10. The relevant rules for the delivery fee for Tmall International's new direct store will take effect on May 20
On May 14, Tmall International issued an announcement on the delivery fee rules for Tmall International Direct Stores (hereinafter referred to as the announcement) on May 13.
The announcement stated that in order to improve consumers' shopping experience and ensure consumers' rights and interests, Tmall International will add new rules on delivery fees for direct stores. The adjustment of this rule will be announced on May 13, 2021 and will officially take effect on May 20, 2021.
The announcement shows that these rules apply to three stores: Tmall International Import Supermarket, Tmall International Import Supermarket domestic spot, and Tmall International Tavern directly operated. The freight rules show that the actual payment amount is less than 88 yuan, the freight standard is 15 yuan within 20kg, and the excess weight is calculated as 1 yuan/kg; the actual payment amount is 88 yuan (inclusive)-300 yuan, the freight standard is free within 20kg, and the excess weight is calculated as 1 yuan/kg; the actual payment amount is 300 yuan (inclusive)-400 yuan, the freight standard is free within 30kg, and the excess weight is calculated as 1 yuan/kg; the actual payment amount is 400 yuan (inclusive)-500 yuan, the freight standard is 400 yuan (inclusive)-500 yuan, the freight standard is 1 yuan/kg; the actual payment amount is 500 yuan or more, the freight standard is 50kg, and the excess weight is calculated as 1 yuan/kg.
It is worth noting that the above actual payment amount refers to the actual payment amount after deducting 88VIP, coupons, etc. The above-mentioned actual payment amount refers to the actual payment amount of each order. Two or more orders cannot be combined to calculate freight, and once the order is generated, it cannot be removed or other products can be added.
Tmall International recently issued a notice on the validity change of the "Tmall International Product Release Standards". In order to further strengthen the control of Tmall International's food safety and ensure the shopping experience of platform users, the platform will now change the requirements for the validity release of alcoholic products in the "Tmall International Product Release Standards". The change of the rules will be announced on April 22, 2021 and will officially take effect on April 29, 2021.
After the change of the "Tmall International Product Release Standards", in terms of the release requirements for the shelf life of alcohol with an ethanol content of more than 10% can be exempted from the marking of the shelf life. (E-commerce News)
