Morning News : Amazon plans to set up a robot fulfillment center in Canada next year; online fashion platform Secret Sales received 10 million euros Series A financing; Dingdong Maicai once rose by more than 27% during the first day of its listing, closing slightly higher than 0.09%; Tmall 618 celebrity live streaming list: Lin Yilun became the top 1 celebrity anchors on the entire network; Zhejiang: During the 618 promotion period, the province's live streaming e-commerce transaction volume increased by 40.6% year-on-year...
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1. Zhejiang: During the 618 promotion period, the province's live e-commerce transaction volume increased by 40.6% year-on-year.
According to the news on June 30, it was learned from the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce that according to statistics, during the 618 promotion period (June 1-18, the same below), the transaction volume of live e-commerce in Zhejiang Province was 35.83 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 40.6%, accounting for 32.5% of the country, ranking first in the country; the transaction sizes of Taobao Live, Douyin and Kuaishou platforms were 27.61 billion yuan, 6.78 billion yuan and 1.44 billion yuan respectively, of which the transaction volume of Douyin platform increased by 243.9% year-on-year. Judging from the scale of various regions in the province, during the 618 promotion, Hangzhou's live e-commerce transaction volume had obvious advantages, with a transaction scale of 31.07 billion yuan, accounting for 85.7% of the total transaction volume in the province. During the 618 promotion, the number of anchors launched in the province reached 140,000, of which 73.7% of the anchors launched on the Douyin platform accounted for 73.7%, ranking first among the three major live e-commerce platforms. (E-commerce News)
2. Many contents of the postal express industry are included in the "14th Five-Year Plan" for the Development of Modern Supply Chain in Zhejiang Province
According to June 30, recently, the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Modern Supply Chain in Zhejiang Province" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), and a number of contents of the postal express industry in the province were included. The "Plan" proposes that by 2025, a modern supply chain system for advantageous industries with national innovation, efficient and coordinated full-chain, independent, safe and controllable advantages will be initially built. The modernization of express logistics, highway port logistics, and Zhoushan Ningbo Port multimodal logistics in the province has become more efficient. The construction of the supply chain logistics service network with domestic urban logistics distribution on one day and cross-border logistics distribution on three days has achieved phased results. The "Plan" points out that we will accelerate the innovative development of the comprehensive pilot zone of cross-border e-commerce across the province, promote the interconnection and interoperability of cross-border e-commerce logistics information, and build a globally competitive cross-border e-commerce supply chain. (E-commerce News)
3. Ele.me: The European Cup drives milk tea orders to increase by 2 times year-on-year
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4. Qichacha: 168,200 new express delivery companies in the first half of 2021, an increase of 14% year-on-year
On June 29, Qichacha released data showing that there are 1.2292 million express delivery-related enterprises in my country, with 168,200 new enterprises in the first half of 2021, an increase of 14% year-on-year. In terms of geographical distribution, Guangdong Province ranks first with 164,600 express delivery companies. With the development of the industry, competition in the express delivery industry is gradually becoming increasingly fierce. The problems of price wars that lead to lack of money in outlets and forced closure of outlets in remote areas still need to be resolved. It is worth mentioning that the real-time monitoring data of the State Post Bureau showed that as of June 1, my country's express delivery business volume has exceeded 40 billion pieces this year, with an average daily business volume exceeding 266 million pieces, which is equivalent to more than 3,000 express delivery vehicles entering the delivery channel every second. (Sina Technology)
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5. South Korean Internet Bank Kakao Bank plans to be listed in August
On June 29, Kakao Bank, the Internet banking department of South Korean Internet giant Kakao, recently submitted a listing registration form to the South Korean Financial Supervision Institute, and is scheduled to be officially listed on KOSPI on August 5. Kakao Bank plans to issue 65.45 million shares at a price of 33,000 to 39,000 won per share, according to the filings filed on Monday. Based on the high-end of the target range, Kakao Bank will be worth 18.5 trillion won (about US$16.4 billion). It is reported that Kakao Bank is the second pure Internet bank in South Korea after K Bank, and Tencent is its second largest shareholder. In the first quarter of this year, Kakao Bank's revenue increased by 17% year-on-year to 225 billion won, and its net profit increased by 153% to 47 billion won, with the number of users reaching 16.53 million as of the end of last month. (E-commerce News)
6. Online fashion platform Secret Sales receives 10 million euros Series A financing
June 29th news, recently, the British online fashion platform Secret Sales has received 10 million euros in its Series A financing, planning to become the world's largest discount store for fashion and beauty products. This round of investment was led by Perwyn Growth Capital and was supported by Belerion Capital. The company plans to use the money to improve its data mining capabilities and expand to other countries this year.
Matt Purt, co-founder of Secret Sales, said the investment will be used to further innovate and deploy proprietary data artificial intelligence to help fashion companies sell discounted goods faster, clean up their current inventory, to earn higher profits and introduce new consumers to them.
