#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on April 25]

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1. JD.com's "May Day Price Sale" event was launched at 8:00 last night

According to April 24, JD.com's "May Day Price Sale" event in 2023 will start at 8:00 last night and will last until 23:59 on May 5. There is no warm-up period in terms of the activity rhythm. In order to increase the conversion rate of the product details page of the labeled products, JD.com has set up the "Promotional Guidelines" label. The important way to play this promotion is to offer surprise coupons, with a discount of 20 yuan off for purchases of 200 yuan, and the merchant shall bear all the fees. During the event, surprise coupons for price release will be issued in two waves, from 20:00 to 23:59 on April 24, and from April 29 to the end of the event. (Sohu.com)

2. Taobao responds to the first order for AI store opening: Congratulations on opening the order

On April 24, some media recently tested LumiWink, the first AI Taobao store, using ChatGpt and other artificial intelligence software. AI participated in a series of processes such as Taobao store design, naming, decoration, product design, and marketing throughout the process. The final generation effect is similar to that of mainstream Taobao clothing stores. The first order was successfully sold shortly after opening the store. Related topics have sparked heated discussions, and Taobao’s official Weibo responded to this and said, “Congratulations on opening the order.” It is reported that the Taobao store is using AI to design its first product in the store and is expected to be launched before Tmall 618 to meet consumers. (Financial Network)

3. Douyin launched the original protection center and accepted 25,000 reports of online infringement in March

At the open day, Douyin stated that in order to better protect the rights and interests of the platform's creators and continue to crack down on infringement and other behaviors, the platform officially launched the "Original Protection Center" and launched four new measures including one-click monitoring and reporting. In March 2023, the platform accepted a total of 25,000 reports of online infringement and dealt with 1,430 illegal and irregular accounts. (Titanium Geek)

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4. Alipay won the 2021 Financial Technology Development Award

4月24日消息，中国人民银行评出“ 2021 年度金融科技发展奖”获奖单位与奖项，其中支付宝申报的“基于可信原生技术体系的核心业务系统规模化实践”荣获二等奖。据介绍，“基于可信原生技术体系的核心业务系统规模化实践”自2017年在支付宝、网商银行推广使用，部分核心成果已服务50余家国内金融机构，经济效益显著，有效节约人力成本、电力成本和存储成本，填补了国内在此领域的技术空白。“金融科技发展奖”是国内最为权威的金融科技奖项之一，由中国人民银行于1992年设立，集中评选国内优秀科技创新成果。涵盖信息技术创新应用、数据治理与应用、金融信息基础设施安全保护等多方面内容。（支付宝）

5. JD Express connects the hospital's self-service terminal and the express service system for the first time

On April 25, at Guang'anmen Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, JD Express connected the hospital's self-service terminal and the express service system for the first time. Patients can directly deliver the medicine to their homes through the medical insurance card. In this way, it not only saves patients' waiting time, meets the needs of personalized medical services, but also becomes an innovative model to help hospitals build information, improve work efficiency, and improve patients' medical experience. (JD Logistics)

6. Small Commodity City Joins Hands in Hand in Zhejiang Unicom to Build an International Data Center

On April 25, Xiao Commodity City recently issued an announcement stating that the company recently signed a "Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement" with the Zhejiang Branch of China United Network Communications Co., Ltd., and plans to cooperate in the construction and operation of the "Belt and Road" international data center. The announcement shows that in order to promote the implementation of the international data center project as soon as possible, Small Commodity City plans to invest 500 million yuan to establish Yiwu Yuntailu Data Technology Co., Ltd. Yundailu Company is 100% owned by Xiaocommodity City, and its business scope includes IDC business, artificial intelligence, and marketization of data elements. (Sina Finance)

7. Qunar: The number of air ticket bookings on May 1st in 2023 will exceed the same period in 2019

According to the news on April 24, Qunar data shows that as of April 23, judging from the current booking trend, the number of air ticket bookings for May 1st in 2023 will exceed that before the epidemic. Popular destinations are Chengdu, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Xi'an, Kunming, Haikou and Hangzhou. Compared with May Day in 2019, the average payment price of air tickets increased by more than 30% in 2023. Although May Day bookings are popular, there are still some destinations that can be found. (Sina Technology)

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8. HDE forecast: Germany is expected to close about 9,000 stores this year

According to the German Trade Association HDE forecast, more than 9,000 companies will be abandoned this year alone. The reason is that people's purchasing power and rising costs make these stores unattractive to consumers. According to HDE data, in addition to micro enterprises, there are still 311,000 stores nationwide. In comparison, this number was close to 373,000 in 2015. HDE Chairman Alexander von Preen warned on Monday: “Given the data in recent years, all downtown and politicians must sound the alarm because there is little future prospect in downtown without a successful retail industry”. The truth is that the number of stores in Germany has been declining for a long time. This decline was particularly severe between 2020 and 2022 of the coronavirus pandemic, when the number of businesses decreased by 11,000 each year. But even from 2015 to 2019 before the crisis, on average, 5,000 stores closed each year. (ENECNEWS)

9. WeChat Pay adjusts the rules for cross-border payments to pay and exit

Tenpay recently issued a notice on "Adjustment of the rules for cross-border payment function for collection and payment". The notice stated that in order to improve the experience of cross-border business of Collecting and Payment, the Collecting and Payment Toolbox-cross-border payment function will support orders that can be exported within three years, and the calculation method of outbound amounts will be relaxed. The specific transformation points are: the time to exit the country, which can support orders within three years; the amount of exit can be calculated, the amount of exit can be calculated for a single order = order amount (including compensation) - refund amount. (Yien.com)

10. Shopee releases May 1st Labor Day holiday arrangements for 2023

On April 24, Shopee officially released a notice on the 2023 Labor Day holiday arrangements. The notice shows that in the Shopee SLS warehouse, the Dongguan warehouse works normally; the Yiwu warehouse works normally; the Quanzhou warehouse works normally; the Hong Kong warehouse goes on holiday from April 30 to May 1, and the warehouse does not operate or receive goods. The overall time limit for Shopee SLS is affected by the holiday: it is expected that the time limit for the Southeast Asian site and Taiwan shrimp skin will be delayed by about 1-2 days, and the time limit for the Latin American site will be delayed by about 2-3 days. The Shopee platform will exempt sellers from logistics limitations from April 29, 2023 to May 3, 2023 on Labor Day statutory holidays. Logistics time-limit exemption is only for working days set by DTS, and there is no logistics time-limit exemption for natural days. (Shopee)