#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on March 14]

Morning information:

1. JD Supermarket releases a new strategy for open ecology in 2023;

2. Suning.com 315 upgrade service guarantee: no reason to return the goods or make a high price comparison;

3. The topic "Exquisite Women's Picture Book" in Douyin Life Service has been played 270 million times;

4. The order history of eBay UK and German stations can be traced back to the past 2 years;

5. The home emergency response outlet is closed...

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1. JD Supermarket releases a new strategy for open ecology in 2023

On March 13, the 2023 JD Supermarket POP Business Department Merchant Conference was held in Beijing today. At the meeting, JD Supermarket released a new open ecosystem strategy for 2023, and will focus on the five core directions of cost, efficiency, products, prices and services to launch twelve major measures to help merchants reduce costs, improve efficiency, and achieve good products, good prices and good services. (Investors Network)

2. Taobao 38's new weekly sunscreen clothing consumption increased by more than 240% year-on-year

On March 13, the reporter learned from multiple Taobao merchants selling clothing, luggage, accessories, and women's shoes and clothing that this year's Taobao 38 new week encountered the "spring dress-up" and "travel" craze, and the consumption of related theme products increased significantly. Data shows that driven by the rebound in temperature, the consumption of women's dresses, skirts, short jackets, vests and suspenders on Taobao increased by more than 20% year-on-year, and sunscreen clothing increased by more than 240% year-on-year. At the same time, driven by users' travel needs, the consumption of suitcases on Taobao increased by nearly 60%. In addition, new products are in a "new week", and merchants release new products to attract consumers' attention. (financial)

3. TikTok Life Service 38 episodes of "Exquisite Women's Illustrations" topic views reached 270 million times

According to March 13, during this year's Women's Day, Douyin Life Service created the "Exquisite Women's Picture Book" activity with the three key words "Beauty in the skin, Beauty in the fingertips, and Beauty in the ends of the hair", and selected nearly 1,000 merchants in the comprehensive Douyin Life Service industry to participate. As of now, the number of views of the Douyin topic #美女台生女台 has reached 270 million times. During Women's Day, Douyin Life Service proposed a new "product grouping strategy" to promote @场场fancy to cooperate with leading merchants, bringing a special live broadcast of beauty, with a GMV of over 10 million on the first day of broadcasting; at the same time, taking advantage of the Hubin International Beauty Festival, we will work with @场场Chonny to release the "Exquisite Women's Illustrations" offline. (Tik Tok)

4. Suning.com 315 upgrade service guarantee: no reason to return the goods, and if the price is high, you will lose money

At the same time, 315 is the National Day for Consumer Rights Protection. Suning.com has upgraded a series of after-sales guarantee measures. During the 315 period, Suning.com's service guarantee was upgraded again: self-operated products promised to return products for seven days without reason in all scenarios. The products that "seven-day no-reason return" include all self-operated products from Suning.com online platform and offline stores. The processing process is simple: consumers only need to present shopping vouchers within seven days and submit a return application on the Yigou APP or store. During the 315 period, the price warranty period is extended to 30 days. In addition, from now until March 15, Suning.com officially launched the full-scene "Buy home appliances and home decoration, and lose if the price is high." (HuiCong Industrial Economics Network)

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5. Home Express Response Response Response Response Response Response

According to reports on March 14, Wang Hongtao, chairman of Zhaihui Express, said in an interview recently that Zhaihui Express’s strategic adjustment is coming to an end. Currently 90% of its customers are large brands. Based on this, Zhaiqi Express's main product system will be supply chain logistics, data services, supply chain management and supply chain financial technology services, to help brands improve the overall benefits and efficiency of supply chain logistics. In the future, Zhaihui Express will no longer be 100% direct sales, and some of their own employees and franchisees will continue to cooperate in the form of partners. (Voice of express logistics)

6. Zhongguancun: Gome Electrical Appliances, the controlling shareholder, was frozen by about 2.48 million shares.

According to reports on March 14, Zhongguancun recently announced that Gome Electrical Appliances, as the joint actor of the company's controlling shareholder Gome Holding Group Co., Ltd., now holds about 55.5 million shares of the company, with a shareholding ratio of 7.37%; some of the shares of the company held by Gome Electrical Appliances were recently frozen by the First People's Court of Zhongshan City, and this time it was frozen by about 2.48 million shares. (Zhongguancun, Beijing)

7. Shentong responded to resume cooperation with JD.com: The project is still in the testing stage

On March 13, an investor asked Shentong Express on the investor interactive platform: It is reported that JD Mall has fully resumed its cooperation with Shentong, and JD merchants can also choose Shentong for shipping. Is it true? As early as August 2020, JD.com issued an notice to unilaterally terminate its cooperation with the company, which brought considerable trouble to the company's operations. How much positive impact will the company be on the resumed cooperation this time? Shentong Express said on the investor interactive platform that the project is still in the testing stage, and the specific progress shall be subject to the information released by the company or relevant officials. (Daily Economic News)

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8. Shopee Shanghai warehouse will be closed on March 15

On March 13, Shopee issued an announcement stating that in order to integrate the transfer warehouse resources and provide Shopee sellers with better services, Shopee Shanghai warehouse will be officially closed on March 15, 2023. The transition period for warding the warehouse is from March 15, 2023 to April 14, 2023. During this period, the Shanghai Warehouse will still receive goods for processing; from April 15, 2023, the Shanghai Warehouse will no longer receive any goods. For packages that use self-delivery or express delivery, please arrange the goods to Shopee Yiwu Warehouse as soon as possible. For packages that are collected by free collection/paid collection, the service provider will ship them to the corresponding Shopee forwarding warehouse after collection. (Shopee)

9. Amazon and electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian consider ending exclusive cooperation agreement

According to reports on March 14, Amazon and Rivian reportedly consider ending an agreement between the two parties and no longer require the electric vehicle maker to exclusively sell its delivery trucks to Amazon. It is understood that Amazon told Rivian in recent months that the company plans to purchase about 10,000 trucks this year, which is only the lower limit of previous procurement plans. (Sina Technology)

10. The order history of eBay UK and German stations can be traced back to the past 2 years

On March 13, new features were launched in eBay Seller Center. New features include printing packing lists, order receipts, coupons, address tags and pickup lists; viewing order revenue after deducting fees and any applicable taxes; UK/German stations have now expanded the order history viewing feature for more than 90 days, dating back to the past 2 years. Specifically, the View Order Details page is completely upgraded. With a new responsive design, sellers can clearly see the order revenue after deducting fees and any applicable taxes, and print packing lists, order receipts, address labels and pickup lists from a unified location. (eBay)