#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on September 14]

      Morning information: "Tmall "Free Distribution Festival" Service Rules" added "Free Distribution Festival" service; various tickets from Beijing Universal Studios were sold out during the Mid-Autumn Festival; the three international shipping giants stated that they would no longer raise prices; Alibaba responded to solving problems such as blocking URL links: Openness is the foundation of the digital ecology °#Laogao E-commerce Newspaper#

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1. "Tmall "Free Festival" Service Rules" adds "Free Festival" service

      On September 14, recently, the "Tmall "Free Distribution Festival" Service Rules" added a "Free Distribution Festival" service. This service refers to the fact that when consumers purchase fishing rod products on Tmall, merchants promise to provide a one-time re-issue service for goods with the "Free Distribution Festival" service logo for goods with the "Free Distribution Festival" service logo during the validity period of the service. The service validity period refers to 180 natural days from the date of receipt of the product. The new festival is free, but if the merchant ships online, the consumer will have to pay an additional 10 yuan shipping fee and packaging fee. It is worth noting that the service will take effect on September 20, and consumers who meet the application requirements can initiate service applications. (E-commerce News)

2. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, all kinds of tickets from Universal Studios in Beijing were sold out.

      September 14th news, tickets for Beijing Universal Studios were officially launched early this morning. At the same time, the number of hotel searches near Beijing Global Resort has increased by more than 7 times compared with the previous period. As of 6 a.m. today, tickets for tickets for Beijing Universal Studios on September 20 and 21 during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday were "sold out", and the "Global Usutong" from September 20 to 29 and October 1 to 5 were also sold out; the "Global Usutong" from September 20 to November 8 also showed sold out. Among users who have purchased tickets within half an hour of opening, users born in the 1980s and 1990s will purchase standard tickets and children's tickets that will be entered earlier. (E-commerce News)

3. "Ali female employee's assault case" Wang Mouwen's wife spoke again: she decided to sue

      September 14th news, last night, the account of Wang Mouwen's wife, who was certified as a female employee on Weibo, spoke out again. Wang Mouwen's wife said on Weibo that she could not indulge Zhou to use such low-cost means to harm others. She decided to resort to the law with her husband and sued Zhou for suspected illegal and criminal acts. She also filed four suspected crimes. It is understood that before, Zhang's wife also posted on Weibo and raised 5 questions. Ask, "Mr. Zhou, are you really drunk or pretending to be drunk?"

4. YTO Express Discloses the Patent of "A Express Information Interactive Device Based on 5G Messages"

      According to news on September 13, Tianyan Check information shows that recently, YTO Express Co., Ltd. published an invention patent titled "A Express Information Interactive Device Based on 5G Message", with the publication number CN113381925A. The patent application was June 19, 2021. Patent summary shows that the present invention discloses a express information interactive device based on 5G messages. It uses the characteristics of sending rich media information by 5G messages. While ensuring that express information accurately reaches users, it can also improve user experience and improve overall operational efficiency. (E-commerce News)

Cross-border newsletter

5. American fresh food e-commerce "GrubMarket" completed a US$120 million E round of financing

      September 14th news, according to foreign media reports, the American fresh food e-commerce "GrubMarket" recently announced that it had completed a US$120 million Series E financing, with investors including Liberty Street Funds, Walleye Capital, Celtic House Asia Partners, INP Capital, etc. According to Mike Xu, the company's founder and CEO, GrubMarket has achieved profitability, with a pre-investment valuation of more than $1 billion. In addition, the company's annual operating revenue reached US$1 billion, achieving a profit growth of more than 300% year-on-year. Currently, GrubMarket has more than 40 warehouses in more than ten states including Arizona, California, Connecticut, and Washington. (E-commerce News)

6. Thailand CRC announces investment in e-commerce platform Mercular

      On September 13, Thai retailer Central Retail Corporation recently announced its investment in Thai e-commerce platform Mercular, which has raised more than US$4 million in Series A financing. This investment is expected to increase market opportunities for Hobby&Lifestyle products and provide a "new retail" experience while building a real consumer community. According to reports, Mercular is headquartered in Bangkok and is a vertical e-commerce platform that mainly sells hobbies and lifestyle related products. Currently, it has more than 20,000 categories sold. Data shows that the growth rate of the interest and hobbies market for Thai millennial customers is 11.26%, and the market value is expected to reach 100 billion baht by 2025. (E-commerce News)

7. Cafe24 and Wish help merchants expand globally

      On September 14, the global e-commerce platform Cafe24 recently announced that it will add Wish to its sales channel integration service Market Plus. Merchants of Cafe24 can add their products to Wish through Market Plus and sell products to Wish users. The latter is distributed in North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and Oceania, with a total of more than 100 countries. According to reports, Wish was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco. As of the second quarter of this year, the company provided an average of 90 million active users per month, and more than 500,000 merchants sold products through its platform. (Yibang Power News)

8. The three major international shipping giants stated that they would no longer raise prices

      On September 14, the Christmas season is approaching, and facing the continuous rising sea freight prices, shipping giants have recently announced the freezing of freight rates: France's Dafei Shipping issued a statement on frozen container freight rates, and the two major liner companies, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, have also stated that they "no longer raise freight rates." In addition, according to people close to the regulatory authorities, "the transportation regulatory authorities are also paying close attention to the rising container freight rates." (Securities Daily)

Internet Information

9. Alibaba responds to solving problems such as blocking URL links: Openness is the foundation of the digital ecosystem

      September 13th news, today, Zhao Zhiguo, spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and director of the Information and Communications Administration, said at a press conference that blocking URL links is one of the key issues of the Internet industry special rectification campaign launched in July. Currently, we are guiding relevant Internet companies to carry out self-inspection and rectification in accordance with the plan of the special action. According to the Beijing News, Alibaba Group responded to this: "Internet is the original intention of the Internet, and openness is the foundation of the digital ecosystem. Alibaba will face the future with other platforms in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and move towards each other. (E-commerce News)

10. JD Logistics has served more than 1,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in agricultural specialty areas and industrial belts

      On September 13, according to JD Logistics WeChat official account, recently, at the seminar on "Cultivating new physical enterprises and promoting the integrated development of large, medium and small enterprises" held by the Economic Research Center of Xinhua News Agency, Chen Hetian, head of business research at the Jingdong Logistics Strategy and Innovation Research Department, shared and said that as of now, JD Logistics has provided customized supply chain solutions and standardized logistics products for the Xiushan e-commerce industry base where Chongqing Qisha E-commerce Co., Ltd., as well as more than 1,000 agricultural specialty areas and industrial belts such as Yongkang Hardware and Huangshan Chuncha. (E-commerce News)