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1. Alibaba Health Pharmacy is administratively punished for price violations
According to news on September 2, Qichacha information showed that recently, Alibaba Health Pharmacy Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Chain Co., Ltd. added new administrative penalties. According to reports, the Guangzhou Huangpu District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau found that the party opened and operated "Ali Health Pharmacy" on the Tmall platform was suspected of illegal price violations when selling wolfberry. (E-commerce News)
2. Community e-commerce platform "Voilà" completed tens of millions of yuan in Pre-A round of financing
On September 2, according to Qingtong Capital’s WeChat official account, today, the European and American fashion content social e-commerce "Voilà" announced that it had completed a Pre-A round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, invested by Haofang Venture Capital, and Qingtong Capital serves as the exclusive financial advisor. This round of financing will be mainly used for bloggers and brand expansion, algorithm research and development, product iteration, etc. According to information, Voilà was established in 2019 and provides a life-oriented platform for European and American fashion celebrities. Based on AI image recognition and recommendation algorithms, the company has created a traffic distribution system for the European and American Internet celebrity ecosystem, improving the monetization ability of celebrities and brand marketing efficiency. (E-commerce News)
3. JD Industrial Products Intelligent Retail Store opens simultaneously in 5 provinces and 10 stores
September 2nd news, recently, JD Industrial Products Intelligent Caixuan Store opened 10 stores in five provinces in Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Hebei Province, Shandong Province and Anhui Province. The cities where JD Industrial Products Intelligent Caixuan Store landed in this round are the industrial belt gathering places for domestic industrial manufacturing enterprises. (Yibang Power News)
4. Ministry of Commerce: The "14th Five-Year Plan" e-commerce development plan will be announced in the near future
On September 2, the spokesperson said that the "14th Five-Year Plan" e-commerce development plan is implementing relevant internal procedures and will be released in the near future. After the plan is issued, the Ministry of Commerce will work with relevant departments to carry out publicity work through multiple channels to guide the implementation of the planning content. (First Financial Daily)
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5. Hainan Yangpu Free Trade Port Area completes its first cross-border e-commerce offline product order
September 3rd news, recently, under the supervision of the customs of Hainan Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Seku's new retail experience store located in Yangpu Bonded Port District was opened to the public, and a customer bought a T-shirt. This transaction marks the official launch of the new cross-border e-commerce retail process and the new cross-border e-commerce retail model business in Yangpu Bonded Port Area. Consumers can directly purchase goods in Yangpu Bonded Port Area and pick up goods out of the area. (E-commerce News)
6. News says Amazon plans to form a team to supervise cloud service content
On September 3, people familiar with the matter reportedly revealed that Amazon will hire a small team in its AWS department to monitor and delete content that violates its cloud service policies. The new team will also look for potential future threats and work with outside researchers. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, several Amazon AWS executives have resigned. Last month, Amazon confirmed that Charlie Bell, one of the AWS cloud executives, was about to leave after he was considered one of the candidates to replace Jassie as AWS president. (E-commerce News)
7. Ministry of Commerce: Support enterprises to accelerate overseas warehouse layout in key markets
September 2nd news, today, a spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce said in response to media questions that as an important overseas node for cross-border e-commerce, my country's overseas warehouses have exceeded 1,900, with a total area of more than 13.5 million square meters, and its business scope radiates around the world. Among them, the number of overseas warehouses in North America, Europe, Asia and other regions accounts for nearly 90%. In order to help enterprises accelerate the development of new foreign trade formats and models and promote the development of overseas warehouse networks, the Ministry of Commerce will focus on carrying out work from the following aspects: First, strengthen the cultivation of the main body, second, promote digital development, third, strengthen standard construction, and fourth, improve the overseas warehouse network. (E-commerce News)
8. China-Hong Kong Association: The cargo throughput of major port enterprises in my country in July was 649.68 million tons
According to the news on September 2, the China-Hong Kong Association reported that in July, the production growth rate of my country's port enterprises slowed down. Cargo throughput growth slowed, and container throughput growth continued to slow. Statistics from the China-Hong Kong Association show that in July, my country's major port enterprises completed a cargo throughput of 649.68 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.8%; and completed a container throughput of 20.33 million TEU, a year-on-year increase of 3.4%. From January to July, the cumulative cargo throughput was 4620.08 million tons, an increase of 7.9% year-on-year, and the cumulative foreign trade increased by 3.8% year-on-year; the complete container throughput was 138.94 million TEU, an increase of 12.4% year-on-year, and the cumulative foreign trade increased by 8.4% year-on-year. (Securities Times)
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9. Alibaba Group announced that it will invest 100 billion yuan to help common prosperity
According to Zhejiang News, Alibaba Group stated that Alibaba has launched the "Top Ten Actions for Alibaba to Help Common Prosperity" and will invest a total of 100 billion yuan by 2025 to help common prosperity. In order to promote the implementation of the top ten actions, Alibaba will establish a special permanent institution. It is understood that Alibaba's top ten actions to help common prosperity will focus on five major directions, namely scientific and technological innovation, economic development, high-quality employment, care for vulnerable groups and common prosperity development fund. (E-commerce News)
10. Fliggy: The search volume of hotel mooncakes related to Mid-Autumn Festival in the past week increased by more than 150%
According to September 2, the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching. Data from the Fliggy Platform shows that in the past week, the search volume of hotel mooncake-related products has increased by more than 150% month-on-month last week. It is reported that compared with previous years in terms of appearance and taste, the hotel mooncake market has launched many new tricks this year, including: time-honored mooncakes, national cultural and creative mooncakes, parent-child handmade mooncakes, pet mooncakes, etc. Fliggy launched the "Mid-Autumn Reunion Season" theme promotion, which includes classic hotel mooncakes such as Guangzhou White Swan, Rosewood Hotel, Four Seasons Hotel, and a variety of Mid-Autumn Festival "accommodation + entertainment" and "accommodation + mooncake" packages. (Reuters)
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