Evening information: Tmall adjusts the assessment standards for the new retail workbench operation in the home improvement industry to take effect in April; Kuaishou E-commerce releases allergy package refund service instructions to support refunds or return refunds; Taobao launches the "Selected Source" service; Amazon will establish multiple data centers in the Asia-Pacific region; Cainiao launches overseas warehouses in the United States and is expected to drop by 10%...
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1. Alibaba Auction launched digital collection store on the first screen of Taobao APP
It is reported that after users auction digital collections at Alibaba auction, they need to search for the "YiShufang" mini program on WeChat and register and log in to "YiShufang" to view the digital collections they have taken. Digital collections that meet the conditions can be transferred to WeChat real-name friends over 14 years old after 90 days of holding or after receiving the gift for two years. In response, Alibaba Auction’s official Weibo reposted this article and stated: What we are using is not a "large number of third-party public chains", but a professional alliance chain with formal supervision. (E-commerce News)
2. Tmall adjusts the assessment standards for new retail workbench operations in the home decoration industry to take effect in April
According to reports on March 25, Tmall platform issued an announcement today stating that it will adjust the relevant operational assessment standards for new retail workbenches in the home improvement industry. The change will take effect on April 1, 2022. After the change, in terms of the assessment targets, all enterprises that open new retail workbench services and bind specific stores in the home decoration industry of Tmall platform must participate in the assessment. In terms of assessment cycle, the fourth natural month after the user opens the new retail workbench service enters the assessment period, and the circular assessment is implemented based on the monthly cycle, that is, after one assessment cycle ends, the next assessment cycle will be automatically carried out. (E-commerce News)
3. Kuaishou E-commerce releases allergy package refund service instructions to support refund or return refund
According to March 25, Kuaishou E-commerce recently released a statement on the allergy package refund service, which will take effect for the first time on March 24, 2022. According to the service details, consumers can apply for a refund only or return refund on the order page for purchases of products containing the "Allergic Package Refund" service logo. The conditions for merchants to perform the "allergic refund" service include: consumers purchase products with the "allergic refund" service mark; the maximum amount of refund applied for by consumers is the actual paid price of the order; consumers must provide legal and valid relevant vouchers within the valid period, and the actual paid price of the product is within 200 yuan. (E-commerce News)
4. Taobao launches "Selected Sources" service
On March 25, recently, Taobao merchant business platform Qianniu has successively opened the "selected source of goods" service to small and medium-sized merchants for free. E-commerce novice merchants can find suppliers through this service and can place goods in their own stores with one click. In addition, the "Selected Source" service also provides promised source filtering functions such as "delivery within 48 hours, 7-day no-reason return, free credit, free shipping". At present, the service will be the first to open new merchants who have opened Taobao stores but have not yet launched products. (E-commerce News)
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5. National beauty brand Mistine completed a round A financing of over 200 million yuan
Currently, Mistine is the largest brand in major categories of sun protection and foundation on e-commerce platforms such as Tmall. According to official information, Mistine's small yellow hat sunscreen sold over 10 million on the entire network, and won the first place in the Tmall imported sunscreen hot selling list, purchase list, repurchase list, and positive review list during the "Double 11" period in 2021; Mistine Blue Shield Foundation won the first place in the Tmall Volkswagen Foundation list after its launch. (E-commerce News)
6. Meituan Takeout will take the lead in launching a special support plan for merchants in medium and high-risk areas of the epidemic
It is understood that the commissions exempted by the platform will be returned to the merchant’s Meituan account in cash in early April this year, and the statistics will be based on the actual paid transaction volume of catering merchants in March. In addition, Meituan Takeout will update the list of merchant assistance based on the latest announcements in medium and high-risk areas across the country. It is worth mentioning that this year, Meituan Takeout has provided 100,000 free "takeout butler service" quotas to small and medium-sized merchants in difficulty by expanding the scope of takeout butler services, helping merchants quickly improve their online operation capabilities. Up to now, 5,600 small and medium-sized merchants in 58 cities across the country have received "takeout butler service". (E-commerce News)
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7. Amazon will build multiple data centers in the Asia-Pacific region
March 25th news, according to foreign media reports, Amazon AWS recently announced that it will establish large-scale data centers in the Asia-Pacific region to strengthen data storage and processing capabilities. It is understood that the AWS region contains a set of data center facilities that provide customers with redundancy and flexibility. Building the infrastructure costs Amazon billions, and currently has eight AWS regions in the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, Australia, India and Hong Kong. Amazon is a market leader in the Asia-Pacific region, leading the way in all regions except Alibaba's leading China. (E-commerce News)
8. Wish and Shein are accused of unfair competition by Brazilian retail companies
On March 25, according to foreign media olhardigital, some Brazilian retail entrepreneurs jointly submitted a complaint against cross-border e-commerce platforms to the Minister of Economic Affairs and the President, demanding that new tax rules be implemented for these e-commerce companies. It is reported that due to Brazilian law, individuals do not need to pay taxes when the product is worth less than US$50. Local Brazilian companies say that in order to avoid taxes, sellers on some e-commerce platforms will lie about the value of the goods and mark goods worth more than US$50 below US$50 to evade taxes. (E-commerce News)
9. Cainiao launches overseas warehouses in the United States and is expected to drop by 10%.
According to March 25, on March 24, after trial operation, Cainiao's first batch of overseas warehouses serving cross-border exports were officially put into use. There are 3 warehouses with an available area of more than 100,000 square meters, located in California and New Jersey respectively. The warehouse is equipped with intelligent logistics equipment, which can provide integrated warehouse distribution services. Packages sent from overseas warehouses can be delivered within 3 working days at the fastest. The first batch of overseas warehouses are jointly operated by Cainiao and Disifang, and can provide warehouse distribution services for merchants on different export e-commerce platforms and independent website merchants. (E-commerce News)
10. Fujian Zhangzhou Development Zone launches cross-border e-commerce 9810 business
It is understood that in July 2020, the General Office of the Fujian Provincial Government issued the "Implementation Plan for China (Zhangzhou) Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone". Based on the actual and industrial development layout of Zhangzhou City, the plan will include Zhangzhou Development Zone in the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone and become the "one wing" in the "one core, two wings and multiple parks" plan. (E-commerce News)
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