Evening News: Douyin E-commerce: This year, it aims to create 100 benchmark merchants for member operations; Koala Haigou launches odor customization services; JD Retail and Sinopharm International reach a strategic cooperation; InPost App users reach 9.3 million and become the second largest e-commerce app in Poland; Amazon will change the process of managing buyer order cancellation requests...
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1. JD Retail and Sinopharm International reach strategic cooperation
According to March 1, Sinopharm International and JD Retail recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement. At the same time, JD.com has reached a strategic cooperation with JD.com, a joint venture of French tourism retail company Lagdale, and China Overseas Personnel Services Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Sinopharm Group. The two sides will use each other's advantageous resources to strengthen cooperation in areas such as off-island duty-free, online and offline duty-free and cross-border e-commerce, promote the digital transformation of traditional duty-free businesses, and create a new channel for more convenient and reliable duty-free shopping for consumers. (E-commerce News)
2. Douyin e-commerce: This year's goal is to create 100 benchmark merchants for member operations
According to March 1, Douyin E-commerce recently stated that its goal in 2022 is to create 100 benchmark merchants for member operations, help merchants to recruit more than 1,000 members per day, and member GMV accounts for more than 20%; support 1,000 active merchants for member operations, help merchants to recruit more than 100 members per day, and member GMV accounts for more than 10%; train 10,000 entry-level merchants for member operations, help merchants to recruit more than 10 members per day, and member GMV accounts for more than 5%. (E-commerce News)
3. Koala Haigou launches odor customization service
On March 1, Koala Haigou recently launched a scent customization service and launched a koala aromatherapy hall, which collected strange fragrances across the network. The five most popular scents among netizens are spring tea, coriander, celery, lychee and earthy flavors. Among them, the most popular spring tea fragrance has been made into 50,000 pieces of fragrant slices and stuffed into a koala sea purchase package to deliver to your door. It is understood that in recent years, the "smell economy" has grown rapidly, and home fragrance has become a new trend worth more than 400 billion yuan worldwide, and the demand for niche and customized aromatherapy is also increasing. Koala Haigou data shows that the sales of aromatherapy products in 2021 increased by 130% year-on-year compared with 2020. (E-commerce News)
4. Kuaishou e-commerce’s new agricultural supplies green planting industry publicity standards will take effect on March 8
On March 1, Kuaishou E-commerce issued a new announcement on the "Agricultural Indications Green Planting Industry Promotion Standards", which will take effect on March 8, 2022. When promoting veterinary drugs, seedlings, fertilizers, feed and other products, involving patents, qualifications, franchise, quality inspection reports, etc., it is necessary to ensure that the product details page has relevant certificate information and the information is consistent, and it must not be described beyond the scope. (E-commerce News)
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5. Meituan launches 2022 spring campus recruitment and is expected to issue more than 10,000 recruitment notices
According to March 1, Meituan recently announced the official launch of spring campus recruitment, and is expected to issue more than 10,000 employment notices to provide more employment opportunities for college students. It is understood that Meituan's recruitment positions cover seven types: technology, retail, products, operations, design, marketing functions, sales, etc., and its work locations cover dozens of cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Yangzhou, Shijiazhuang, etc. Meituan will provide internship positions for the 2023 students to be promoted to full-time students, and also provide supplementary positions for the 2022 fresh graduates. (E-commerce News)
6. JD Logistics will hold a board meeting on March 10 to approve annual results
According to the financial report previously released by JD Logistics, in the third quarter of 2021, JD Logistics' revenue was 25.75 billion yuan, an increase of 43.37% from 17.96 billion yuan in the same period last year; the operating loss was 727 million yuan, and the operating profit in the same period last year was 83.55 million yuan. As of September 30, 2021, JD Logistics operated about 1,300 warehouses, and since the end of the third quarter of last year, about 500 new warehouses have been added in one year. The total storage area includes the cloud warehouse area managed by JD Logistics exceeds 23 million square meters. (E-commerce News)
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7. The number of InPost App users reaches 9.3 million, it becomes Poland's second largest e-commerce app
On March 1, Polish express giant InPost said that the number of InPost Mobile app users has reached 9.3 million, making it the second largest e-commerce application in Poland. It is reported that the number of people using the app accounts for 24% of Poland's total population. The app allows users to ship and pick up goods from the parcel pickup cabinet site. In addition, it also provides services such as fast returns, extended pickup periods, etc. In 2021, InPost processed nearly 518 million parcels in Poland, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Benelux and Iberia. (E-commerce News)
8. WeMall ShopExpress Cross-border E-commerce National Investment Association was held in Guangzhou
March 1st news, on February 28th, the 2022 WeMall ShopExpress Cross-border E-commerce National Investment Promotion Conference ended in Guangzhou. The event is themed "Cross-border overseas, sail together", focusing on the development of the trillion-dollar blue ocean market of cross-border independent stations and exploring the growth path of independent station channel cooperation. According to relevant institutions, the global decentralized e-commerce market size with independent sites as the main body will reach US$557.9 billion in 2025. In 2022, in order to further help Chinese merchants build global brands and share opportunities in the era, WeMall ShopExpress launches the "Stay Sailing" plan to recruit global partners and launches six major support systems to empower channel growth. (E-commerce News)
9. Ministry of Commerce: Build and improve overseas warehouse network and promote the construction of overseas smart logistics platforms
On March 1, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said at the press conference of the State Information Office that the Ministry of Commerce will increase efforts to support the development of overseas warehouses, build and improve overseas warehouse networks, promote the construction of overseas smart logistics platforms, cultivate a number of offshore trade center cities, develop and strengthen new foreign trade formats and models, and promote higher-level and higher-quality development of trade. We will also build a demonstration zone for innovative development of service trade, create a number of leading areas for digitalization of global trade, and develop green trade at the same time. (E-commerce News)
10. Amazon will make changes to the process of managing buyer order cancellation requests
March 1 news, on the morning of March 1, Beijing time, the US website announced that starting from April 27, 2022, Amazon will make changes to the process of managing buyer order cancellation requests to make it simpler and more efficient. In the future, for sellers using Seller Center, the order cancellation request initiated by the buyer will appear in the banner on the Manage Orders page.
Notifications will no longer be sent through Buyer-Seller Messages. Cancellation requests can be seen in the order report. The seller must enable the Buyer-Requested Cancel field to view. Changes to sellers using the API to handle buyer initiated order cancel requests: Sellers can view buyer cancel requests through their own system using the List Order Items API.
Sellers can continue to cancel orders using any process currently used, either through the API feed on SellerCentral, or upload via files. It is understood that in the future, sellers can still use the information tools of both buyers and sellers to contact customers. If a customer requests cancellation of an order through this tool, the platform advises the seller to instruct them to cancel the order on the "Your Order" page. (Seller's Home Morning News)
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