Evening News: #Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on July 20]

      Evening News: Zhang Chaoyang: From the perspective of selling goods, Sohu Live prefers grass planting mode; DHL Express plans to invest more than US$360 million in the Americas from 2020 to 2022; Shopee cooperates with the Philippines Ministry of Trade and Industry to launch "Shopee Thursdays"; YouTube acquires Indian social e-commerce company Simsim; Brazilian e-commerce giant Magalu acquires e-commerce company Kabum...

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1. Jiangxi Postal Administration Bureau introduces measures to accelerate the green transformation of express packaging

      July 20th news, recently, the Jiangxi Provincial Postal Administration, together with the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Department of Industry and Information Technology and other seven departments, jointly formulated the "Several Measures to Accelerate the Green Transformation of Express Packaging", which fully launched the "Green Revolution" work task of express packaging in the province. It is reported that the "Several Measures" put forward 23 work measures in seven aspects: strengthening standard implementation and certification management, implementing source reduction, standardizing express packaging, promoting recyclable applications, advocating green consumption, strengthening policy support and strengthening organizational leadership. This includes strengthening the control of plastic pollution in the express packaging field, promoting recyclable, easy to recycle and biodegradable alternative products, promoting key areas to gradually stop the use of non-degradable plastic packaging bags and disposable plastic woven bags, and reducing the use of non-degradable plastic tape. (Yibang Power)

2. Dewu established a new company in Jinggangshan, including Internet sales, etc.

      According to news on July 20, Tianyan Check information shows that on July 19, Jinggangshan Shiye Information Technology Co., Ltd. was established with a registered capital of RMB 1 million. The legal representative is Yang Bing. The company's business scope includes Internet sales, big data services, ticketing agency services, daily necessities sales, clothing and clothing retail, electronic product sales, household appliance sales, etc. Shareholder information shows that the company is wholly owned by Dewu's affiliated company Shanghai Shizhuang Information Technology Co., Ltd. (E-commerce News)

3. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the 2021 new information consumption demonstration project: Hema and other projects were selected

      According to July 20, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently officially released the "2021 New Information Consumption Demonstration Project Publicity List". According to the list, the Hema digital retail new information consumption project submitted by Shanghai Hema Network Technology Co., Ltd., the "Xingluo" digital creative marketing service platform based on live broadcast economy applied by Beijing Xima Technology Co., Ltd., the JD Home-"1-hour e-commerce" instant retail digital comprehensive service platform submitted by Dajiang Network Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., the digital cross-border payment aggregation service platform promoted dual circulation, and the one-stop smart home decoration service platform submitted by Beike Real Estate (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. and other projects were selected. (Yibang Power)

4. Zhang Chaoyang: From the perspective of selling goods, Sohu Live prefers grass planting mode

      According to July 20, at the 2021 "Sohu News Snow Mountain Tour" media meeting, Sohu Chairman and CEO Zhang Chaoyang said that Sohu "does live broadcasts as media, and our live broadcasts are more of an extension of informing and disseminating information." It is reported that Sohu live broadcasts are obviously different from other live broadcasts to sell goods. Zhang Chaoyang said, "We have taken another path. From the perspective of selling goods, we have more micro variety shows and this kind of grass model." Speaking of Sohu Live's business model development, Zhang Chaoyang said that at present, "it mainly relies on advertising." (E-commerce News)

5. Baidu Apollo Robotaxi is officially open to the public in Huangpu, Guangzhou

      On July 20, Baidu official announced today that on July 17, Baidu's driverless taxi Apollo Robotaxi was officially opened to the public in Huangpu Science City, Guangzhou. Users can download Baidu Map or Apollo GO APP and get a ride with one click. Baidu said that at present, Baidu Apollo Robotaxi has opened trial operations in four cities in succession, and officially launched a completely unmanned commercial trial operation in Beijing Shougang Park in May this year. In the next three years, Baidu Apollo will expand Robotaxi to 30 cities, deploy more than 3,000 vehicles, and serve more than 3 million users. (E-commerce News)

