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

Morning Information: National Film Administration: China's National Day box office in 2021 reached 4.246 billion yuan; National Postal Administration: During the National Day holiday, the country received more than 3.9 billion express parcels; Gaode 2021 National Day Travel Report: The proportion of highway congestion mileage in the country fell by 37% year-on-year; Mixue Bingcheng has made an A-share sprint for A-shares, currently more than 10,000 stores worldwide.

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1. State Post Bureau: During the National Day holiday, more than 3.9 billion express parcels were collected nationwide.

According to the report on October 8, the monitoring data of the State Post Bureau showed that from October 1 to 7, the national postal express industry operated safely and smoothly at a high level, collecting a total of 1.991 billion express parcels, an increase of 100.38% compared with the same period in 2019 and a year-on-year increase of 28.31% compared with 2020; delivering 1.917 billion express parcels, an increase of 104.44% compared with the same period in 2019 and a year-on-year increase of 25.71% compared with 2020. It is understood that in mid-September, the State Post Bureau issued a notice requiring the postal industry to prevent and control the epidemic and maintain safety and stability during the National Day holiday. (E-commerce News)

2. Suning.com National Day Big Data: Orders for high-end home appliances above 10,000 yuan increased by 141%

According to October 8, Suning.com recently released the "2021 National Day Consumption Big Data". During the National Day period, Suning.com's store orders nationwide increased by 86%, orders for high-end home appliances above RMB 10,000 to increase by 141%, and sales of smart homes increased by 101%. Consumption shows four major trends: the rise of domestic brands has become a new engine for consumption upgrading, the integration of online and offline has accelerated, "celebrating the festival on the spot" has brought local shopping, surrounding tourism, and home economy, and the green, intelligent and healthy "new middle-class" consumption methods have become the mainstream. (E-commerce News)

3. The UnionPay Network Transaction Volume is Nearly 9 trillion yuan in 6 days before the National Day Holiday

According to reports on October 8, it is reported that from October 1 to 6, UnionPay's online transaction amount was 2.31 trillion yuan, with 4.177 billion transactions, and the average daily transaction number increased by 32% compared with last year's National Day holiday. Among them, consumption in Beijing, Shanghai and other places has increased significantly. Data from the Internet Connect Platform shows that from October 1 to October 6, the Internet Connect Platform handled a total of 12.019 billion online payment transactions with a total amount of 6.46 trillion yuan. The average daily transaction number and amount increased by more than 20% year-on-year. Six days before the National Day holiday, the total amount of online transactions between the two major payments was 8.77 trillion yuan. (E-commerce News)

4. National Film Administration: my country's National Day box office will reach 4.246 billion yuan in 2021

According to Xinhua News Agency, preliminary statistics from the National Film Administration show that as of 17:00 on October 7, the box office of my country's National Day holiday in 2021 reached 4.246 billion yuan. Among them, "Changjin Lake" led the box office with a box office of 3.09 billion yuan and broke the box office record of National Day films. "My Fathers and Me" ranked second with a box office of 940 million yuan. (E-commerce News)

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5. Facebook's Instagram and Messenger cross-app chat has been officially opened

According to October 8, after two years of long preparation, Facebook announced on October 1 that its two mobile apps Instagram and Messenger have been officially opened to support cross-application chat functions. Facebook says users can manually turn on this feature. In fact, 70% of Instagram users can already enable chatting with Messenger users. Instagram was established in 2010, Facebook completed the acquisition of this app in 2012, and currently has more than 1 billion monthly active users worldwide. Messenger is an instant messaging application developed by Facebook itself. Currently, the world's monthly active users exceeds 1.3 billion. These two apps, together with Facebook itself, are one of the most popular social apps in the world. (Yibang Power News)

6. Licious becomes the first unicorn company in the D2C e-commerce field in India

According to October 8, Indian meat fresh food D2C e-commerce brand Licious recently received a US$52 million Series G financing led by a fund under IIFL AMC. After financing, Licious's valuation reached US$1.05 billion, becoming the first unicorn company in India's D2C e-commerce field and the 29th new unicorn company in India since this year. (Yibang Power News)

7. Pepsi Q3 revenue will continue to increase product price in the new fiscal year of US$20.189 billion

According to the report on October 8, PepsiCo's performance report released on the 5th showed that in the third quarter of fiscal year 2021 (as of September 4), the company achieved operating income of US$20.189 billion, an increase of 11.6% and 5.06% year-on-year and month-on-month respectively, higher than market expectations. PepsiCo also said shipping and commodity costs were higher than expected in the third quarter of the fiscal year. The company's chief financial officer Hugh Johnston said in an interview that day that the product price may continue to increase in the first quarter of next year to cope with the increase in costs. (Yibang Power News)

8. BMW Automobile's sales declined in the third quarter due to chip shortage

October 7 news, Cailianshe, October 7, according to the Wall Street Journal on October 7, as the semiconductor shortage affects global automobile production, BMW Automobile announced on Thursday that car sales fell in the third quarter. The German high-end automaker said that in the third quarter, its BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce global sales fell 12% year-on-year to 593,189 units. However, in the first nine months of this year, BMW Group's automobile sales increased by 18%, reaching 1.9 million vehicles. (Yibang Power News)

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9. Mixue Ice City has now made more than 10,000 stores worldwide

According to October 8, just on the eve of National Day, the Henan Securities Regulatory Bureau disclosed that Mixue Bingcheng has started IPO tutoring registration. It is disclosed that Mixue Bingcheng plans to issue shares and list shares for the first time in the A-share market, and is receiving guidance from GF Securities. It has been tutored by the Henan Securities Regulatory Bureau on September 29, 2021. Some media reported that from 2013 to July 2015, Mixue Bingcheng grew at a rate of twice the number of stores and triple the turnover every year. From 2016 to 2018, the number of stores was 2,500, 3,500, 5,000 and 7,500 respectively. By 2019, Mixue Bingcheng had about 7,500 stores and revenue was close to 6.5 billion. At present, the official website shows that Mixue Bingcheng has more than 10,000 stores worldwide. (Yibang Power News)

10. Gaode 2021 National Day Travel Report: The proportion of highway congestion mileage in the country decreased by 37% year-on-year

According to October 7th, today, Gaode Map released the "2021 National Day Travel Report". The report shows that compared with the retaliatory travel that occurred during the National Day holiday last year, the national highway operation was stable during this year's National Day holiday. From October 1 to 5, the national highway congestion mileage decreased by 37% compared with the same period last year, an increase of 6% from the same period in 2019. From September 30 to October 5, the peak of highway outbound congestion across the country occurred between 10:00 and 11:00 on October 1, and the peak of return was between 16:00 and 17:00 on October 5. October 1 is the peak of driving across cities during this year's National Day holiday, with driving across cities accounting for 25.7%.