#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter#[E-commerce Evening News on June 17]

Evening information: 1688 platform adjusts privacy policy; Taobao Live 618 "Live New Wave" event has exceeded 110 million viewed; Douyin e-commerce updates regional delivery and services affected by the epidemic; SensorTower: Douyin and TikTok have won the global mobile application (non-game) download list for the first time in May 2022; Amazon plans to open businesses in 5 new countries covering Africa, South America and Europe...

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E-commerce newsletter

1. 1688 platform adjusts privacy policy

According to June 17, a few days ago, the 1688 platform issued an announcement on the adjustment of the "Alibaba Privacy Policy". The announcement shows that after the third-party SDK collection and usage information changes, Alipay SDK will add ICCID collection, and Gaode SDK and Alipay will add bssid collection. It is worth noting that on the same day, the 1688 platform also issued a notice on unbinding the enterprise official website domain name. Starting from January 1, 2021, "Enterprise official website technical services" will no longer be provided. 1688 will unbind stores that did not perform website domain name unbinding operations in the early stage on June 30, 2022. (E-commerce News)

2. Douyin e-commerce updates shipping and services in areas affected by the epidemic

June 17th news, today, Douyin e-commerce released an announcement on the adjustment of shipping and service in areas affected by the epidemic - Updated 6.17. The announcement stated that recently, the country has suffered a new round of challenges from the epidemic, and logistics in some areas has been restricted, and the production and operation of merchants has been affected to varying degrees. In this regard, the platform adjusted the assessment indicators such as shipment and service, opened a two-way channel for platform proactive exemption and merchant reporting exemption, and set up an exclusive logistics complaint channel. Specifically, the shipping time limit in areas affected by the epidemic will be dynamically adjusted according to the epidemic situation, and the adjustment areas will be determined based on the current epidemic situation. (E-commerce News)

3. The last category date of Kuaishou 616 Real Shopping Festival was postponed to June 19

It is understood that since the Kuaishou 616 Real Shopping Festival was officially launched on May 20, it has relied on the support of resources such as 10 billion traffic and 2 billion user rights subsidies provided by Kuaishou, which has helped brands, fast brands and other merchants to double the GMV growth. According to statistics, the GMV of brand merchants increased by 592% year-on-year in the first three days of the Kuaishou 616 promotion alone. Among them, the beauty industry hit its peak GMV since 2021 on May 20. (E-commerce News)

4. Taobao Live 618 "Live New Wave" event has exceeded 110 million viewed

According to the news on June 17, according to the "Taobao Live", this year, Taobao Live launched the "Live Broadcast New Wave" of live content trend IP and launched a series of activities. In addition to online promotion, Taobao Live also put the short video on the surface of well-known business districts, achieving a cumulative exposure of 10 million people. In addition, Taobao Live also launched the "Sustainable Beauty" fashion forum with BEAUTYINC Beauty Observation, a subsidiary of Woman's Wear Daily, a century-old international magazine, with more than 100,000 viewers and more than 100,000 followers. (E-commerce News)

Internet news

5. SensorTower: Douyin and TikTok ranked first in the global mobile application (non-game) download list in May 2022

On June 17, according to SensorTower's official WeChat account, Sensor Tower store intelligence data shows that in May 2022, TikTok and its overseas version of TikTok ranked first in the global mobile application download list with more than 64 million downloads, a decrease of 19.4% from May 2021. Among them, TikTok's download volume accounts for 16.6%, and TikTok's Indonesian market accounts for 9.2%. The data also shows that Instagram ranked second with more than 57 million downloads, an increase of 17.6% from May last year. It is worth noting that the other three apps ranked in the top five are Facebook, WhatsApp and Snapchat. (E-commerce News)

6. Ctrip: The popularity of tourism products on Father's Day has increased by 50% recently

According to Pincheng Travel, today, Ctrip released Father's Day travel big data: the post-80s generation has the most "dads" and the long-distance orders for fathers to take care of their children are 43% more than mothers. Recently, the popularity of "Father's Day" tourism products has increased by 50%. At the same time, Ctrip stores ushered in a "child-accompanying boom", and the number of orders for the elderly's private group has increased by nearly triple. In addition, Ctrip data also shows that among parent-child travel orders in the first half of this year, the proportion of male bookers exceeded 40%. (E-commerce News)

Cross-border newsletter

7. Cainiao will build two digital express distribution centers in Pakistan

According to reports on June 17, Cainiao will build two digital express distribution centers for South Asian e-commerce platform Daraz at the end of September this year in Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan. After the completion of this project, it will become one of the smartest express infrastructure in the local area and even in South Asia. It is worth noting that Cainiao has built hundreds of automated distribution centers of different sizes in the country. Overseas, Cainiao has also built nine self-operated national distribution centers in Europe, Asia, America and other places, and the Pakistan project is its first deeply integrated distribution project in South Asia. (E-commerce News)

8. Amazon plans to open business in 5 new countries covering Africa, South America and Europe

According to foreign media reports, Amazon plans to launch online markets in five new countries by early next year, although the company is shrinking some of its retail operations in the United States. Specifically, these five new countries are Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Nigeria and South Africa. It is worth noting that Amazon's Prime membership program is expected to be launched in Belgium, and other countries will also get the program soon after it launches. (E-commerce News)

9. Dunhuang Online E-Yibao Guangzhou (P+T)-LD Channel

According to June 17, Dunhuang.com recently issued a notice on the launch of E-Yabao Guangzhou-LD. The announcement shows that E-Jiebao Guangzhou (P+T)-LD channel reference transportation time limit (natural day) is 10-60 days, the weight limit of the UK and Israel is 0-5kg, Russia is 0-3kg, and the weight limit of the other countries is 0-2kg. In terms of cargo delivery attributes, items prohibited from being shipped: all batteries, electrically-containing products, liquid powder and other items prohibited from transporting airlines. It is strictly prohibited to mail items that violate Chinese laws, the International Air Transport Association's ban on mailing items and local laws. In terms of compensation instructions, if the goods are lost after being stored in the warehouse or deducted by domestic customs, the freight fee + compensation of 40 yuan/kg will be refunded. (E-commerce News)

10. YTO Express International: The subsidiary plans to sell 50% of its international freight forwarding subsidiary for HK$44.3252 million

June 17th news, last night, YTO Express International issued an announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange stating that the company's indirect wholly-owned subsidiary Jumbo Channel Limited entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Uniserve Holdings Limited and OTX Logistics Holland. Accordingly, Uniserve has agreed to acquire 50% of all issued shares of OTX Logistics Holland from Jumbo Channel, with a cost of approximately HK$44.3252 million. The announcement also shows that upon completion, Jumbo Channel will hold 50% of all issued shares of OTX Logistics Holland, and OTX Logistics Holland will no longer be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and its financial statements will no longer be incorporated into the Company's financial statements. (E-commerce News)