#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on July 4]

Morning information:

1. Oriental Selection launches the live broadcast of the app for the first time;

2. Douyin e-commerce food and beverage industry launched the "Douin Baiwei Appreciation·Summer Ice Drinking Season" event;

3. The well-known social platform suddenly went bankrupt, and 95% of the 20 million users were robots;

4. 76 listed companies have forecast their performance in the first half of the year, and the net profits of companies in the three industries including computers rank among the top;

5. Unable to withstand the pressure of strike, Amazon announced a salary increase for German workers;

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1. Oriental Selection launches the app live broadcast for the first time

According to July 4, Oriental Selection will launch a special live broadcast event in Gansu from July 5 to 11. It is understood that this live broadcast event will be held on the new version of Oriental Selection App at the same time, which is also the first time the company has launched a live broadcast event on the App. The live broadcast team will go to Lanzhou, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Jiayuguan and other places to fully travel through the Hexi Corridor. (36Kr)

2. Meituan Takeout is launched in 15 minutes and the fast delivery service is available.

According to Zouma Finance, Meituan Takeout has been launched for 15 minutes. Several insiders of Meituan disclosed to Zouma Finance that Jisuda Service has actually been online for a while and adopts a dedicated delivery model. Merchants will prepare the corresponding ingredients and processes in advance. When the order is allocated to the store, merchants will immediately call the rider and prepare meals in a very short time. Since riders are specially designated, they only operate in a small area in the business district, and the arrival time and meal preparation time are extremely short. It is reported that Meituan Takeout Jisuda service is still in a small-scale testing stage and is only available in some business districts in Beijing. (Zouma Finance)

3. Douyin e-commerce food and beverage industry launches the "Douin Baiwei Appreciation·Summer Ice Drinking Season" event

July 3rd news, in order to help ice drink merchants seize the commanding heights of peak season marketing, from July 3 to 16th, the Douyin e-commerce food and beverage industry launched the "Douin Baiwei Appreciation·Summer Ice Drinking Season" event. During the event period, with the synergy between "Douin Baiwei Xiu·Summer Ice Drinking Season" in content scenes and shelf scenes, merchants can lay out multiple contact points in shelf scenes such as search, stores, and malls, thereby shortening consumer decision-making links, more accurately accepting and high-speed conversion of traffic, and achieving rapid business growth. (Douyin e-commerce marketing observation)

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4. ByteDance plans to manufacture robots to prioritize its own e-commerce fulfillment needs

According to the news on July 3, according to "LatePost", the Byte Robot Team has about 50 people, and plans to expand to hundreds by the end of the year, and produce some robots that serve Byte's own e-commerce fulfillment needs and can sort and pack goods in the warehouse. The Byte Robot Team is currently affiliated with Byte AI Lab, and its person in charge is Li Hang, director of AI Lab. Li Hang once served as the director and chief scientist of Huawei's Noah's Ark Laboratory. He joined Byte in 2017 and now reports to Byte's vice president and head of algorithm technology Yang Zhenyuan. It is understood that Byte has not yet framed the specific form of the robot, and the form ultimately depends on Byte's e-commerce's requirements for fulfilling the contract. (LatePost later)

5. Famous social platforms suddenly went bankrupt, and 95% of the 20 million users were robots

Recently, the emerging social platform IRL (IN REAL LIFE) announced that the company will be closed because up to 95% of the "20 million users" claimed by the company's founder are disguised by robots. At present, the IRL official website has been announced to be closed. A board spokesperson recently said that after their investigation, they came to a conclusion that up to 95% of the so-called 20 million users are made of automatic speaking systems or robots. According to the findings, most shareholders concluded that the company could not continue to grow and the board of directors made a decision to close the company. Sensor Tower, a third-party app monitoring platform, also estimates that IRL has about 1 million to 2 million users, far lower than the company's claim to be 20 million users. (ENECNEWS)

6. 76 listed companies predict their first half of the year's performance, and the net profits of companies in the three industries including computers rank among the top

According to the statistics of iFinD of Tonghuashun, as of July 3, 76 listed companies in A-shares have disclosed their 2023 semi-annual performance forecasts. Among them, 57 companies expect to increase, slightly increase or continue to earn, accounting for more than 70%. Overall, 72 companies disclosed specific performance data forecasts. Judging from the upper limit of forecast net profit, 69 companies had positive net profits, while only 3 companies had negative net profits. Companies with high net profit rankings are concentrated in the fields of computers, communications and automobiles. (Securities Daily)

7. The sales of the top 100 real estate companies increased slightly in the first half of the year

Data from China Index Academy shows that in the first six months of this year, the total sales of the top 100 real estate companies was 3568.23 billion yuan, a slight increase of 0.1% year-on-year. Regarding the forecast for the second half of the year, industry insiders believe that as the industry enters a period of adjustment, more and more companies no longer increase their sales targets and pursue large-scale development, but instead pursue stable development by actively controlling sales scale. (China Securities Network)

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8. Can't withstand the pressure of strike, Amazon announces wage increases for German workers

According to foreign media reports, US e-commerce giant Amazon recently announced that it would increase the hourly wages of German workers. Starting from September this year, the average hourly wages of German workers will increase from 13 euros to 14 euros and above. According to an announcement released by Amazon, the company hopes to hold talks with Germany's labor and industrial commissions to make appropriate adjustments to workers' starting salaries if necessary. Amazon said the strike had more than 20,000 of Germany's 36,000 employees, all of whom were engaged in logistics. However, the specific salary depends on the place of work. This means that workers in some areas may have an hourly wage of more than €14. If this raise is included, the starting salary of workers in its logistics sector has increased by 16% since the beginning of last year, the company said. Currently, the average annual salary of workers who have worked at Amazon for more than two years is about 37,000 euros. (Yien.com)

9. Alibaba International Station will remove the models from HD375A magnetic building block set and other products

On July 3, Alibaba International Station released a recall announcement on the product model of HD375A magnetic building block set today. The announcement stated that in order to protect the rights and interests of platform users and reiterate Alibaba International Station's concern about the importance of product safety, Alibaba International Station will remove the products that need to be recalled. Merchants should inspect the goods and inventory they publish on the platform based on the following recall information, and ensure that the relevant recalled goods are no longer sold on Alibaba International Station. Any products that are substantially similar and may pose similar safety hazards should also be removed from the shelves. The child may put them in his mouth and suffocate. (Ali International Station)

10. Amazon will deploy Rivian's first European electric trucks in Germany

July 4th news, Amazon reportedly said on Tuesday it will deploy the first European vans produced by US electric car manufacturer Rivian in Germany in the coming weeks as part of its long-term plan to electrify its transportation network. Amazon said 300 electric vans will be on the road in Munich, Berlin and Düsseldorf, part of the 100,000 electric vans ordered from Rivian in 2019. Amazon is Rivian's largest shareholder. (Interface News)