#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on December 9]

Evening News: Data: Shopee surpasses Amazon to become the world's number one e-commerce APP; Bezos' ex-wife topped the world's most influential women's list; Hefei China-Europe Express launches the second cross-border e-commerce route; payment service provider Worldline announced the acquisition of Eurobank Merchant Acquiring...

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1. Hefei China-Europe Express launches the second cross-border e-commerce route

On December 9, recently, a cross-border e-commerce special train of Hefei China-Europe freight train loaded with Anhui local goods set off from Hefei Freight North Station. This batch of cross-border e-commerce B2B export goods has a total of 28 standard boxes, mainly textiles, clothing and household goods, with a value of 9.75 million yuan and arrived in Hamburg, Germany in 15 days. This is the second cross-border e-commerce route for the Hefei China-Europe Express to be launched by the Hefei China-Europe Express after the first China-Europe Express cross-border e-commerce special train from Hefei to Wilhelmshaven, Germany. (E-commerce News)

2. News says Xiaomi is testing 200 million pixel sensor for mid-range models

According to the news on December 9, according to Weibo @Digital Chat Station, Xiaomi is testing a 200 million pixel sensor, and the sensor will be used on Xiaomi's mid-range models in the future. It is reported that Samsung's 200 million pixel sensor model is ISOCELL HP1, with a unit pixel area of ​​0.64μm, supporting ChameleonCell pixel synthesis. In dark light environments, Samsung's 200 million pixels can synthesize 1.28μm large pixels to generate 50 million pixel samples, or synthesize 2.56μm large pixels to generate 12.5 million pixel samples. (E-commerce News)

3. Meituan and Zhejiang Yuying Vocational and Technical College signed a contract for school-enterprise cooperation

According to December 8, on December 7, the signing ceremony of Zhejiang Yuying Vocational and Technical College and Beijing Sankuai Online Technology Co., Ltd. was held. According to the cooperation agreement, both schools and enterprises will provide students with more practical, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, promote collaborative education between schools and enterprises, and integrate production and education.

4. Zhongxin Travel: Alibaba Network plans to acquire 6.04% of the company's shares for 240 million yuan

According to December 8, tonight, Zhongxin Travel announced that the company's controlling shareholder and actual controller Feng Bin, shareholder Guo Hongbin, who holds more than 5% of the shares, and Alibaba Network Technology Co., Ltd. signed a "Share Transfer Agreement". The announcement pointed out that the acquisition of Zhongxin Travel Co., Ltd. this time is to promote relevant strategic cooperation between Alibaba (China) Network Technology Co., Ltd. and its affiliates and Zhongxin Travel to exert synergy effects. (E-commerce News)

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5. American online ride-hailing giant Lyft announced that its employees can work remotely throughout 2022

According to reports on December 9, US online ride-hailing giant Lyft announced that its employees can work remotely throughout 2022, which overturned the previous decision. It is reported that Lyft had previously asked employees to return to the office in February. Due to the Omicron virus raging, many businesses adjust their employee return time, but few let their employees work remotely all year round like Lyft. If employees want to enter the office, the Lyft office will be fully open in February, but employees can choose whether to return or not throughout the year. Currently, Twitter has supported remote work indefinitely, but Lyft does not have such plans. (E-commerce News)

6. Bezos' ex-wife topped the list of the world's most influential women

On December 9, Forbes magazine released the 2021 ranking of the world's most influential women on December 7. Mackenzie Scott, the ex-wife of the American super rich and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, ranked first. Forbes commented that Scott "has brought about a revolution in charitable donations by his own efforts." It is reported that in 2019, she divorced Bezos and shared huge assets, with a total net worth of up to US$57 billion. People in the charity industry highly praised Scott's donation method and hoped to inspire other donors to learn from her. (E-commerce News)

7. Cross-border Connect has added 20 new lawsuits involving 83.1154 million yuan

Cross-border Connect has released four new major litigation cases, including warehousing contract disputes, freight forwarding contract disputes, subrogation rights disputes, and securities false statement liability disputes. (E-commerce News)

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8. Payment service provider Worldline announces acquisition of Eurobank Merchant Acquiring

On December 8, global payment and transaction services giant Worldline announced on December 7 that it signed a binding agreement to acquire 80% of Eurobank Merchant Acquiring's business. Worldline CEO Gilles Grapinet said the acquisition of Eurobank Merchant Acquiring was fully in line with the company's strategy to further expand its business services activities in southern Europe, while Worldline could also take advantage of the business established in Greece through the acquisition of Cardlink earlier this year. The merger of these two companies will create a leading position in the Greek market. (E-commerce News)

9. B2B e-commerce TradeDepot completed US$110 million in Series B financing

December 8 news, according to foreign media reports, TradeDepot, a B2B e-commerce company headquartered in Nigeria and the United States, recently announced a US$110 million Series B financing. This round of financing was led by International Finance Corporation, followed by Novastar, Sahel Capital, CDC Group, Endeavor Catalyst and existing investors Parttech and MSA Capital. It is understood that TradeDepot operates the B2B market to help small retailers achieve cooperation and subsequent distribution work with all kinds of consumer product brands. The startup plans to use a new round of financing to expand its business, introduce more retail stores across the continent, and develop its "buy first, pay later" service. (E-commerce News)

10. Data: Shopee surpasses Amazon to become the world's number one e-commerce app

According to new data released by mobile marketing analysis platform Adjust and SensorTower, the global e-commerce application installation volume increased by 10% in 2021 and the number of sessions increased by 12% year-on-year compared with 2020. The average monthly active user count of the 150 leading e-commerce applications increased by 35% from 14 million in the first quarter of 2019 to 18 million in the third quarter of 2021. Data shows that its in-app browsing time has also increased. Latin America had the largest increase in 2021 (27%), far exceeding the global level (12%). The Asia-Pacific region and EMEA region are basically the same as the global level, with an increase of 10% and 13% respectively. (E-commerce News)