#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [March 15th E-commerce Morning News]

#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on March 15]. Morning news : WeChat security team issued a special governance announcement for video accounts; Amazon CEO Bezos refused to attend the "income unfair hearing" of the US Congress; domestic makeup Xizi officially entered the Japanese market; Chongqing's live streaming sales last year led to sales of over 10 billion yuan.

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1. Taobao released the "First Month Hair Shaving Report": 3.35 million people purchased haircuts on Taobao

      On March 14, Taobao released the "First Month Hair Shaving Report" and showed that throughout the first lunar month, 3.35 million people bought haircuts on Taobao, 40% of whom were men, and Shandong people bought haircuts the lowest proportion. The report pointed out that in the first month, 40,000 people purchased hair transplant services on Taobao. In addition, Taobao has studied the situation of shaving in the first lunar month in the past decade. From 2012 to 2021, more and more people shaved their heads in the first lunar month. Taobao said that the increase in the number of people shaving people in the first month of the year may indicate that people believe in science and choose the right time to shave their heads independently. (Sina Technology)

2. Last year, Chongqing's live streaming sales led to sales of over 10 billion yuan

      According to March 15, in 2020, Chongqing City launched a series of actions to help improve the quality and consumption upgrade of e-commerce in the city. It is reported that the city has built more than 10 such as Alibaba Jiulongpo live broadcast base and Tianxia Dazu live broadcast base, developed a number of live e-commerce service institutions such as Keting, and cultivated more than 500 anchors with the ability to sell goods. In terms of live streaming and sales, according to statistics, Chongqing City conducted live streaming and sales in 2020, driving sales of more than 10 billion yuan. (Chongqing Daily)

3. Heilongjiang Consumer Association: Online live streaming has become a hot spot for consumer complaints for the first time

      According to CCTV News, according to the "Top Ten Hot Topics of Consumer Complaints in 2020" sorted and included by the Heilongjiang Consumer Association, online live shopping has become a hot topic of complaints for the first time. The main problems of the complaint include the mismatch between the items received and the items promoted, some items are even counterfeit and shoddy and "three-no" products; false promotions, promises not fulfilled; live broadcast data and sales order brushing are suspected of fraud. (CCTV.com)

4. Domestic makeup Xizi officially enters the Japanese market

      On March 15, the domestic cosmetics brand Hua Xizi officially started its plan to enter the overseas market and was launched on Amazon Japan on March 1. This is the first time that Hua Xizi has entered an overseas e-commerce platform. It is understood that Huaxizi concentric lock lipstick once entered the top three of the hourly list of Japan's Amazon lipstick sales list on the first day of its launch. (Interface News)

5. Weibo 2020 User Development Report: Girls born in the 1990s become the mainstay of consumption

      Today, Weibo released the "2020 Weibo User Development Report". The report shows that the Weibo user group continues to show a trend of younger age, among which the post-90s and post-00s account for nearly 80%, and the scale of female users is higher than that of male users. Girls born in the 1990s have become the mainstay of consumption. The products they buy most through Weibo stores are cleaning supplies and medicines, and often buy household goods, bedding, baby products, and vegetables and meat. (Sina Technology)

Cross-border newsletter

6. Tianjin Post and Tianjin Customs launch online customs declaration function

      On March 14, Tianjin Post and Tianjin Customs recently officially launched the online customs declaration function. It is reported that Tianjin Post has currently launched the postal taxation function in its WeChat official account and provides postal agency online customs clearance services to provide more convenient and fast customs clearance services to Tianjin cross-border e-commerce customers. In addition, users can also entrust postal delivery to their doorsteps, exempting them from going back and forth between customs, banks and post offices when paying taxes by themselves. (Tianjin Daily)

7. Amazon CEO Bezos refuses to attend the US Congress’ “income unfair hearing”

      According to reports on March 14, Amazon recently revealed that Amazon CEO Bezos has rejected U.S. Congressman's request for attending hearings and discussing income unfair issues. Previously, U.S. Congressman Sanders invited Bezos to a hearing scheduled for March 17, with the main content on income inequality. (E-commerce News)

8. eBay: Changes in German Value Added Tax (VAT) compliance requirements

      The eBay platform released an announcement on the change of German value-added tax (VAT) compliance requirements (hereinafter referred to as the announcement). The announcement stated that from July 1, 2021, sellers who are obliged to register a German VAT must register a German VAT identification number (the German name is Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer, referred to as USt-IdNr) and upload the number to the eBay account. This exempts the seller from uploading the German VAT registration certificate (German name Bescheinigungnach §22fUStG) in paper form. If the seller fails to provide a valid German VAT identification number and related information in the eBay account before July 1, 2021, eBay will take certain restrictions on the account. (Cross-border knowledge)

9. Amazon Air Logistics Expands: Spend $130 million to buy shares in a partner airline

      According to reports on March 14, Amazon has taken another step in aviation logistics, spending US$130 million to acquire a minority stake from the external air cargo company "Air Transportation Services Group" (ATSG), which contracts a considerable portion of the company's air logistics. (Yibang Power)

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10. WeChat security team releases special governance announcement for video account

      On March 12, the WeChat security team issued the "Announcement on the Governance of Illegal and Regular Content by WeChat Video Account", which announced the results of the governance of various illegal and irregular video accounts from January 2021 to the present. From January to the present, the WeChat security team has continuously processed the content of various illegal and irregular video accounts, dealing with more than 9,509 pornographic and vulgar news, 8,532 malicious marketing news, and banning 1,531 video account accounts. At the same time, 350 WeChat personal accounts that illegally diverted traffic have also been gradiently blocked. (WeChat Team)

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