#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on September 15]

      Morning News: JD Supermarket's 9.9th anniversary celebration: New brand sales increased by 172% year-on-year; Taocai Cai's first store officially landed in Changsha; Amazon Cloud Technology cooperated with educational institutions to establish the "AI Empowering Future Builders Alliance"; South Korea officially bans Google and Apple from using its payment systems; General Office of the CPC Central Committee and State Council: Deepen the governance of uncivilized problems in the fields of live streaming, knowledge Q&A...

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1. JD Supermarket's 9.9th Anniversary Results: New brands' sales increased by 172% year-on-year

      On September 14, on September 12, the 9.9th anniversary celebration of 2021 JD Supermarket came to a successful conclusion, with sales of core new brands increasing by 172% year-on-year; sales of Suqian King Crab Industrial Belt and Guizhou Xiuwen Kiwi Fruit Industrial Belt increased by 5 times year-on-year. (E-commerce News)

2. Beijing Global Resort apologizes for some abnormal orders: a solution will be provided as soon as possible

      We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by this situation. At the same time, Beijing Global Resort said that it is actively processing and confirming orders based on the available inventory, and communicate closely with relevant platforms to provide corresponding solutions as soon as possible, and deal with related issues with the platform. (E-commerce News)

3. The first store of Taocai is officially launched in Changsha

      On September 14th, today, the Taocai restaurant located in Wanglong New City Community, Furong District, Changsha City officially opened, covering 7 functional areas including fruit and vegetable department stores, community e-commerce pickup points, live broadcast rooms, recharge stations, public welfare corners, etc. It is reported that this is the first "one-store multi-energy" brand store opened by Taocai. On the morning of the 14th, Alibaba Community E-commerce held a press conference in Changsha, Hunan, announcing the integration of its community e-commerce brands "Taobao Mailing" and "Hema Market" and unified upgrade to "Taocai". At present, community residents can find the entrance to Taocai on the Taobao APP homepage and Taote APP homepage. (E-commerce News)

4. Yonghui Supermarket: plans to repurchase and cancel 48.0342 million restricted shares

      On September 14, Yonghui Supermarket issued an announcement that it agreed to terminate the equity incentive plan in accordance with the resolution of the 29th meeting of the company's fourth board of directors and the resolution of the first extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in 2021. The repurchase and cancellation of restricted shares involved 326 people, and a total of 48,034,200 restricted shares were planned to be repurchased and cancelled; after the repurchase and cancellation is completed, the remaining 0 shares of restricted shares of equity incentives will be . (E-commerce News)

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5. Amazon announced that it will recruit 125,000 employees in the United States

      According to reports on September 15, Amazon announced yesterday that it plans to recruit 125,000 new employees across the United States and offer a salary of $18 per hour. Earlier this month, before hiring 125,000 new employees, Amazon just announced the release of 40,000 recruitment positions, mainly involving company functional departments and technical positions. It is understood that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people have turned to online shopping, which has promoted the development of e-commerce business. Amazon has recruited 450,000 new employees since the pandemic. It is worth mentioning that since the beginning of this year, Amazon has opened 250 new order delivery centers, airport cargo centers and various facilities in the United States. (E-commerce News)

6. Amazon Cloud Technology cooperates with educational institutions to establish the "AI Empowers the Future Builders Alliance"

      On September 14, Amazon Cloud Technology announced that it will jointly establish the "AI Empowering Future Builders Alliance" with Beijing Shengtao Education Development and Innovation Institute, Shanghai Popular Science Education Development Foundation, Beijing Love and Fate Mountain Charity Foundation, Beijing Quanmei Education Technology Service Company, AE86 Youth Unmanned Car Club, Renmin University of China Affiliated Middle School, and Beijing Durwei British International School. The alliance will improve the knowledge and practical ability of young people in artificial intelligence from three aspects: innovative courses, digital platforms and competition-promoting learning, with Amazon Cloud Technology's Deep series of AI practice tools as the core. (E-commerce News)

7. Turkish grocery e-commerce company Getir has raised $1.1 billion this year

      On September 14, according to Bloomberg, Turkey's online grocery delivery company Getir received its latest financing of US$150 million, with a total financing of more than US$1.1 billion in 2021, second only to Tredyol, the e-commerce company with the most financing in the country. In the latest investment round, Getir's valuation has almost tripled to $7.56 billion. The Istanbul-based company will use the funds to expand across Turkey and other countries. It is understood that Getir currently has offices in seven cities in the UK and plans to enter the US market by the end of 2021. In Türkiye alone, Getir has over 5 million orders per month. (E-commerce News)

8. South Korea officially bans Google and Apple from using its payment system

      On September 14, it is reported that the South Korean Broadcasting and Communications Commission (Broadcasting and Television Commission) stated on the 14th that the amendment to the Telecommunications Service Law, known as the "anti-law" of the Google Law, was officially implemented on the same day. It is reported that previously, the South Korean parliament voted to pass an amendment to the Telecommunications Service Law on August 31, and the State Council also reviewed and passed the bill on the 7th of this month. The bill prohibits software market operators from imposing their own payment systems on software developers, and allows the government to investigate operators on the grounds of preventing users from losing money and protecting user rights. As a result, South Korea became the first country in the world to ban Google and Apple from forcing developers to use their payment systems. (Yibang Power News)

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9. General Office of the CPC Central Committee and State Council: Deepen the governance of uncivilized problems in live streaming, knowledge Q&A and other fields

      On September 14, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Internet Civilization". The "Opinions" point out that we will deepen the "clear" and "clean Internet" series of special actions, deepen the crackdown on online illegal and criminal activities, deepen the governance of uncivilized problems in the fields of public accounts, live streaming, knowledge Q&A, and carry out the governance of false information in the Internet field. Strengthen the implementation of the Personal Information Protection Law and the Data Security Law, and accelerate the formulation, revision and implementation of the Cultural Industry Promotion Law, Radio and Television Law, Cybercrime Prevention and Control Law, Regulations on the Protection of Minors, Internet Information Service Management Measures and other laws and regulations. (E-commerce News)

10. Debang Co., Ltd. has received a total of more than 59.65 million government subsidies since March 27.

      On September 14, Debang Co., Ltd. issued an announcement that from March 27, 2021 to the date of this announcement, Debang Logistics Co., Ltd. and its holding subsidiaries have received a total of 59,653,331.73 yuan in various types of government subsidies related to income. (E-commerce News)