Evening News: Pinduoduo National Day Consumer Trend Report: Agricultural orders increased by 279% year-on-year; Tmall International: The transaction volume of imported goods increased by more than 50% year-on-year during the National Day Golden Week; Douyin e-commerce added new "price protection" service specifications; Amazon has received US$669 million in the United States this year; Global AliExpress and Cainiao Network provide logistics services to Spanish sellers...
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1. Tutor Taote may connect to WeChat payment merchants within the month to start batch signing
According to 36Kr, recently, Taote merchants have begun to sign contracts in batches to open diversified payment agreements, or connect to WeChat payment within the month. According to the agreement description, Taote will expand diversified commodity sales and payment channels, support Taote App in specific scenarios, and provide services such as collection of accounts by introducing third-party payment institutions. It is understood that at the end of last month, there were reports that Alibaba's Ele.me, Youku, Damai, Koala Haigou, Shuqi and other applications have been connected to WeChat Pay. Alibaba said it will continue to face the future with other platforms and move towards each other. (E-commerce News)
2. Pinduoduo National Day Consumer Trend Report: Agricultural orders increased by 279% year-on-year
According to October 8, today, Pinduoduo released a consumption trend report on the National Day Golden Week. The report shows that during the National Day holiday, consumers' personalized and quality consumption demand continued to increase. Compared with the National Day Golden Week last year, the total amount of shopping payment increased by more than 100% year-on-year, the number of consumers with an increase of 64% compared with the same period last year. In addition, Pinduoduo's agricultural product sales have also continued to increase. During the holiday, agricultural orders increased by 279% compared with the same period last year, covering iconic agricultural products such as Shanxi Yuncheng apples, Sichuan Huili pomegranates, and Jiangsu hairy crabs. (E-commerce News)
3. Tmall International: The transaction volume of imported goods increased by more than 50% year-on-year during the National Day Golden Week
According to reports on October 8, Tmall International data showed that from October 1 to 7 this year, the transaction volume of imported goods in Tmall International increased by more than 50% year-on-year, among which imported health products, pet supplies, food, wine, digital home appliances and other categories grew the fastest. Judging from the consumption situation in different regions, from October 1 to 7, the transaction volume of imported goods purchased by consumers in the central and western regions increased by more than 40% year-on-year, among which Guangxi, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Hunan and Anhui had a significant increase. Rural consumption upgrades have accelerated, and the growth rate of import consumption in fourth- and fifth-tier cities and rural areas is higher than that in first- and second-tier cities, and townships and rural areas have increased by 55% year-on-year. (E-commerce News)
4. Douyin e-commerce has added new "price protection" service specifications
According to October 8, yesterday, Douyin e-commerce issued the "Price Protection Service Specifications" public notice stating that when consumers purchase products with the "big promotion price insurance" service logo, within the price insurance commitment time, the merchant adjusts the price of the same product, resulting in a price reduction in the goods purchased by consumers, and consumers can apply for a price refund. Consumers find the corresponding order product in "My Order", select "Application after-sales service", and then select "Price and Insurance Service". The system will calculate and refund the difference based on the benchmark price when placing the order minus the approved price when applying for price and insurance. (E-commerce News)
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5. Ele.me: Hairy crab orders increased by 3 times month-on-month during the National Day holiday
According to data from Ele.me platform, hairy crab takeaways were particularly popular during this year's National Day holiday, with orders three times higher than in September. During the National Day period, the areas with the most popular consumption of hairy crabs were not only Shanghai, Jiangsu and Hangzhou, but also Beijing and Fuzhou. In addition, during the National Day period, the fruit cutting orders on the Ele.me platform doubled year-on-year compared with last year, far exceeding the increase in fruit orders. The latest data shows that Ele.me’s “Sunshine Fruit Cut” standard has covered more than 90% of fruit chain merchants so far. (E-commerce News)
6. Meituan Tickets 2021 National Day Travel Report: The proportion of travel in this province increases to 74.0%
According to October 8, Meituan Tickets recently released the "2021 National Day Holiday Travel Consumption Trend Report". Judging from the consumption situation, due to the opening of Beijing Global Resort, Beijing has become the city with Meituan ticket users with the most frequent offline check-in, with Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou and other places ranking behind. In terms of new consumption trends, the exhibition hall has received the highest user rating. In addition, the report shows that during this year's National Day holiday, more than 70% of the users who make reservations, book tickets through Meituan, browse online and consume offline, are people born in the 1985s. Among them, the number of people under 20 years old increased by 5.75 times compared with the same period in 2019, becoming a new force in holiday tourism consumption. (E-commerce News)
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7. Amazon has received $669 million in tax exemption in the United States this year
According to data from the economic development regulator Good Jobs First, data shows that since this year, Amazon has received at least $669 million in tax cuts, tax refunds and labor development fund subsidies from local and state governments in the United States, which are used to build logistics facilities and expand its delivery network. It is understood that Amazon received a $750 million tax-free reward in 2019, thus establishing a new headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. (E-commerce News)
8. It is said that India's B2B e-commerce platform Udaan is raising $537 million
On October 8, according to people familiar with the matter, India's B2B e-commerce platform Udaan is conducting a round of financing of 4,000 crore. This round of funds will be used to further expand its business scale and promote the transformation of retailers and wholesalers to digital e-commerce. It is understood that Udaan was founded in 2016 and became India's first B2B e-commerce unicorn company in 2018. It has more than 3 million retailers and more than 25,000 sellers. Its business categories cover food, electronic products, electrical appliances and other fields. Among them, food is Udaan's core business. From 2018 to 2020, Udaan's food business scale increased by 600%, accounting for about 60% of its sales. (E-commerce News)
9. Canada Post: Air transport to Australia and New Zealand parcel service suspends
According to October 8, due to the impact of the epidemic, Canada Post recently issued a delivery service notice saying that it will suspend air-carrying parcels and parcels services to Australia and New Zealand from the release time, including Xpresspost–International, Tracked Packet-International, Small Packet-International Airways. In addition, Canada Post will continue to deliver documents sent through letters and registered letters, but there may be delays in sender information. It is understood that the US Postal Service has previously suspended parcels and parcel services for air transport to Australia and New Zealand. At present, these two regions can continue to use the PriorityWorldwide delivery service provided by FedEx. (E-commerce News)
10. AliExpress and Cainiao Network provide logistics services for Spanish sellers
October 8 news, recently, AliExpress announced the launch of a logistics service powered by Cainiao Network in Spain, with a starting price of 3 euros per package. According to reports, Spanish sellers of the AliExpress platform can use the logistics service 24 hours a day. Orders created in the system before 11 pm that day will be collected by logistics operator GLS Spain on the next working day and will be delivered to consumers within three working days. It is worth mentioning that in early September, AliExpress issued an announcement stating that starting from September 14, 2021, Western Time, the "Cainiao Special Line - Simple" will add new routes to Spain. (E-commerce News)
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