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5. Baidu Apollo Robotaxi is officially open to the public in Huangpu, Guangzhou

      On July 20, Baidu official announced today that on July 17, Baidu's driverless taxi Apollo Robotaxi was officially opened to the public in Huangpu Science City, Guangzhou. Users can download Baidu Map or Apollo GO APP and get a ride with one click. Baidu said that at present, Baidu Apollo Robotaxi has opened trial operations in four cities in succession, and officially launched a completely unmanned commercial trial operation in Beijing Shougang Park in May this year. In the next three years, Baidu Apollo will expand Robotaxi to 30 cities, deploy more than 3,000 vehicles, and serve more than 3 million users. (E-commerce News)

6. Kuaishou affiliated companies apply for registration of the "AC Niang" trademark

      According to news on July 20, Tianyan Check information shows that recently, Kuaishou's affiliated company Beijing Dajia Internet Information Technology Co., Ltd. applied to register the "AC Niang" trademark. The international classification includes website services and education and entertainment. The current trademark status is "trademark application". It is reported that AC Mother is an anthropomorphic cute girl from the domestic video barrage website AcFun Barrage Video Network, and is also a pronounciation lady from the AcFun Barrage Video Network. (Yibang Power)

Cross-border newsletter

7. DHL Express plans to invest more than US$360 million in the Americas from 2020 to 2022

      On July 20, DHL Express recently announced that it plans to invest more than US$360 million in the Americas from 2020 to 2022 to build and expand existing facilities to meet the logistics needs driven by e-commerce development. In addition, the company will invest millions of dollars to improve Aviation’s network service capabilities, such as developing new direct routes. The introduction of this measure is due to the growth of DHL Express's B2C and B2B e-commerce businesses. It is understood that American countries' business volume increased by 33% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021. As far as the United States alone was concerned, its business volume increased by 41% in the first quarter of 2021. (E-commerce News)

8. Shopee cooperates with the Philippines Ministry of Trade and Industry to launch "Shopee Thursdays"

      July 19th news, according to Philippine media reports, Southeast Asian e-commerce platform Shopee cooperated with the Philippines Ministry of Trade and Industry (DTI) to conduct in-depth cooperation on online sales through "Shopee Thursdays" to support the growth of online business. It is reported that the cooperation aims to provide the right tools and information for sellers who are interested in strengthening their online business to understand how to use data to operate effectively in the e-commerce field. Shopee Philippines Director Martin Yu said that this collaboration with the Ministry of Trade and Industry will provide small and medium-sized enterprises with the appropriate knowledge and skills through Shopee Thursdays so that they can thrive in the e-commerce field. (Yibang Power)

9. YouTube acquires Indian social e-commerce company Simsim

      July 20th news, Google's YouTube announced today that it has acquired Indian social e-commerce company Simsim. According to TechCrunch, the Indian startup is valued at over $70 million, but neither company has disclosed the terms of the deal at present. Prior to that, Simsim, which was founded for two years, has raised about $17 million, valued at $50.1 million in 2020 Series B financing. Simsim's business is to help small and medium-sized sellers and brands bring goods through famous video bloggers, and the company's app of the same name acts as a platform to connect local businesses, video bloggers and customers. YouTube said it does not intend to make any changes to Simsim immediately, so that the startup's app will continue to run independently. (E-commerce News)

10. Brazilian e-commerce giant Magalu acquires e-commerce company Kabum

      According to foreign media reports, Brazilian e-commerce giant Magalu recently announced the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Brazilian e-commerce company Kabum, which is worth about 1 billion reais. In the past year and a half, Magalu has acquired 21 other companies—including food delivery company Plus Delivery, multimedia platform Jovem Nerd, and news portal Canaltech. According to reports, Magalu also announced the issuance of 150 million new shares to the market, which will bring the company a profit of 3.4 billion reais. Magalu said the funds raised will be used to expand into new markets, invest in logistics, open new distribution centers and hubs, and pay strategic acquisitions. (E-commerce News)