#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Evening News on March 28]

Evening information: 1688 adjusts official direct delivery service fee; JD Home will soon start the 2022 Spring Home Decoration Festival; Douyin e-commerce Huangshan Tea Merchants Exchange Conference will be held on March 30; the number of AliExpress Spanish sellers in 2021 increased by more than 35%; Amazon European Station will increase FBA fees on March 31...

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1. Adjust the official direct delivery service fee for 1688

According to March 28, the 1688 platform issued an announcement today stating that due to the impact of the epidemic and market fluctuations, the 1688 platform will adjust the service fees for official direct delivery orders issued by 10 provinces and cities from 00:00 on April 1, 2022 Beijing time. Taking into account the interests of the majority of merchants, the 1688 platform is urgently discussing with logistics service providers to obtain better prices. The final price change plan is expected to be announced to the outside world in the past few days, please pay attention to it at that time. (E-commerce News)

2. Douyin e-commerce Huangshan tea merchant exchange meeting will be held on March 30

On March 28, according to the "Huangshan Release", on March 30, the Millennium Spring Tea Flavor - Tea Industry Exchange Conference hosted by Douyin e-commerce, co-organized by Huangshan Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, Huangshan Tea Industry Promotion Center, and Huangshan Agricultural Enterprise Federation, and hosted by Huangshan Cloud Upstream New Media Co., Ltd., will kick off in Huangshan. (E-commerce News)

3. JD Home will soon start the 2022 Spring Home Decoration Festival

According to March 28, the 2022 JD Home Spring Home Decoration Festival will start at 8 pm on March 28 and will last until May 1. During the Spring Home Decoration Festival, JD Home has comprehensively upgraded its "worry-saving decoration" service. Based on AR display, delivery and disassembly of old, 30-day insurance and other services, it launched a new "first claim settlement" service, including "180-day replacement", "damage insurance" and "product liability insurance". At present, the "first claim settlement" service has involved more than 2,000 brands, covering more than 8 million products in categories such as sofas, mattresses, smart toilets, electronic locks, paints and coatings, ensuring that the region covers mainland Chinese cities. (E-commerce News)

4. TikTok E-commerce Learning Center recruits certified lecturers

According to March 28, recently, Douyin E-commerce released the recruitment information for the 2022 Douyin E-commerce Learning Center Certified Instructors. According to reports, the Douyin E-commerce Learning Center is committed to providing training for e-commerce merchants and Douyin experts in live broadcast room operation, content marketing, traffic acquisition, store operation, etc. With professional and systematic courses, we will help merchants/experts/institutions/service providers grow together with Douyin e-commerce in all aspects. It is understood that this time, Douyin e-commerce recruits 5-10 lecturers for short videos, 5-10 lecturers for brand marketing, 2-5 lecturers for live broadcasts, and 2-5 lecturers for traffic. (E-commerce News)

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5. Qunar.com: Local tours account for more than 60% of the Qingming Festival holiday in 2022

During the Qingming Festival in 2022, the booking volume of rural hotels and homestays in some cities increased by about twice the same period last year, and the average booking price was only half of this year's Spring Festival. Qunar big data shows that as of today, the proportion of tourists booking for travel in the railway province has reached 75%, an increase of more than 20% compared with the same period in 2021. Guangzhou South is the railway station with the most tourists sent by Qingming. Judging from the current hotel booking volume, the most popular cities during the Qingming Festival are Chengdu, Guangzhou, Beijing, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Changsha, Kunming, Haikou, Guiyang and Sanya. (E-commerce News)

6. It is rumored online that Shihuituan completely shut down Hunan's business and finally lost its position

According to a report on March 28, according to Link Insight, it learned from multiple independent sources that Shihuituan has completely shut down its Hunan business since mid-to-late February 2022. This means that Shihuituan has lost its last position to hold its ground. Many suppliers reported that they have not received the payment or deposit due to Shihuituan. In addition, an insider close to Shihuituan's management told Lianwei Insight that a brand called "Super and Nearly 24-hour Self-service Supermarket" recently appeared in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It was founded by the family of a co-founder of Shihuituan, and the shopping box used by the supermarket brand is a box marked "Shihuituan". (E-commerce News)

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7. The number of AliExpress Spanish sellers increased by more than 35% in 2021

According to the latest data from AliExpress, the number of Spanish sellers on AliExpress platform increased by more than 35% in 2021. Up to now, more than 11,000 Spanish companies have established businesses on AliExpress, most of which are small and medium-sized enterprises. With the significant increase in the number of Spanish sellers in AliExpress, the total growth rate of goods sold by Spanish sellers in 2021 exceeded 200%. Among them, the GMV growth rate of the multiple categories with the fastest sales growth reached more than 300%, namely weddings and events, men's fashion, underwear, uniforms and work clothes, dance clothes and accessories. (E-commerce News)

8. WeMall ShopExpress launches "Topship" to manage multi-channel logistics orders

Sellers who have registered a relevant logistics channel account only need to select the corresponding service provider in the logistics service in the "Topship" system backend, fill in the relevant information to enable authorization, and can synchronize the original logistics channel account information with one click. While continuing to enjoy the benefits of the original account, they can also use "Topship" to realize logistics management. At present, the "Topship" system background has been connected to CNE Diyi Logistics and Yuntu Logistics. In the future, more logistics service providers will be included in the ecological cooperation map. (E-commerce News)

9. Wish appoints Todd Li, the new general manager of China

March 28th news, ContextLogic, a parent company of the mobile e-commerce platform Wish, recently announced that it has appointed Todd Li as the general manager of Wish China, and is fully responsible for Wish China investment promotion, operation and market development strategies. Todd Li reported to Wish Chief Financial Officer Vivian Liu that the personnel appointment took effect on the same day. Todd will cooperate with Wish's global executive team to promote transformation strategic planning and strive to deepen long-term and sustainable cooperative relationships with Chinese merchants. As the general manager of China, he will focus on improving the organizational efficiency of Wish's China business. Prior to joining Wish, Todd served as General Manager of Shopify's China Commodity Procurement, leading and coordinating multinational team business in China, Europe and North America. (E-commerce News)

10. Amazon Europe will increase FBA fees on March 31

On March 28, Amazon Europe website issued an announcement stating that the change in Amazon FBA fees will take effect on March 31, 2022. Amazon said the change will apply to items delivered in Europe or through the Pan-European FBA or the European delivery network. Amazon Europe will continue to use unit weight to determine the weight rating of envelopes, parcels and special large items. (E-commerce News)