Secret Sales hopes to advance technology and expand its e-commerce platform to become a huge global player in the discount retail space, and also hopes to expand its presence in the UK and launch in new markets.
Secret Sales CEO Chris Griffin said the Series A financing offers a significant opportunity for Secret Sales’ business model worldwide and will enable them to meet the growing demand of brands and retailers. And after their first year of outstanding performance, they are now ready to accelerate their domestic and international businesses and lead the discount industry into a new era. (E-commerce News)
7. Amazon plans to set up a robot fulfillment center in Canada next year
According to the Dow Jones News Agency, Amazon said on Monday that it plans to set up a robot fulfillment center in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada next year, which is expected to create more than 1,000 full-time and part-time jobs.
It is reported that the center will be more than 600,000 square feet (about 5,574.2 square meters) for picking, packaging and transporting small items such as books, electronics and toys.
It is worth mentioning that Amazon announced last month that it will invest in the expansion of an operation center, a sorting center and three delivery stations in British Columbia (BC) in Canada. Through these five new sites, the company will create more than 2,000 jobs.
Amazon then said that in order to continue to expand its business scope and better serve its customers, the company will recruit 75,000 employees in its operations and logistics networks in the United States and Canada.
The company announced an increase in related salary, with the average starting salary of these vacancies exceeding $17 per hour and offers signing bonuses of up to $10 million in many places.
At the same time, Amazon also provides industry-leading benefits to full-time employees, including health, vision and dental insurance, paid maternity leave, and company-funded skills improvement opportunities. Amazon will pay 95% of the tuition for courses in high demand fields.
It is also worth noting that not long ago, Amazon Canada site issued an announcement stating that as the Canadian government introduces new mall taxation (MTC) rules (also known as "mall service providers"), the calculation, collection and payment liability for Canadian sales tax on goods sold to buyers (customers) through Amazon.ca Mall may change. (E-commerce News)
8. Shopify checkout service Shop Pay will cover Facebook and Google merchants
On June 29, e-commerce platform Shopify recently announced that it will provide its one-click checkout service called "Shop Pay" to all American merchants selling on Facebook, Google and Instagram, regardless of whether the merchants use the Shopify platform to sell their products.
After the Shop Pay service expands the service content, non-Shopify platform merchants can also choose to use the Shop Pay service in their own Facebook or Google stores. Shopify said that the Shop Pay service will be its first product to non-Shopify merchants.
Last month, Shop Pay was expanded to all Shopify merchants sold on Google. Shop Pay will be available to all merchants doing business on Facebook this summer, and by the end of 2021, merchants with “Buy on Google” feature will be able to offer Shop Pay as a checkout option.
It is understood that the "Shop Pay" service was launched in 2017. The service will remember and encrypt user information. Consumers can check out with one click when shopping online. Shopify said the Shop Pay service cuts checkout time by 70%, and the conversion rate is 1.72 times higher.
Recently, Shopify also launched Shop Pay installment payment products in the United States. The company's buy-in and pay-after solution is supported by Affirm and is available to US merchants with Shopify Payments and Shop Pay enabled.
It is worth noting that in February this year, Shopify announced that it would offer Shop Pay to all Shopify merchants that operate on Facebook and Instagram. This partnership has boosted Shop Pay adoption, which Shopify said ended the first quarter with more than 107 million registered users, including buyers who chose Shop Pay and Shop App. Shopify's stock price has rebounded 16.7% so far this year. (E-commerce News)
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9. Dingdong Maicai rose by more than 27% on the first day of listing, and closed up slightly by 0.09%.
On June 30, fresh food e-commerce company Dingdong Maicai officially landed on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, with an issue price of US$23.5/ADS. On the first day of listing, Dingdong Maicai opened more than 19%, and the intraday increase was once more than 27%, but then the increase narrowed rapidly, breaking the issue price during the session, and only rose slightly by 0.09% at the close to US$23.52, with a market value of US$5.543 billion. It is worth noting that the stock once rose by more than 7% in after-hours trading. (E-commerce News)
10. Tmall 618 celebrity live streaming list: Lin Yilun has become the top 1 celebrity anchors on the entire network
On June 29, Taobao Live and Taobao List released this year's Tmall 618's celebrity live streaming sales list. The list shows that the number one star is Lin Yilun, who is also among the top five Taobao anchors. During this year's 618, Lin Yilun broadcasted a total of 25 live broadcasts, with more than 1,200 products on the shelves, ranking first in the food anchor list. The top ten stars in the live streaming list include Zuo Yan, Hu Ke, Ji Jie, Ye Yiqian, Li Jing, Da Zuo, Li Ai, Hu Bing and Li Xiang. Tmall data shows that the celebrity anchors on Taobao Live performed strongly this year, with overall transactions increasing by 412% year-on-year. (E-commerce News)
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