#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter#[E-commerce Evening News on October 21]

Evening information: Tmall adjusts the time limit for store delivery orders; on the eve of Double 11, Taobao officially launched the "Kind Baby" channel for mother and baby; Douyin local life is testing group purchase delivery and takeaway business in Chengdu; Yaowang Technology announced its entry into Taobao live broadcast; Amazon European station's return refund time from delivery to October 24...

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1. Tmall adjusts the timelines for store delivery orders

On October 21, Tmall platform recently issued an announcement stating that in order to better meet the current operating conditions in specific scenarios, Tmall will add the time limit for payment overtime in this scenario for orders that use "store delivery" to fulfill the contract under some categories. This rule adjustment is expected to take effect on October 27, 2022. (E-commerce News)

2. The imported stock of cainiao on Double 11 has exceeded 370 million pieces

On October 21, the reporter learned from Cainiao that as of today, 370 million imported goods shipped from more than 200 ports around the world have been stocked in Cainiao bonded warehouses, central warehouses and overseas GFC warehouses, to welcome the pre-sale of Tmall Double 11 in 3 days. It is understood that this year, Tmall Double 11, Cainiao opened more than 400 routes, and the multimodal transport of sea, land, air and railways covers countries and regions such as Europe and the United States, Japan and South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, Southeast Asia and other countries and regions. 80% of Cainiao International bonded warehouse lines support door-to-door delivery, covering more than 250 cities across the country. (E-commerce News)

3. Weibo and Taobao Alliance launched the "Tmall Double 11" special policy to issue subsidies for goods expert

On October 21, Weibo and Taobao Alliance launched the "Tmall Double 11" special policy. During the "Tmall Double 11", Weibo bloggers can use the "Weibo Store" system, including: product library, information flow analysis, etc. For shopping guide bloggers with more than 500,000 followers, you don’t have to buy “fan heating packages” to get traffic when posting a link to a Weibo store. For shopping guides, you need to buy “fan heating packages” to get traffic when posting a shopping guide’s naked chain. (E-commerce News)

4. On the eve of Double 11, Taobao officially launched the "Baby" channel for mother and baby

On October 21, on the eve of Tmall Double 11, Taobao Mobile officially launched the "Kiss Baby" channel, which is specially used for maternal and child populations. At present, there is an entrance to "Kiss Baby" on the second floor of the homepage of the mobile Taobao APP. Users can also enter the channel when searching for "Kiss Baby". It is reported that the 2.0 version of "Kid Baby" is currently being tested and launched. The "Growth Weekly" pushed by the age of the baby has been added. There are also new services such as "picture book recommendation", "online consultation", "parental education encyclopedia", "vaccination" and other services. It has also linked pediatricians, nanny and other professional Q&A with Alibaba Health to help mothers obtain parenting knowledge. (E-commerce News)

5. TikTok Local Life is testing group purchase delivery and takeaway business in Chengdu

Douyin Local Life has gathered R&D, innovative business, commercialization and other departments in Chengdu. For example, Douyin Life Service Merchants’ exclusive operating platform "Douyin Laike", is operated by the Chengdu team. The operating entity is Chengdu SoChain SoDe Technology Co., Ltd. established this year, with a registered capital of 100 million yuan. A local Douyin life employee in Chengdu revealed that in July this year, Douyin established a new business team in Chengdu, with its office located in Chengdu OCG International Center. (E-commerce News)

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6. Yaowang Technology announced its entry into Taobao Live

On October 21, Yaowang Technology, the leading organization in the live broadcast industry, announced today that it will enter Taobao Live. Its celebrity anchors, Cecilia Cheung, will take turns to Yaowang’s official live broadcast room "Yaowang Dream Station" to meet consumers. It is reported that on October 24, 19:00, Tmall Double 11 pre-sale day, Cecilia Cheung will start her first live broadcast on Tmall Double 11, and then more celebrities will come to participate in Tmall Double 11 on October 31 and November 11. Yaowang said that Taobao live broadcast will become one of Yaowang's long-term operating positions. It also means that Yaowang will officially launch a new business model of Taobao Live, Douyin and Kuaishou platforms at the same time. (E-commerce News)

7. The "Tmall Double 11 Recruitment Season" event officially launched 600,000 e-commerce jobs

10月21日消息，“天猫双11招聘季”活动今日正式启动。阿里巴巴联合第三方招聘平台“1号职场”，发动天猫、淘宝、1688、菜鸟、饿了么和钉钉等业务平台上的8万多商家与企业，集中发布超过60万的电商岗位人才招募，其中80%是全职用工需求，20%是含兼职等在內的灵活用工岗位。天猫、淘宝和1688平台有3万多商家和企业发布超过16万个人才岗，包含电商运营、电商客服、电商美工，以及工厂技术人员等热门岗位。（电商报)

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8. Amazon closes online store fabric.com to cut costs

According to reports, Amazon is reportedly closing fabric.com, which was acquired in 2008, an online retailer focusing on providing fabric, decoration, concepts and other supplies, with nearly 30 years of sales experience. According to a recent announcement posted by fabric.com on its website, fabric.com will no longer sell products, but will guide customers to shop on Amazon. October 20 is the last day when customers can place orders on the fabric.com platform. Harden said Amazon will work with Fabric.com to help affected employees “find other opportunities” at the company. Employees who leave Amazon will receive severance payments. (E-commerce News)

9. Instacart, a fresh food e-commerce company in the United States, may cancel its listing plan this year

One source said Instacart did not completely rule out the possibility of listing, but its plan to go public in 2022 looks extremely unlikely. Instacart declined to comment on the IPO plan. It is reported that Instacart plans to go public in the fourth quarter and release IPO application documents in the next few days, and sources said the plan has now been suspended. In addition, there have been recent market news that Instacart is lowering its valuation to around US$13 billion, and does not intend to conduct a highly anticipated public listing until market conditions improve. (E-commerce News)

10. Amazon Europe Station’s return time from delivery to October 24

On October 21, Amazon Europe Station issued an announcement stating that the return refund from delivery sellers was delayed from September 30, 2022 to October 24, 2022. Previously, the European site announced that it will launch the prepaid return label plan on September 30. Buyers will automatically receive a refund after the first scan of the product. To ensure the smooth launch of this policy, Amazon has extended the return refund policy from delivery sellers to October 24. The current refund process will remain the same until October 24, when the policy will automatically apply to all eligible sellers for returns. For more information, check the progress at the first scan of the refund. (E-commerce News)