#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter#[E-commerce Evening News on July 26]

Evening News: Alibaba disclosed its 2022 fiscal year report: 1.31 billion annual active consumers worldwide; some new products under ByteDance were removed from the shelves in multiple application stores; video accounts and official accounts can be interoperable to distribute red envelope covers; Taobao and Tmall Hong Kong station piloted the fastest "next day delivery" for mainland products; Amazon's annual membership fee will increase the price platform indicates that members will receive high-quality services...

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1. Taobao and Tmall Hong Kong Station pilot the fastest "next day delivery" for mainland products

On July 26, Taobao and Tmall Hong Kong Station have piloted the new "official direct transportation-fast" delivery model in recent months, as well as the "one-stop service" for furniture purchase, delivery to installation, to improve the cross-border online shopping experience of Hong Kong Taobao users. Starting from June this year, Taobao and Tmall Hong Kong Station cooperated with Cainiao to pilot the "official direct transportation-fast" fast delivery service. According to statistics from Taobao and Tmall Hong Kong Station, most products delivered through the "official direct transportation-fast" dedicated line in June can be delivered to consumers within 4 days after placing an order. (Alibaba)

2. Video accounts and public accounts can be interconnected and distributed red envelope covers

According to July 26, WeChat announced last night that the WeChat red envelope cover opening platform has officially launched the video account and public account intercommunication ability to distribute red envelope covers. Through this new capability, customization can call cover orders across channels for issuance. For example, in the official account, if a user clicks on the "Red Envelope Cover" option above the graphic and text editing page, he will find that the source will be displayed below the cover of each red envelope, and he can freely select the cover created by "Binded Video Account". The enterprise video account can also insert the cover distribution link created by the "Same-main official account". (WeChat)

3. Vipshop data: Guangzhou adult swimwear sales have increased by 40% year-on-year in the past month

According to reports on July 26, Vipshop data shows that since the beginning of summer, the sales of trendy clothing, "cool" home appliances, sunscreen skin care products, camping equipment and cold drinks in Guangzhou have all increased significantly. Among them, the sales of refrigerators, fans, dairy cold drinks, sports skirts and sunscreens increased by 23%, 30%, 39%, 54% and 64% year-on-year respectively, and the sales of tents increased by nearly 4 times year-on-year. Vipshop data also shows that in the past month, the sales of swimwear in Guangzhou have been rising, among which, the sales of adult swimwear have increased by 40% year-on-year, the sales of children's swimwear have increased by 67% year-on-year, and the sales of swimming rings have increased by 37% year-on-year. (E-commerce News)

4. In the first half of the year, Jiangxi's online retail sales exceeded 100 billion yuan and increased by 16.4% year-on-year.

From January to June, Jiangxi Province added 36,000 new e-commerce companies compared with the same period last year; nearly 600,000 online stores, 60,000 new ones compared with the same period last year. Among them, in the first half of the year, there were 41 companies with online retail sales exceeding 50 million yuan and 15 companies with online retail sales exceeding 50 million yuan. From January to June, the rural online retail sales in Jiangxi Province were 31.22 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 36.5%. From January to June, Jiangxi Province had a total of 972,000 live broadcasts, an increase of 101% year-on-year; it attracted 5.32 billion viewers, an increase of 80.9% year-on-year; it sold 130 million items through live broadcasts, achieving online retail sales of 9.57 billion yuan. (Jiangxi Business)

5. Alibaba disclosed its 2022 fiscal year report: 1.31 billion annual active consumers worldwide

In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, Alibaba had 1.31 billion annual active consumers worldwide, of which more than 1 billion came from the Chinese market and 305 million came from overseas. There are 903 million annual active consumers from China's commercial retail business. The GMV is 8317 billion yuan, of which the Chinese market accounts for 7976 billion yuan and the international market accounts for 54 billion US dollars. Among them, China's commercial revenue was 592.705 billion yuan and international commercial revenue was 61.078 billion yuan. The net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders for the whole year was 61.959 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 58.78%. At present, Alibaba Group's revenue is mainly derived from China's commercial retail business, accounting for 69%. (Ali Financial Report)

Internet news

6. ZTO Express official customer service hotline will be adjusted to 95708 from today

According to July 26, ZTO Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. issued an announcement today stating that from July 28, 2022, ZTO Express’s official customer service hotline will be adjusted to 95708, and the original customer service hotline 4000-270-270 will be discontinued. According to the official website information, ZTO Express is a express brand under ZTO. It focuses on new trends in digital and intelligent logistics and provides full-link one-stop logistics services for enterprises and individual customers. ZTO Express is committed to building a comprehensive logistics service platform with "technology leadership, data support, talent guarantee, and smart operation". (E-commerce News)

7. Some new products under ByteDance are removed from multiple application stores

According to July 26, a few days ago, some netizens reported that some new products under ByteDance were removed from the shelves in the application stores of Huawei, Xiaomi, Apple, etc., including the "Crocolate" of the Zhuangcao Community App, the "Party Island" of the real-time interactive community App, and the "Recognition Area" of the reading tool App. At present, the above apps are no longer searched in the application stores such as Huawei, Xiaomi, and Apple. As of press time, ByteDance has not yet responded to the reasons for the removal of some new products such as Croissant and Party Island. (Tech Planet)

8. Jitu International invested in Tianjin to establish a new company with a registered capital of 5 million yuan

According to the news on July 26, Tianyancha App, Jitu International Logistics Co., Ltd. was established recently, with the legal representative Bruce Lee, with a registered capital of RMB 5 million. The business scope includes international cargo transportation agents; domestic cargo transportation agents; supply chain management services; enterprise management consulting; domestic trade agents, etc. Shareholder information shows that the company is held by Jitu International Logistics Co., Ltd. 75%. (Tianyan Check)

Cross-border newsletter

9. In the first half of the year, the scale of cross-border e-commerce transactions in Sichuan Province increased by 44.671 billion yuan year-on-year.

On July 26, the Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce recently released a monthly report on Sichuan's new foreign trade format. Data shows that from January to June this year, the scale of cross-border e-commerce transactions in the province was 44.671 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 67.8%, of which exports were 43.67 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 74.6%, and imports were 1.001 billion yuan. From January to June, the province declared import and export volume of 3.479 billion yuan through cross-border e-commerce public service platforms. From January to June, Sichuan Province achieved market procurement and trade exports of 16,121 orders, with a value of US$1.576 billion, equivalent to RMB 10.244 billion, an increase of 1.7 times year-on-year and a value of 3.1 times year-on-year. As of June this year, 44 enterprises in the province have built or leased 147 overseas warehouses in 32 countries and regions, with a total area of ​​967,000 square meters. Compared with the end of 2021, the number of overseas warehouses has increased by 1.1 times and the total area has expanded by 2.5 times. (Yibang Power)

10. Amazon's annual membership fee will increase in price on the platform that means members will receive high-quality services

July 26th news, US e-commerce giant Amazon announced that it will raise annual fees for free shipping membership service Prime in Europe, with an increase of 20% or more. The price increase this time is interpreted as passing on some of the high operating costs to consumers.

Amazon stressed that after this price increase, the company will ensure that all Prime members can receive special and high-quality services that exceed ordinary consumers after this price increase. (Yibang Power)