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

Morning information:

1. Douyin e-commerce launches investment in Yiwu 9.9 Free Shipping Festival;

2. Tmall Supermarket: Since the beginning of spring, seed sales have increased by 350% year-on-year;

3. JD Logistics’ self-developed algorithms have topped the international authoritative autonomous driving visual algorithm list;

4. Alibaba and Hangzhou Municipal Supervision Bureau reached cooperation to promote the healthy and high-quality development of the platform economy;

5. Amazon AWS has been selected as the preferred cloud provider for Southwest Airlines...

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1. Douyin e-commerce launches investment in Yiwu 9.9 Free Shipping Festival

In order to help merchants understand the gameplay, rules and strategies of the event, the Douyin E-commerce Merchant Development Department will hold the Yiwu special production activity of "Spark·Merchant Gold Nugget Dialogue" in Yiwu, Jinhua at 2 pm on March 17. At that time, the official will "key point" for the "9.9 Free Shipping Festival" event, analyzing the exclusive merchant activity rights of Yiwu, the rights and interests of the nine new merchants, the business methods of merchant stores and product selection strategies. (Tiktok e-commerce marketing observation)

2. JD Supermarket releases 2022 foreign wine trend categories

According to reports on March 15, JD Supermarket recently released the 2022 foreign wine trend category. The transaction volume of whiskey category increased by 32% year-on-year, of which single malt whiskey increased by 48% year-on-year, becoming the trend category of foreign wines in JD Supermarket in 2022. In addition, some brands under Diageo and Gran's father and son have grown sales at JD Supermarkets higher than those in the industry. (JD Wine Industry)

3. JD Logistics’ self-developed algorithm tops the list of international authoritative autonomous driving visual algorithms

On March 14, JD Logistics X Business Department and JD Exploration Research Institute's self-developed algorithm "MVS-Fusion" recently passed pure visual 3D object detection, and ranked nuScenes in the international authoritative autonomous driving visual algorithm list with 55.54% mAP in algorithms that do not use future frame data. This is the first time that the pre-fusion algorithm "PAI3D" proposed by JD Logistics Intelligent Driving Team last year has won the first place in the field of pure vision. (JD Logistics)

4. Tmall Supermarket: Since the beginning of spring, seed sales increased by 350% year-on-year

According to data from Tmall Supermarket, young people who are keen on "spring plowing" flock to Tmall Supermarket to buy soil. Sales of general nutritional soil suitable for novice players tripled, and Guangzhou, Jinan and Changsha have become the cities with the largest amount of land purchases. The "spring plowing" craze on the balcony not only drives the hot sales of nutrient soil, but also the sales of various agricultural supplies and other agricultural products on Tmall supermarkets have also doubled. Data from Tmall Supermarket shows that since the beginning of spring, seed sales have increased by 350% year-on-year, with daffodil balls and tulip seeds being the most popular. (Qianlong.com)

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5. Yum China spent US$1 million to buy back 16,800 shares on March 13

On March 14, Yum China issued an announcement that on March 13, 2023, the company spent US$1 million to repurchase 16,800 shares, with a repurchase price of US$58.63-60.29 per share. (E-commerce News)

6. Ele.me Suzhou's first online catering "food safety demonstration street" is implemented in Guanqian Street

On March 14, Suzhou's first online catering "food safety demonstration street" was officially unveiled recently, and was awarded Guanqian Street, which vigorously promoted the "transparent restaurant" project. The first batch of 100 catering merchants in Gusu District became "transparent restaurants". Up to now, under the guidance of local regulatory departments, Ele.me has established more than 30 online restaurant "food safety demonstration streets" in more than 20 provinces (cities) including Beijing, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shandong, Guangdong, etc., and has built nearly 1,000 offline "Internet + open kitchen and bright stove" transparent restaurant demonstration stores in the block. Ensure consumers' food safety from the actual situation of the merchant, real consumer reviews, and worries-free after-sales service. (China Radio and Television)

7. 58.com and Anjuke's "Qutanfang" products are launched in 48 cities to increase the overall customer acquisition volume by more than 3 times

On March 14, the "Qutanfang" product launched by 58.com and Anjuke was launched in 48 cities, helping real estate brokerage companies and brokers to build brands, achieve efficient customer acquisition, and drive traffic conversion. Short videos released through the "Qutanfang" entrance will also receive multiple entrance exposures and exclusive traffic tilts on the platform. For brokers who actively participate in the product experience of "Qutanfang", 58.com and Anjuke will also provide support and rewards through activities. (58.com Blackboard Newspaper).

8. Alibaba and Hangzhou Municipal Supervision Bureau reach cooperation to promote healthy and high-quality development of the platform economy

On March 14, Alibaba Group recently signed a cooperation agreement with the Hangzhou Market Supervision Bureau to comprehensively deepen the healthy and high-quality development of the platform economy. We hope that Alibaba Group will drive and optimize the industrial development ecology and lead the development of more platform enterprises; third, we must provide excellent services to assist enterprises and demonstrate new actions in market supervision. (Hangzhou Market Supervision and Administration Bureau)

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9. Amazon AWS is selected as the preferred cloud provider for Southwest Airlines

On March 14, Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Amazon, recently announced that Southwest Airlines has chosen AWS as its preferred cloud provider for its airlines to promote digital transformation plans. This massive modernization using AWS is understood to be part of the airline's long-term plan to improve passenger journeys, optimize operations and efficiently invest in information technology infrastructure. Southwest Airlines uses their websites and apps to reach passengers directly, with more than 83% of its revenue coming from these channels. The airline will take advantage of the automatic scaling capabilities of AWS cloud technology to handle real-time fare searches on its websites and mobile applications more efficiently. (E-commerce News)

10. Amazon plans to provide satellite Internet services to its first batch of customers starting next year

March 15th news, it is reported that on Tuesday local time, Amazon said it plans to start providing satellite Internet services to its first customers in 2024 to catch up with Starlink, the space exploration technology company SpaceX, a subsidiary of Elon Musk. Amazon said its satellite Internet division's Kuiper Project plans to start mass production of satellites by the end of 2023 and launch the first batch of satellites in the first half of next year. To prepare for these launches, Amazon plans to launch two prototype rockets into space in the coming months on United Launch League rockets. (Sina Technology)