#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on January 4]

Morning News: Three Squirrels responded to the controversy of "Red Scarf" advertising: Related pages and products were offline on April 1, 2019; the total box office of the Chinese film market in 2021 reached 47.258 billion; news said that Amazon's e-book business will withdraw from the domestic market; Apple's market value exceeded US$3 trillion for the first time...

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1. Tongcheng Travel releases New Year's Day travel consumption report: Local hotel orders account for nearly 50%

Tongcheng Travel Big Data shows that during the New Year's Day, the five provinces with the highest popularity of travel are Guangdong, Sichuan, Hainan, Jiangxi and Guangxi. It is worth noting that from 0:00 to 2:00 am on January 1, Tongcheng's car use orders were 10 times that of the same time period on the weekend. Among the people who traveled on New Year's Day this year, in terms of age distribution, the proportion of people born in the 1980s is the highest, at 38%; the proportion of people born in the 1990s and 2000s is 33% and 16% respectively. Among them, the number of hotel reservations around the ski resort increased by 140% month-on-month, the number of ticket reservations for ski resorts increased by 110% month-on-month, and the number of ticket reservations for the Ice and Snow World scenic spots increased by 220% month-on-month. (E-commerce News)

2. The total box office of the Chinese film market in 2021 reached 47.258 billion

According to the report on January 3, according to Interface News, according to data released by the National Film Administration, the total box office of the Chinese film market in 2021 reached 47.258 billion, firmly ranking in the world's largest stock position. However, due to the epidemic and normalized epidemic prevention, the number of urban moviegoers in 2021 was 1.167 billion, a decrease of 563 million from 1.73 billion in 2019, almost one-third. (E-commerce News)

3. Three Squirrels responded to the controversy of the "Red Scarf" advertising: Related pages and products were offline on April 1, 2019

According to January 3, today, Three Squirrels issued a statement through its Weibo account that recently, an online report that a company's 2019 advertising page used a "red scarf" pattern, which attracted social attention. In this regard, the company expresses its most sincere apology to consumers who care, support and trust Three Squirrels and all sectors of society. After investigation, the advertisement was launched on March 28, 2019, and the company did not strictly review and control the online review of this page. After receiving a letter from the Wuhu Youth Working Committee, the company realized the seriousness of the problem and removed the relevant pages and products on April 1, 2019, and strengthened targeted internal compliance review and employee training and publicity. (E-commerce News)

4. Alipay’s 2021 annual bill is officially released

According to January 3, recently, the annual bill of Alipay "2021 Memories" was officially released. Users can search for keywords such as "bills" and "2021 bills" on Alipay to check. It is understood that in addition to spending and income, users can also learn about the number of years of using Alipay, the mini programs they are used to using, meeting several store owners, the number of steps they take together, the number of takeout and express delivery checks, the number of grams of energy generated by Ant Forest in 2021. In addition, users can also view this year's revenue and expenditure analysis and get New Year's advice. (E-commerce News)

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5. News says Amazon's e-book business is about to withdraw from the domestic market

According to January 4, recently, some netizens broke the news that the Kindle's product line in mainland China has changed, and JD Kindle's self-operated store suddenly became out of stock on a large scale, and the Kindle paperwhite showed that it was out of stock. At present, there is only one Kindle e-book reader, e-book youth version 8G black, left in JD Kindle’s self-operated store. It is worth mentioning that the Kindle Taobao store has been closed before. There are reports that this is a signal that Amazon's e-book business is about to withdraw from the domestic market. As of now, Amazon has not responded to the news of whether Kindle has withdrawn from the domestic market. (E-commerce News)

6. Apple's market value exceeds $3 trillion for the first time

On January 4, the company's stock price rose nearly 3% during the session on Monday, with its total market value exceeding the $3 trillion mark for the first time, becoming the first company in history to reach this milestone. As of press time, the increase was 2.52%, corresponding to a market value of US$2.99 ​​trillion. According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple's share in the Chinese market in November was 23.6%, ranking first in the Chinese market sales. (E-commerce News)

7. Xinjiang Horgos Comprehensive Bonded Zone cross-border e-commerce business exceeded 1.6 billion yuan in 2021

On January 4, Xinjiang Horgos Comprehensive Bonded Zone released statistics on the 2nd, and its business reached RMB 1.69 billion in 2021, entering the fast lane of development. In addition, on the first day of the 2022 New Year, the comprehensive bonded zone ushered in its first cross-border e-commerce business. It was shipped from Shenzhen from Horgos and shipped to Hungary and Belgium. The total volume of goods was 35,668 and the total value of goods was US$11.202 million. (Yibang Power News)

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8. Ice and snow sports heat up and the number of new Tmall skiing brands has doubled in one year

According to January 2, at the Tmall Ice and Snow Festival held a few days ago, 100 ski enthusiasts welcomed 2022 at the Songhua Lake Ski Resort in Jilin in the form of the "first skating" of the New Year. Tmall New Life Research Institute found that young people are particularly keen on outdoor skiing. During Tmall Double 11, Tmall ski supplies sales increased by 120% year-on-year. In December 2021, the number of bookings for Fliggy Ice and Snow Tourism related products increased by more than twice month-on-month in November. (E-commerce News)

9. JD Alliance urgently notifies e-commerce experts to pay taxes

On January 3, according to Interface News, citing Beijing Youth Daily, many e-commerce experts who claim to be JD Alliance and some other platforms have recently said that they have received tax supplement notices. For example, an expert showed the latest notice from JD Alliance, showing that from January 2022, the subsidy income of the alliance’s personal customer promotion platform will be withhelded and paid in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. (E-commerce News)

10. JD.com has checked more than 3,400 landmark products in the industrial belt

According to reports on January 3, it is reported that recently, JD.com Fresh has focused on landmark products in the industrial belt and launched three major measures to conduct hierarchical inspections, and has comprehensively completed the rectification of goods for internal merchants and their 10 categories and more than 3,400 products sold. It is also planned to focus on 100 core products in the industrial belt in 2022 and establish a standardized commodity operation mechanism. At the same time, a total of 4,024 landmark products will be inspected based on the three-level category dimensions. (E-commerce News)