#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter#[E-commerce Evening News on July 15]

Evening News: The national online retail sales in the first half of the year increased by 3.1% year-on-year; Dong Yuhui denied the title of "president-level anchor" and said that he was a small town test worker; the 1688 platform released a statement on the controversial shipping rules; foreign media said that Amazon began to reduce the number of its own brand products and even considered completely withdrawing from its own brand business; Shenzhou Youche was executed for more than 1.8 million yuan...

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1. Description of the rules for shipping disputes issued by 1688 platform

According to July 15, the 1688 platform recently issued an announcement stating that the freight disputes in the transaction shall be handled according to the principle of "who is at fault, who bears the responsibility"; the freight amount refers to the actual voucher principle, and the charging standards of the logistics company shall prevail if there is no voucher. (1688)

2. Xiaohongshu Inspiration Marketing and Eze Group signed a JBP in-depth cooperation agreement

According to July 15, on July 12, Mondez Group and Xiaohongshu Inspiration Marketing jointly signed a JBP in-depth cooperation agreement, stating that in the future, they will continue to deepen strategic cooperation in the direction of in-depth co-creation, exploration and innovation, scientific operation, and marketing ideas. Xiaohongshu said that now, the popularity of the Xiaohongshu food section is still rising, and it has become the third largest content category on Xiaohongshu's website. In the past year, the search trend of food content on Xiaohongshu's website has continued to rise, with a year-on-year increase of 76.8%. (Xiaohongshu Business News)

3. The final topic of Douyin Life Service "Heart-Hi-Hi Chongqing" project has been played more than 1.12 billion times

According to July 15, from June 6 to the present, Douyin Life Service has launched the "Heart Chongqing" urban marketing project. As the first city site to participate in the entire city, Chongqing will connect with the Jiangbei District People's Government, Chongqing Daily News Group, as well as Chongqing Life Services' industry more than 3,000 merchants, cross-border consumer brands, KOLs and media in various industries to create a series of urban consumption festivals that last for a month. Douyin data shows that as of July 12, the #快新有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有� During the event, Juliang Engine City Research Institute released the data report "Digital Exploration of the Better Life in Chongqing". The report shows that Chongqing’s “hot pot” category merchants account for the highest proportion on Douyin. (TikTok Life Service Business Observation)

4. In the first half of the year, the national online retail sales increased by 630.07 billion yuan year-on-year.

According to July 15, the National Bureau of Statistics released data today: In the first half of the year, the national online retail sales were 630.07 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%. Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods was 544.93 billion yuan, an increase of 5.6%, accounting for 25.9% of the total retail sales of consumer goods; among the online retail sales of physical goods, food, clothing and use goods increased by 15.7%, 2.4% and 5.1% respectively. By consumption type, in June, commodity retail sales were 3497.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%; catering revenue was 376.6 billion yuan, a decrease of 4.0%. In the first half of the year, commodity retail sales reached 190392 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.1%; catering revenue was 2004 billion yuan, a decrease of 7.7%. (National Bureau of Statistics)

Internet news

5. WeChat is internally testing the shared memory function of Moments.com has added the "Who to Be with" option

According to July 15, it is reported that WeChat is internally testing the common memory function in Moments. Some users have a new option appearing above the "Who Can See" option when publishing their Moments page, and they can choose "Who With". After posting updates through this function, WeChat will remind you of your friends you choose. This content will also be saved in "Common Memories" in the upper right corner of your Moments Album.

Previously, WeChat also tested the "upper limit for sending chat pictures 99 photos", and some users can send a large number of photos at one time. The number of photos displayed on the same device, the same WeChat App, and different accounts have different upper limits. (Tech Planet)

6. Dong Yuhui denied the title of "President-level anchor" and said that he was a small town questioner

On July 15th, on July 14th, in the Oriental Selection Live Broadcast Room, Dong Yuhui responded to the "President-level anchor" saying: This is purely a "rumor". Teacher Sun worked hard on live broadcasting on the book account, but found that he could not sell the books anymore, so he took the initiative to adjust his live broadcast strategy and began to "blame" me wildly. It is understood that Dongfang Selection CEO Sun Dongxu previously stated in the Dongfang Selection live broadcast room that Dong Yuhui is the president-level anchor, and now he arranges tasks for me, and I received the reply. (Whale Video v)

7. Anhui Province’s express delivery business volume in the first half of the year was 1561.9093 million pieces, and its business revenue was 10.876 billion yuan.

According to July 15, the Anhui Provincial Postal Administration recently announced the operation of the postal industry in June 2022. Data shows that in the first half of the year, Anhui Province's express delivery business volume reached 1561.9093 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 13.66%; business revenue reached 10.876 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.98%. In terms of business segments, in the first half of the year, Anhui Province's total business volume reached 142.2316 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 0.81%; off-site business volume reached 1416.2079 million units, a year-on-year increase of 15.53%; international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan business volume reached 3.4698 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 29.95%. (Anhui Postal Administration)

8. Shenzhou Youche was executed for more than 1.8 million yuan

According to the news on July 15, Tianyancha App showed that recently, Shenzhou Youche Co., Ltd. added a new information of the person subject to execution, with the execution target of more than 1.8 million yuan. The execution court is the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, with case number Jing01 Execution No. 673. As of now, the company has accumulated more than 1.08 billion yuan in execution. Shenzhou Youche Co., Ltd. was established on June 27, 2002 with a registered capital of RMB 2685.716169 million, and the legal representative is Lu Zhengyao. The business scope includes online taxi booking; car rental, purchasing rental vehicles from home and abroad, and processing of residual value of rental vehicles, etc. (Tianyan Check)

Cross-border newsletter

9. Foreign media said Amazon has begun to reduce the number of private brand products and even considers completely withdrawing from its private brand business.

On July 15, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter as saying that Amazon has begun to reduce the number of products on its own brand due to weak sales. Amazon's decision to reduce its private label was partly due to the disappointing sales of many products, people familiar with the matter said. As of 2020, Amazon's 45 private brands had a total of 243,000 products, which have been controversial because of competition among other sellers on the same platform. It is understood that in May this year, Amazon began displaying its own brands in search results, marking them with "Amazon Brand" or "Amazon Exclusive" badges. (Nasdaq)

10. *ST Cross-border: Estimated net profit of RMB 7 million to RMB 10 million in the first half of 2022

The company expects that the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies from January 1 to June 30 will be RMB 7 million to RMB 10 million, a decrease of 98.75% to 98.22% over the same period last year; a net loss of RMB 4 million to RMB 7 million after deducting non-recurring gains and losses; basic earnings per share will be RMB 0.0045 to RMB 0.0064. Regarding the main reasons for the 2022 semi-annual report and the performance changes in the same period last year, *ST Cross-border said that, first, the change in the scope of the merger, Shenzhen Global Easygou E-Commerce Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Qianhai Patuxun Network Technology Co., Ltd. will no longer be included in the scope of the company's merger this period. Second, the sale of Patoson in the same period last year confirmed an increase in the company's total profits of approximately RMB 757 million. (Shenzhen Stock Exchange)