Laogao E-commerce Newspaper on October 18th

1. A generation of divine machines say goodbye! iPhone 4 exits the stage of history

According to Japanese media reports, Apple will list all iPhone 4 models as "outdated and discontinued products" on the 31st of this month and will no longer provide hardware services. Although this time is targeting the Japanese market, it is expected that other countries or regions around the world will also be affected.

2. Tony Leung endorses Xiaomi Note 2, Lei Jun is very happy

According to October 18, Xiaomi finally officially announced the Xiaomi Note 2 today, which will be officially released on October 25, and specially invited the superstar Tony Leung to endorse it. Xiaomi also said that this time we will talk to everyone about "one side of technology and one side of art". Even the small tail on Weibo has become "Xiaomi Note 2 hyperbolic". Judging from the leaked information, Xiaomi Note 2 will use LG's hyperbolic screen, and its appearance is definitely worth looking forward to.

3. State Administration for Industry and Commerce: Will improve the rules and regulations of e-commerce platforms and improve product quality review

According to October 18, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce recently announced the results of the special sampling inspection of online transaction goods in 2016. The results showed that the effective sampling samples sent for inspection were 497 batches, and 172 batches that failed. The sales of unqualified products found in this random inspection will be included in the corporate credit files and will be made public to the public. For those involved in the supervision responsibilities of relevant departments, they will be promptly notified and transferred. At the same time, staff from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce said that the Internet is not a lawless place, and Internet operations must also comply with national laws and regulations.

4. Colleges and universities are embarrassed when they are banned from foreign countries, and couriers carry their schoolbags to deliver food

According to reports on October 18, due to student safety issues, universities have banned takeaway vehicles from entering the apartment area. In order to fight "guerrilla warfare" with security guards, many takeaway workers carried their schoolbags and dressed like students. Sichuan food deliveryman Master Meng said, "We need to deliver the takeaway to the dormitory, so we carry our schoolbags and hide the takeaway in the bags, and then give it to them when we arrive in the dormitory."

5. CTO Wang Wenbin: This year's Double 11 logistics highlights are here

On October 18, Cainiao Network has held a mobilization meeting for Double 11 with major express delivery companies. Cainiao Network CTO Wang Wenbin introduced the important data of the express delivery industry in 2016 and revealed that China's e-commerce has spawned world-class express delivery companies, and the industry will soon have a courier company with an average of 20 million orders per day. It is reported that this year's Double 11 Cainiao Network will join hands with major express delivery companies to improve logistics services in six major aspects. This includes adding temporary warehouses, crowdsourcing logistics, and using single direct shipping to bypass transit stations. At the same time, this year's express delivery industry has begun to move towards automated operations, and more than 70% of packages will be automatically assigned routes through intelligent algorithms.

6. LeTV Mall’s “delivery door” has frequently occurred, and has been questioned by nearly a thousand users again

According to reports on October 18, on September 19, 2016, LeTV Mall launched the "919 Music Fan E-commerce Festival". However, a well-known domestic third-party e-commerce rights protection platform received complaints from many users before and after LeTV's "919" event, saying that there were problems such as failure to ship as promised, false publicity, unprocessed refunds, and forced consumers to purchase gifts.

7. It is revealed that Didi car owners can register and handle it on Taobao in just one or two hundred

According to reports on October 18, with the introduction of the new online car-hailing policy, the threshold for online car-hailing platforms such as Didi is getting higher and higher. However, some sellers on Taobao and WeChat claim that they can "register Didi drivers on their behalf". The age, driving experience, inconsistent car models, and lack of driving licenses are not problems, and they can even handle Didi's latest facial recognition login. Some buyers bluntly say that they have received hundreds of orders.

8. In 2015, university parcels accounted for 6% of the country, directly driving 70,000 job opportunities

According to reports on October 18, in 2015, the number of packages in colleges and universities accounted for about 6% of the country's total, directly driving 70,000 job opportunities. College students received 16 express delivery per year, and more than 2,000 universities in the mainland purchased 1,100 yuan per person online. The concentration of internal e-commerce logistics on campus is high, and "Three Links and One Da" and Best Huitong account for 81% of the market share of Taobao, which is higher than the total share of the social average of 75%. It is reported that campus express delivery has two major characteristics: seasonality, logistics distribution and the number of regional universities.

9. Autohome 11.11 Car Purchase Festival has started, with the target sales doubled

According to October 18, yesterday, Autohome announced the launch of this year's 11.11 car shopping festival and expressed its hope to double its sales this year compared to the previous year. It is understood that this year's Autohome 11.11 Car Buying Festival will provide more subsidies to users, and financial products will appear. In addition, Ping An’s traffic and offline resources will also be fully utilized.

10. The "ban order" lifts Qunar.com and airlines resume cooperation

On October 18, after being "banned" by airlines for a long time, Qunar.com announced yesterday that it had resumed full cooperation with airlines. In order to solve the various problems criticized by airlines, Qunar.com has implemented a more stringent evaluation system for agency access, supervision, punishment measures and agent services, and at the same time, every air ticket on the platform is verified. Industry experts pointed out that airlines are currently looking forward to mastering more passenger information and are constantly increasing direct sales channels. Therefore, online travel platforms (OTAs) should further accelerate their transformation to meet the new needs of airlines, otherwise they may be "abandoned".

"Triple Billion" asset scams are popular online brainwashing in WeChat groups

On October 18, the WeChat group of "National Causes" claimed that it would thaw hundreds of billions of national overseas assets. The scammers made ambitions for participants, and just register to pay a small handling fee and keep the secret, and they could receive millions of subsidies. Some middle-aged and elderly people believe in this seemingly simple scam.

Shenzhou Youche plans to launch 10 billion yuan of private placement funds for car buying and selling business

According to reports on October 18, Shenzhou Youche Company plans to issue no more than 196 million shares to non-specific targets at a price of 50-51 yuan per share, and the funds raised are expected to be no more than 10 billion yuan, and will be used for the development of Shenzhou's car buying and selling business, including store construction, marketing, employee recruitment and vehicle procurement (including new cars and quasi-new cars). It said that it will support the development of China's car buying and selling business through capital injection and project loans. It is reported that China's car buying and selling has covered 102 cities. The company expects that the number of stores will reach 300-500 in the next three years, basically covering all prefecture-level cities across the country.

Tencent raises $850 million in new investors to acquire Supercell

On October 18, Tencent recently announced that it will subsidiaries responsible for the acquisition of Finnish mobile game developer Supercell, and introduce a number of investors including AVIC Capital and CITIC Capital to subscribe to 50% of the shares, with a total consideration of US$850 million. Tencent said the $850 million will be used to allocate part of the funds to acquire Supercell, and the company expects the deal to acquire Supercell will be completed around October 27, when Halti will hold an indirect interest in Supercell.