#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on July 12]

      Evening News: Walmart's Flipkart raised US$3.6 billion in financing and valuation reached US$37.6 billion; several Amazon sites have resumed services due to power outages; Ctrip's 2021 summer travel report: cross-provincial travel orders increased by 413% year-on-year; Honor 50 won the first place in sales in the price range of JD + Tmall for 17 consecutive days; Tmall International released the "Implementation Rules for the Issues of Information"...

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E-commerce newsletter

1. Fliggy: The number of "off-season skiing" products in the past month has increased by more than 130% year-on-year

      7月12日消息，今日，飞猪联合四川体育职业学院冬季运动管理中心、重庆沙坪坝区滑雪协会以及融创文旅，发布了2021“反季滑雪”新趋势。数据显示，近1个月，飞猪平台上夏季滑雪相关产品预订量同比增长超130%。重庆“反季滑雪”的趋势最为显著，预订量同比涨超550%，领跑全国。据飞猪平台数据显示，南方人更青睐“反季滑雪”，热门客源地前十城市中，南方城市占据九席。据融创文旅集团冰雪中心总经理介绍，重庆、成都、无锡等多个南方城市的滑雪票预订量比上月增长50%左右。(电商报)

2. Tmall International releases the "Implementation Rules for the Abuse of Information Distribution"

      According to July 12, today, Tmall International released the "Implementation Rules for the Abuse of Information Dispatching". According to the official explanation, abusing information is the act of the merchant failing to publish goods or information in accordance with the rules and other management content published by Tmall International (including but not limited to rules, specifications, category management standards, industry standards, etc.) to hinder the rights and interests of the buyer. For example, it includes publishing advertising information, duplicate information, evasion information, and incorrect description information. Once the store involves sending information indiscriminately, Tmall International may temporarily remove or delete the product or information. (Sina Finance)

3. Honor 50 won the first place in sales in JD.com + Tmall for 17 consecutive days

      On July 12th, today, the official Weibo of Honor’s official flagship store announced that Honor 50 won the first place in sales in the price range of JD + Tmall for 17 consecutive days. It is said that due to the hot sales, Honor is making every effort to lift production capacity. (Yibang Power News)

4. Ctrip's 2021 Summer Travel Report: Cross-provincial travel orders increased by 413% year-on-year

      According to the news on July 12, the "2021 Summer Travel Big Data Report" released by Ctrip shows that this summer (July 1 to August 31) group tours and free travel orders increased by more than 10 times compared with the same period in 2020; the number of private group orders increased by 169% compared with the same period in 2019. At the same time, the number of customized tour orders for Ctrip has increased by more than 7 times compared with the same period last year, and the number of customized tour suppliers entering the Ctrip platform has increased by 65% ​​year-on-year. As the first anniversary of the recovery of cross-provincial travel, the number of cross-provincial travel orders for summer cross-provincial travel increased by 413% year-on-year. The report also shows that judging from the air ticket booking situation, the proportion of parent-child travel orders this summer this year reached 59%, 8 percentage points higher than the same period in 2019. Among them, parents born in the 1980s and children born in the 1910s are the main force of parent-child travel, accounting for more than 60% of parent-child travel tourists. (E-commerce News)

Internet news

5. Tencent has launched the "Study Abroad Payment" function to complete payment in as fast as 3 minutes

      According to July 12, the "Micro Remittance" WeChat mini program launched by Tencent Financial Technology has officially launched the "Study Abroad Payment" function. Hundreds of colleges and universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries and regions support students to use this function to complete payment. According to reports, users open the "WeChat Remittance" WeChat applet and pay tuition through WeChat. The payment can be completed in as early as 3 minutes. The tuition can be reached at the overseas university account in as soon as 1 working day after payment. In addition, users can also pay large tuition fees through bank transfers, change payments, WeChat balance payments, bank card payments and other payment methods. (E-commerce News)

6. Alibaba and B station affiliated companies invest in "Hanyi E-commerce"

      According to news on July 12, Qichacha information showed that recently, Hangzhou Hanyi E-Commerce Co., Ltd. had industrial and commercial changes, adding several shareholders including Alibaba (China) Network Technology Co., Ltd. and B station affiliated company Shanghai Huandian Information Technology Co., Ltd., respectively. Alibaba and B station hold 7.53% and 0.5% of the shares respectively. Qichacha shows that Hanyi E-commerce is an e-commerce company based in the Internet economy. It was established in 2016. The legal representative is Feng Min, with a registered capital of RMB 10 million. Its business scope includes: wholesale and retail (including online sales): clothing, shoes and hats, leather goods, computer software and hardware, digital electronic products (except electronic publications), etc. (Sina Finance)

Cross-border newsletter

7. Service interruption on multiple Amazon sites has been restored due to power outages

      According to reports on July 12, Amazon said that after the large-scale power outage interrupted shopping services on websites in multiple countries, its website has now resumed normal services. Information from the power outage monitoring website Downdetector shows that the power outage occurred on Sunday night in the United States and Monday morning in most parts of the world. Service was interrupted for nearly two hours, and multiple Amazon sites were affected, including the United States, India, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Singapore. It is reported that this is also the second large-scale service interruption for Amazon since late June. (Beijing Business Daily)

8. Southeast Asian fashion e-commerce Zalora launches sales packages for Singapore small and medium-sized enterprises

      July 12th news, Southeast Asian fashion e-commerce Zalora recently announced that it will cooperate with the Singapore Enterprise Development Authority to launch the E-Commerce Booster Package package for small and medium-sized enterprises to promote their online sales business. It is reported that Zalora first launched the package last year, which can provide sellers with intelligence data and logistics solutions. Zalora promises to provide free delivery to the top 1,000 items participating in the platform's event, and sellers will also receive S$6,000 worth of sponsored ad points, as well as Instagram and Facebook ad exposure. Zalora said the package is priced at S$2,000, and the bundled service is worth about S$10,000. (Yibang Power News)

9. Walmart's Flipkart raises US$3.6 billion in financing and valuation reaches US$37.6 billion

      On July 12, on Monday local time, Flipkart, an Indian e-commerce company under Walmart, announced that the company has raised US$3.6 billion and has a post-investment valuation of US$37.6 billion. According to reports, the round of financing is led by GIC, the Canadian Pension Plan Investments Committee (CPP Investments), SoftBank Vision Fund II and Wal-Mart, and other investors include Tencent, Tiger Global, etc. "While we serve consumers, we will focus on accelerating the growth of millions of Indian SMEs, including Kiranas. We will continue to invest in new categories and leverage manufacturing technology to transform consumer experiences and develop world-class supply chains," said Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO of Flipkart, in a statement.

10. Indian OTA platform EaseMyTrip expects double performance in 2021

      July 12th news, Indian OTA platform EaseMyTrip expects its performance to double in 2021. Its co-founder and CEO Nishant Pitti said that EaseMyTrip's recent bookings tripled compared to mid-May. According to reports, the Indian government will plan to provide free visas to the first 500,000 tourists. It is understood that EaseMyTrip is currently expanding overseas through its subsidiary. As of now, it has established small subsidiaries in London, Singapore and Dubai. (36Kr)