Morning news: Alibaba International Station launches funding service Alibaba.com Pay; Kuaishou Traffic Strategy Guide: It is expected that the media information industry will have a relatively abundant traffic this May Day this year; Douyin e-commerce’s “Jewelry Industry Service Provider Comprehensive Service Capability List” was released in March; Shopee Colombia site adjusts SLS-Estandar Rapido (standard channel) freight rates; JD International’s cross-border B2B platform is launched...
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1. Alibaba International Station launches funding service Alibaba.com Pay
April 28th news, recently, Alibaba International Station officially launched the funding service "Alibaba.com Pay", mainly serving B-end small and medium-sized merchants engaged in cross-border foreign trade business, aiming to build it into a world-leading B-end cross-border funding solution. It is reported that this service has been fully opened, and non-time member users of Alibaba International Station can also register and use it quickly with one click. In addition, Alibaba ACP has chosen to cooperate with many well-known domestic and foreign financial institutions such as CITIC Bank to ensure the security of cross-border funds transactions. (E-commerce News)
2. Douyin e-commerce’s “Jewelry Industry Service Provider Comprehensive Service Capabilities List” released in March
According to April 28, recently, the Douyin e-commerce jewelry industry released the "Jewelry Industry Service Provider Comprehensive Service Capacity List" in March, among which Sihui Jewelry Base ranked first. (E-commerce News)
3. Gome may reach strategic cooperation with Tencent
According to reports on April 28, Gome Retail and Tencent are reported to discuss cooperation at the strategic level, and Tencent may promote Gome Retail to accelerate its transformation and development through its positioning of "digital assistant". Some industry insiders analyzed that after Tencent cooperates with Gome, it may provide more digital capabilities for Gome’s online shopping platform Zhenkangle APP, and Tencent can also use this to occupy a place in the entertainment retail landscape. In addition, in addition to the entertainment retail field, Tencent and Gome's collaboration in other aspects of retail may open up new imagination space. (E-commerce News)
4. Huinong.com: The platform's melon search popularity grew at the fastest rate in the 16th week.
Judging from the month-on-month increase, the market attention of the top 15 agricultural product categories in the 16th week has risen and fallen. The search popularity of seven categories, including crayfish, watermelon, eggs, fresh corn, beef, melon and rice, has increased, and the search popularity of eight categories, including live chicken, fish fry, chicken, live sheep, pepper, live beef, citrus and apple, has declined month-on-month. The market popularity of seasonal fruit melons has risen rapidly, with an increase of 43%; citrus has basically been out of the market, with a sharp decline in market popularity, with a decrease of 29%. (E-commerce News)
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5. Kuaishou Traffic Strategy Guide: It is expected that the media information industry will have a relatively abundant traffic this May Day this year
Referring to the recent traffic trends of May Day and this year, it is expected that the traffic during this year's May Day holiday will rise slightly from the day before the festival. The traffic during the five-day holiday is generally abundant, with the peak being the second day of the holiday and the last day falling to the weekday weekend level; it is expected that the May Day holiday will increase by about 10% compared with weekday weekends, and an increase of about 20%-25% compared with weekdays. The traffic volume is relatively abundant during the May Day holiday. It is estimated that it will be a trough at around 3 am on May 1, and it will start to rise from around 5 am, and the traffic volume will be relatively stable from 8 to 18 am; it will continue to rise from 18 am, and the wave peak will appear around 21 am at night. (E-commerce News)
6. Liepin Report: ByteDance has become the Internet manufacturer with the most talent delivery in March and April
On April 28, Liepin released the "2022 Gold, Three, Silver and Four Internet manufacturers Attractive Insights". Data shows that under the current employment environment, salary cuts and job jumps have become the choice of some Internet talents. At the same time, "changing careers" has also become a major flow trend for talents resigning from major Internet companies, turning to high-tech companies or unicorn companies in segmented fields. Compared with March and April last year, the number of talents who intend to switch from Internet companies to energy, chemical, machinery manufacturing, pharmaceutical and medical care, and transportation trade increased sharply this year, with a year-on-year increase of 69.62%, 64.88%, 63.62%, and 61.55%. (E-commerce News)
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7. Amazon's net sales in the first quarter increased by 7% year-on-year
According to foreign media reports, on Thursday local time, Amazon released its first quarter financial report for the 2022 fiscal year. The financial report showed that Amazon's net sales in the first quarter were US$116.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 7%. If the impact of exchange rate changes is not taken into account, it will be a year-on-year increase of 9%. But the company also reported a net loss of $3.8 billion in the first quarter, compared with a net profit of $8.1 billion in the first quarter of last year. This is due to a loss of $7.6 billion in investment in electric vehicle company Rivian Automotive Inc. (E-commerce News)
8. Shopee Colombia site adjusts SLS-Estandar Rapido (standard channel) shipping fee
On April 28, Shopee Colombia site recently issued a notice on the adjustment of the SLS-Estandar Rapido freight partition. In order to provide better logistics services and optimize regional freight, the Shopee Colombia site SLS-Estandar Rapido will divide the four service areas of ZoneA, ZoneB, ZoneC and ZoneD at 13:00 on May 1, 2022. It is understood that this freight zoning adjustment does not involve changes in seller's collection price. The complete rate table and price hiding tool can be viewed through the company's WeChat login to the "Shopee Price and Shipping Calculation Tool". (E-commerce News)
9. JD International’s cross-border B2B platform is launched
April 28th news, today, JD International’s cross-border B2B platform was launched. It is understood that the platform is committed to establishing a multi-region, multi-channel, multi-category, and multi-scene cross-border spot commodity pool, creating a spot trading platform that connects Chinese sources of goods and overseas small and medium-sized merchants with supply chain services, covering multiple business scenarios, and providing multi-scene cross-border fulfillment services for e-commerce third-party sellers, offline small and medium-sized B sellers, DTC independent site sellers, etc. Those who have a legal business license in China, have cross-border attribute optimization, and domestic spot merchants can be given priority to settle in. (E-commerce News)
10. Alibaba Group plans to expand Lazada business to Europe
It is understood that Alibaba has entered the European market through its global e-commerce platform AliExpress, which mainly targets consumers who want to buy Chinese manufacturers' products, such as smartphone accessories and clothing. Lazada aims to be a local European supplier, while AliExpress will continue to focus on cross-border sales from China. People familiar with the matter did not specify which European countries Lazada intends to expand its business, and they said the details are being finalized. Ali and Lazada have not commented on this. (E-commerce News)
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