#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [May 8 E-commerce Morning News]

      #Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [May 8 E-commerce Morning News] Morning News : April Mini Program List: "Look at +" topped the fifth place in Meituan Preferred; eBay UK site launched the "Consumer Seller eBay Payment" service; Suning International officially announced the "Overseas Brands Enter China One-Stop Connect" project.

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1. Tmall International’s first new world factory will be launched in Haikou

      It is understood that this year, Tmall International has upgraded its import "three new" strategy to "five new". On the basis of continuously incubating new categories, introducing new brands, and first launching new products, it has also launched the import "new small shops" and "new industrial belt" models. At this Consumer Expo, Tmall International also reached strategic cooperation with more than 100 major groups and brands around the world, including Shiseido, Shino Doctor, and Dashan Tour, and accelerated the transformation of new products exhibited by Tmall International to commodities through Tmall International in the next year. (E-commerce News)

2. Suning International officially announced the "One-stop Access to China" project

      On May 7th, today, Suning International announced the official launch of the "One-stop Access to Overseas Brands to China" project, and worked with industrial chain partners to provide implementation solutions for overseas brands to enter China. At the same time, Suning's high-end retail service brand Sup's Supis released the 2021 "Search Collector New Brand LAB Plan", and is expected to sign more than 1,000 new global emerging brands. It is understood that since its establishment in 2014, Suning International has nine regional companies and offices overseas, with business covering many countries and regions such as Europe, America, Japan, South Korea, and Australia, and the buyer team is spread all over the world. (E-commerce News)

3. JD.com: Release the first quarter financial report for 2021 on May 19

      According to May 7, JD.com announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it will report unaudited financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 to March 31, 2021, and upload the first quarter results announcement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after the trading time of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on May 19, 2021 and before the start of the US market. Meanwhile, JD Group management will hold a conference call at 7:30 pm on May 19, 2021 to discuss the company's financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2021. (E-commerce News)

4. Tmall Global Food Feast releases top ten trends, these tracks are the growth in the future

      On May 7, the Tmall Food Industry Merchant Conference and the "Global Food Feast" were launched in Shanghai. Tmall released the top ten trends in food consumption. Contemporary young people "have to drink pure wine and drink mixed tea", "loss weight without getting your legs, just want to move their mouths", "I don't have enough cooking skills, and I'll get half-finished dishes"... Behind each trend is a new track of 10 billion yuan.

The top ten new trends are ultimate taste, healthy ingredients, fresh short-term care, quality ingredients, exquisite lazy home, decompression and healing, circle of interests, heart-chosen food, new national trends, and low-carbon and environmental protection. It provides a guiding direction for the brand to plan for the future, avoids the "inversion" of the red ocean market, and finds future innovation growth.

      The conference site will also officially open the "horse racing" of these ten trend tracks, encouraging brands to actively participate. Before the May 17 Foodie Festival, 100 trend products will be selected. At that time, Tmall Food's "Top Ten Trend List" will also be officially released.

It is reported that in 2020, the number of merchants whose annual sales of fresh food exceeded 100 million yuan increased by more than 30% year-on-year. Behind the rapid growth is the explosive growth of new products, with sales of trend-based products such as 0 sugar beverages, functional snacks, low-grade trendy drinks, meal replacement milkshakes, fine coffee, and semi-finished dishes increasing by as much as 500% year-on-year. (Europe)

Cross-border newsletter

5. eBay UK site launches "consumer seller eBay payment" service

      According to reports, consumer sellers refer to the same account that they can buy products on eBay or sell products on eBay, and they can play both buyer and seller. (E-commerce News)

6. AliExpress releases an announcement on the entry of VAT tax number of overseas warehouse merchants

      According to May 7, AliExpress recently issued an announcement on the entry of VAT tax number of overseas warehouse merchants into the system. The platform stated that according to the EU VAT regulations, if merchants stock up on EU overseas warehouses and sell through AliExpress, they need to register the local VAT tax number of the stocking country, and the VAT tax number entity needs to be consistent with the store entity that settles in AliExpress. After the merchant obtains the VAT tax number of the delivery country, he or she needs to submit the VAT tax number to the AliExpress platform. (E-commerce News)

7. WhatsApp, a subsidiary of Facebook, officially provides money transfer function in Brazil

      On May 7, Facebook's instant messaging software WhatsApp reached a cooperation with companies such as Visa, Mastercard and Cielo, and officially launched the transfer function in Brazil on Tuesday. According to reports, the feature will be open to everyone in the next few weeks, and users need to update it in the corresponding app store through their iPhone or Android phones. It is reported that WhatsApp Pay will be launched in phases, with the initial target users of only 1% to 2% of the 120 million Brazilian users. There is no charge for WhatsApp transfers, but the maximum limit for each transaction is 1,000 real; each user can receive up to 20 payments per day. (Yibang Power)

8. Latin American cross-border payment platform DLocal applies for listing in the United States, with a valuation of over US$5 billion

      DLocal Limited, a cross-border payment platform in Latin America, submitted an IPO application to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The company plans to go public on Nasdaq under the stock code "DLO". Bank of America Securities, HSBC and UBS Investment Bank will serve as joint bookkeepers for the issuance. DLocal recently completed a US$150 million financing, led by Alkeon Capital. After the financing is completed, DLocal's valuation will reach US$5 billion. (Zhitong Finance)

Internet news

9. April Mini Program List: "Look at +" topped the fifth place in Meituan Preferred

      According to May 8, Pinduoduo ranked 7th this month, which is the first time since August 2018 that it fell out of the top three. WeChat "Look at +" just entered the 8th place in the TOP10 last month. This month, it jumped 7 levels again, surpassing Kuaishou mini program to top the list, and its speed is amazing. The Aladdin Index believes that "Look at +" as a multi-source content entrance, includes news, public account articles, short videos, long videos and other types. There are also two recommendation systems (friends are watching, hot squares) superimposed, making it more efficient in terms of the breadth, depth and level of information dissemination, and its subsequent influence is more profound and extensive. (Yibang Power)

10. Hello Travel discloses patents related to "online car-hailing pricing"

      36Kr learned that Tianyancha App shows that on May 7, Hello Travel's affiliated company Shanghai Junzheng Network Technology Co., Ltd. disclosed the patent of "online ride-hailing pricing method, device and computer-readable storage medium". The publication number is CN112767030A, and the application date is January 2021. (36Kr)