Morning news: Jia Nailiang posted: I was careless! Terminate Qudian cooperation; Shopify plans to lay off nearly 1,000 employees; Maybelline will close offline stores in China: retain the rest of Watsons counter to be online; Amazon's American site launches the seller's wallet tool "Amazon Seller Wallet"; Qian Auntie: No third-party platform, unit or individual is authorized to engage in the "Qian Auntie Purchase" activity...
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1. Kuaishou has imposed a total of 60,000 trading accounts on crackdown on account trading.
Since February 2022, the platform has carried out special governance on such violations. As of now, a total of 60,000 trading accounts have been punished. Once such violations are discovered, the platform will strictly punish such accounts and even permanently ban them. (Kuaishou Blackboard Newspaper)
2. Kuaishou cracked down on marketing account raising and related apprenticeship teaching activities to deal with 1,420 illegal accounts
In order to protect user rights and interests and maintain the platform's good content ecosystem, Kuaishou platform will carry out special governance on "marketing account raising and related apprenticeship teaching activities" starting from March 2022. From July 8, 2022 to July 21, 2022, the Kuaishou platform dealt with 1,420 illegal accounts, and the platform will continue to strengthen the monitoring and governance of such illegal accounts. (Kuaishou Blackboard Newspaper)
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3. JD Cloud releases a new generation of hybrid CDN products to save 50% of costs
July 26th news, the 2022 JD Global Technology Explorer Conference JD Cloud Summit was held in Beijing. JD Cloud also announced that it would decouple JD's ability to accumulate complex supply chain business for many years, release seven major application scenarios of digital supply chain for the first time, and release 16 major technical products at one time around the technological breakthroughs made in "cost, efficiency, and experience", building the strongest technical foundation for the digital supply chain. (China.com Technology)
4. Aunt Qian: No third-party platform, unit or individual is authorized to engage in the "Ant Qian Purchase" activity
On July 26, today, Qian Auntie Fresh Official Account issued a statement saying that recently, Qian Auntie found several shops with the name of "Qian Auntie Purchase" on the takeaway platform engaged in fraudulent purchases. The goods purchased by consumers placed orders in such purchasing stores are not Qian Auntie Store products. This behavior has seriously infringed on the legitimate rights and interests of Qian Auntie, and Qian Auntie will take legal measures depending on the situation. Aunt Qian does not authorize any third-party platform, unit or individual to engage in the "Aunt Qian Purchase" activity. No platform, unit or individual may engage in purchasing agent business or publish purchasing information in the name of "Aunt Qian". According to the official website information, Aunt Qian was founded in 2012. After nine years of steady operation and rapid development, it has become a leading brand in the community fresh food industry. It has won the honors of "Top 50 Guangdong Chain Enterprises" and "Top Ten Innovation Forms of CCFA Retail Industry", and completed nearly 1 billion Series D financing at the end of 2019. (Official fresh food for Aunt Qian)
5. Jia Nailiang posted: I’m careless! Terminate Qudian cooperation
On July 26, after Fu Seoul, Jia Nailiang also issued a statement on "cooperation with Qudian Pre-made Dishes", saying that this cooperation was a major negligence for us. We did not neglect the experience of clearly debunking the brand's predecessor, and we were negligent. After discovering the problem, the two parties terminated the contract immediately and there was no subsequent cooperation. (Yibang Power)
6. Maybelline will close offline stores in China: retain the rest of Watsons counter to switch online
According to reports on July 26, it is understood that beauty brand Maybelline will gradually close all offline stores in China, retaining only Watsons' counters, and transferring the remaining sales channels to the online.
Maybelline customer service said that it has indeed received a notice that the brand's offline counters will be closed one after another. It is still uncertain when they will be closed. Only the counters set up in Watsons will be retained later, which is a shift in the company's business focus. At the same time, the customer service also stated that consumers can go to Watsons to buy Maybelline products for the time being, but the types are not so complete, and the online types are more complete than offline.
It is reported that Maybelline is affiliated to L'Oreal (China) Co., Ltd., which was established in September 2000 with a registered capital of approximately US$58 million. The company is wholly owned by L'Oreal Co., Ltd. (Webmaster's Home)
7. Shanxi SF Express’s “Medical Manager” health platform is put into use
July 27th news, Shanxi SF Express recently announced that in order to better protect the rights and interests of express delivery practitioners, the express delivery company's "Medical Manager" health platform was put into use, which means that more than 9,000 SF Express couriers in Shanxi Province can enjoy online consultation services through their mobile phones, and can even complete medical treatment processes such as diagnosis and treatment, medicine purchase, etc. online. According to the relevant person in charge of Shanxi SF Express, the courier found the "Medical Manager" of the WeChat official account of the "SF Trade Union" through his mobile phone, and he could enjoy free one-stop convenient services such as online medical consultation, video consultation, and quick drug purchase. (E-commerce News)
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8. Flipkart, a local Indian e-commerce company, announced the virtual trial on beauty products
July 27th news, recently, Flipkart, a local e-commerce platform in India, announced the launch of AR virtual makeup trial function. Flipkart said that the feature will provide users with a unique immersive experience. This feature allows users to try beauty products from brands such as Lakmé, Maybelline, Blue Heaven, Faces Canada and L Oréal Paris on their phones, such as lipstick, foundation, eyeshadow, kajal, eyeliner, powder, concealer, highlighter, blush and mascara.
It is reported that users will be able to find the "Try-on" function on the product page in the lower right corner of the picture library, turn on the camera, and users can choose to try-on in real time or upload selfies to see how the product looks on virtually, and finally save the image and share it in other applications. (Yibang Power)
9. Amazon US website launches seller wallet tool "Amazon Seller Wallet"
July 26th news, recently, Amazon US website issued an announcement announcing the launch of Amazon seller wallets for sellers to provide sellers with simplified Amazon’s global sales experience. Registering an Amazon Seller Wallet does not require any fees or minimum amounts and is free to access. Sellers with international bank accounts can convert US dollars into 19 supported currencies and charge international transaction fees for redemption and transfer. Currently, Amazon seller wallets are only invited to provide some sellers. (Amazon)
10. Shopify plans to lay off nearly 1,000 employees significantly
Shopify founder and CEO Tobi Lütke told employees in a memo issued on Tuesday local time that consumers regained their past shopping habits, coupled with the reduction in online order volumes that have driven the company's recent growth, "so layoffs are necessary." Lütke said the layoffs will involve all departments, but most will be in the recruitment, support and sales departments. Shopify has previously warned that revenue growth is expected to slow this year, with its share price falling nearly 80% since reaching its peak in November. The company will report quarterly results on Wednesday local time. (E-commerce News)
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