Laogao E-commerce Newsletter on August 31

　　#老高电商报# 【8月31日电商晚报简讯】1、2017淘宝嘉年华海选正式开启！2、顾客花7万买到冒牌家具 长沙红星美凯龙陷“假货门”；3、聚美优品股东炮轰陈欧、沈南鹏：22个月不交流 ；4、京东之家体验店推出“刷脸支付”测试；5、在港首推包邮入户 天猫超市引领香港进入“宅配免运费”时代。

　　1. The 2017 Taobao Carnival auditions are officially launched!

　　On August 31, Double 11 is not only a carnival for Tmall merchants, but Taobao customized Taobao Carnival events for market merchants on Double 11. It will make efforts on the PC and wireless terminals at the same time, and work with sellers to create a shopping carnival for consumers. E-commerce has compiled the registration entrances and precautions for this Taobao Carnival event for everyone. Taobao merchants should hurry up and sign up! Registration link: https://www.wjx.top/jq/16248598.aspx (Source: Tianxia Online Business)

　　Comment: Taobao sellers follow up and register.

　　2. Customers spent 70,000 to buy fake furniture Changsha Red Star Macalline fell into the "fake door"

　　On August 31, "I really can't believe it. I spent 70,000 yuan to buy custom furniture in Red Star Macalline Shopping Mall, but when the goods arrived home, they were all 'fake'." With the payment receipt from Red Star Macalline Yuelu Mall and the Kanoya custom home order contract, Mr. Liu, a citizen of Changsha, was very angry and did not have the joy of decorating the new house at all. (Source: Sina Finance)

　　Comment: Just be happy. After all, I bought it at Red Star Macalline. I will pay double compensation and sue him in court.

　　3、聚美优品股东炮轰陈欧、沈南鹏：22个月不交流

　　According to August 31, Jumei has been suspending meaningful shareholder exchanges for 22 months. During the 18-month stock price disaster during Chairman Chen's reign, Jumi's market value has lost US$397 million. And he invested randomly with money, investing in TV series production for $14.3 million. 44.8 million yuan of investment in shared power banks, and the core business has made no progress. (Source: Something about the Internet)

　　Comment: The rear must be stable.

　　4. JD Home Experience Store launches "face-scanning payment" test

　　According to August 31, at the retail innovation conference, JD.com officially launched an offline JD.com experience store to the public at the retail innovation conference, and stated that it will empower its own technology accumulation, big data resources, etc. offline as soon as possible to promote changes in the retail industry. Recently, some netizens visited JD Home and found that the "face-scanning payment" function has been launched in the experience store, and netizens said, "I can finally make a living by relying on my face." It is understood that JD Payment has successfully applied the industry's popular facial recognition technology to the offline payment process. JD Home's "face-scanning payment" function can accurately, quickly and friendlyly obtain user facial information, and a single transaction can be controlled to complete payment in about 2 seconds. (Source: TechWeb.com.cn)

　　Comment: Offline mobile payment is very convenient now. People don’t like to bring their wallets when they go out, and it is very likely that they will upgrade to the era of “face-scanning payment” in the future.

　　5. The first free shipping Tmall supermarket in Hong Kong leads Hong Kong into the era of "free shipping for home delivery"

　　According to reports on August 31, Lin Quan, the head of Tmall Supermarket in Hong Kong, introduced that from September 1, Tmall Supermarket will launch free shipping services in Hong Kong, with the free shipping threshold of RMB 249. Tmall supermarkets will also lower the threshold for free shipping by pickup, from the previous 299 yuan to 199 yuan. "Because Hong Kong's labor costs are relatively high, online shopping in Hong Kong was mainly self-pickup, and users were also accustomed to this kind of shopping method. However, during this year's '6.18' period, we tried free shipping at home delivery. The free shipping threshold was 359 yuan at that time. I found that users were very welcome to such services. The order volume of orders in the Tmall Supermarket in Hong Kong increased by 50 times." (Source: Tianxia Online Merchants)

　　Comment: Good service is the best competitiveness.

　　6. WeChat responds to "send original image to leak privacy": geographical location information leakage has nothing to do with WeChat

　　At noon news on August 31, recently, according to CCTV News client, selecting "original picture" when sending photos on WeChat will expose personal location information, and it will still be displayed after processing by the photo editing software. WeChat responded that nowadays, any photo taken by a smartphone contains Exif parameters, which can call GPS global positioning system data to record location, time and other information in the photos. This is true whether using WeChat, SMS, email, or other transmission tools. (Source: Sina Technology)

　　Comment: Solving problems is the most important thing.

　　7. African countries with offline access to Alipay: 10,000 merchants in South Africa connect to Alipay

　　On August 30, local time, Ant Financial announced in South Africa that its Alipay business has connected to 10,000 merchants in South Africa to provide payment services to Chinese Alipay customers traveling to South Africa. South Africa has thus become a country in Africa that connects China's mobile payment methods offline. It is understood that Alipay's access to South African merchants was achieved through partner payment company Zapper. Zapper is the most popular payment method in South Africa and Alipay’s first partner in Europe. (Source: E-commerce Online)

　　Comment: Alipay’s world is amazing.

　　8. Alibaba Pictures ranked first in the first half of the year with revenue of 1.062 billion Taopiaopiao

　　On August 31, Alibaba Pictures released its 2017 interim performance report. The report showed that Alibaba Pictures' revenue increased by 313% compared with the same period last year, reaching 1.062 billion yuan. In the first half of 2017, Alibaba Pictures' three businesses, including Internet promotion and distribution, content production and comprehensive development, achieved strong growth, especially the Internet promotion and distribution business, which became the main driving force for the increase in revenue. (Source: Lianshang.com)

　　Comment: Further strengthen the synergy with Alibaba Entertainment and move towards a new stage of development.

　　9. Meituan responds to lawyer's report: It has been integrated with Qiandaibao

　　On August 31, @Beijing Yuren Law Firm, a real-name certified Weibo, posted on Weibo that it had reported to the China Payment and Clearing Association in real name, and Meituan's "collecting and payment" business was suspected of illegal operation without a license. It is understood that the official website of the China Payment and Clearing Association shows that the report has been accepted and is under investigation according to procedures. In response, Meituan's official response stated that the company had completed the full acquisition of the third-party payment company Qiandaibao in September 2016, and followed the principle of legal and compliant operation, and was committed to building a more standardized system. At present, the company has completed the system integration with Qiandaibao and is willing to work with the industry to jointly promote the more standardized, transparent and healthy development of the payment industry. (Source: Tencent Technology)

　　Comment: Usually, after a company completes the acquisition of another company's payment license, it needs to go through a period of system channel integration, which is also a common phenomenon in the industry.

　　10. Ctrip executives: Overseas expansion strategy is being launched as planned

　　Ctrip (Nasdaq:CTRP) today released its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017. According to the financial report, Ctrip's net revenue in the second quarter was RMB 6.4 billion (approximately US$946 million), a year-on-year increase of 45%; net profit attributable to the company's shareholders was RMB 327 million (approximately US$48 million), compared with the net loss attributable to the company's shareholders in the same period last year of 521 million, turning losses into profits year-on-year. (Source: Internet)

　　Comment: Follow.

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