Morning news : Meituan Ele.me responded to "Shadow Cake Shop": Strengthen control and verification and resolute handling; Ministry of Commerce: Promote the healthy development of online consumption and expand import consumption; Amazon plans to increase the number of Spanish logistics centers to 40 by the end of the year; Cainiao launches direct flights from China to East Malaysia to increase the timeliness of cross-border logistics for direct flights in China to East Malaysia by 50%; QQ can support jumping to Taobao or Douyin...
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1. Meituan Ele.me responds to "Shadow Cake Shop": Strengthen control and verification and resolutely deal with it
According to September 17, it is understood that yesterday morning, media reported that some stores on Meituan and Ele.me platforms stole information such as real merchant business licenses, or were suspected of forging licenses, and then transferred the order to the cake shop near the harvest address, making a considerable difference from it. Yesterday afternoon, Meituan and Ele.me responded to the media-reported "Shadow Cake Shop". Meituan said that they will actively cooperate with local regulatory departments to work together to crack down on merchants who take orders beyond the scope. Once they receive relevant reports and complaints, they will resolutely deal with them after verification. At present, the "Shadow Cake Shop" involved has been removed from the market. (E-commerce News)
2. Data from the first week of the September procurement festival of Alibaba International Station was released
On September 16, big data from Alibaba International Station in the first week showed that the first week of transaction volume of clothing, automobile and motorcycle parts, home appliances and other industries increased by more than 50% year-on-year, among which there are many super hot products with a surge of more than 4,000% year-on-year. Big data in the first week of September Procurement Festival showed that the transaction volume of the apparel industry grew the fastest, with a year-on-year increase of 77%, ranking first among all industries. From the perspective of transaction volume, fitness training clothing, women's sweaters, casual dresses and other categories ranked the highest, with year-on-year growth of transaction volume reaching 239%, 443% and 450% respectively. (E-commerce News)
3. Suning.com Home Appliances and Home Decoration Shopping Festival officially started
On September 16, Suning.com Home Appliances and Home Decoration Shopping Festival officially started. During the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, Suning.com joined hands with hundreds of home appliances and home decoration brands, taking the Nanjing headquarters and the four major areas in the east, west, south and north as the fulcrum, to land the largest and largest home appliances and home decoration expo in 2021. Suning.com adopts the "1+4+N" model, which is headquartered and penetrates the four major areas, radiating to the core consumer market across the country. At the launch ceremony in Nanjing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Shenzhen and Beijing, senior executives of leading home appliances, home furnishing brand owners, industry associations, banks and other institutions jointly launched this home appliance home decoration shopping festival with Suning.com. (E-commerce News)
4. Ministry of Commerce: Promote the healthy development of online consumption and expand import consumption
On September 16, the Ministry of Commerce website issued a notice today on further improving the key tasks of promoting consumption in the current business field. Implement digital empowerment actions for life services and accelerate the promotion of online cloud access for the life service industry. Promote the healthy and sustainable innovative development of cross-border e-commerce imports. Give full play to the role of important exhibition platforms such as the China International Import Expo and the China Import and Export Commodity Fair to expand the import of high-quality consumer goods. Large-scale commercial distribution enterprises and e-commerce platforms are encouraged to set up counters and zones for sales of imported products to promote the sales of imported products. (E-commerce News)
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5. The second-hand e-commerce Poshmark in the United States is officially launched in India
September 16th news, the US second-hand e-commerce company Poshmark Inc recently announced that it has officially entered the Indian market. As one of the fastest growing e-commerce markets in the world, India is its fourth market for international expansion and the first market in Asia. It is understood that Poshmark was founded in 2011 and is a social trading market that combines second-hand clothing, shoes and accessories for physical shopping. Poshmark founder and CEO Manish Chandra said that Poshmark currently has more than 80 million users and 200 million items for sale in the United States, Canada and Australia, with transactions of up to US$1.8 billion in the second quarter of 2021. (E-commerce News)
6. Spanish B2B payment technology provider Voxel acquires Troovo
On September 16, Spanish B2B payment technology company Voxel recently announced the acquisition of Australian automated payment technology company Troovo, with the acquisition amount not disclosed. Voxel plans to integrate Troovo's technology into its baVel payment platform to optimize payment processes. In addition, the company plans to retain Troovo's offices in Sydney and Melbourne to allow its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. According to official reports, Voxel was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Barcelona. It has more than 20 years of experience in developing technical solutions for companies in the tourism industry. It is currently working to break through B2B payments, electronic invoices and VAT tax refund technologies. (E-commerce News)
7. Amazon plans to increase Spanish logistics centers to 40 by the end of the year
According to reports on September 16, Amazon said it will increase the number of logistics centers in Spain from 31 to 40 by the end of 2021. Currently, Amazon has more than 30 network centers in Spain, including 7 logistics centers, 2 distribution centers, 3 urban logistics centers, 19 logistics stations, 2 technology centers and 1 business partner support center. In addition, in Spain, more than 12,000 small and medium-sized enterprises currently sell products on Amazon, of which about 50% of the products are exported to all over the world. In 2020, the international sales of Spanish products exceeded 650 million euros. (E-commerce News)
8. Cainiao launches direct flights from China to East Malaysia to increase the timeliness of cross-border logistics
On September 16, Cainiao announced today that it would open a direct flight from China to East Malaysia. It is reported that Malaysia is divided into two parts across the sea - East and West Malaysia, with a distance of about 600 nautical miles between the two sides. Due to economic and geography constraints, goods transported to East Malaysia have always needed to be transited at the Lumpur Airport in West Malaysia before they could fly to Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia. The consumer's receipt time is about two weeks long. (E-commerce News)
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9. TikTok Online Anti-Addition Tips Short Video
On September 16, Douyin has recently joined hands with three stars, Jin Chen, Ma Li and A Yunga to shoot anti-addiction short videos to guide users to use Douyin more healthily, allocate usage time reasonably, and pay attention to rest. It is reported that this celebrity anti-addiction video is divided into two themes: sleep and exercise, and the three celebrities each shot two videos. It is worth mentioning that Douyin first launched the time lock function in March 2018, and is the first short video platform in the industry to launch an anti-addiction mode. Recently, Douyin has launched several tools such as text reminders, picture reminders, and time management. (E-commerce News)
10. QQ can support jumping to Taobao or Douyin
In addition, users can purchase products normally after opening Taobao on QQ. It is understood that on the afternoon of September 9, the relevant business departments of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held an "Administrative Guidance Meeting on Blocking Website Link Issues". At the meeting, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology proposed compliance standards for instant messaging software, requiring all platforms to lift the blocking according to the standards before September 17, otherwise disposal measures will be taken in accordance with the law. It is worth mentioning that Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance and other companies that attended the meeting that day all expressed their conscientiously implementing the decisions of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology after the meeting. (E-commerce News)
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