Laogao E-commerce Newsletter on November 21

#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [November 21 E-commerce Morning News Brief] 1. Alibaba invested 300 million yuan in Ruhan, and Ruhan's valuation soared by 15 times; 2. Alibaba's big data series of fake ball cases broke through tens of millions of yuan, cutting off the fake chain; 3. 3C sellers note: AliExpress will be banned from the account after making serious violations; 4. 500 live broadcast anchors in Xi'an were owed wages: brokers fled with money; 5. Wang Shi rarely spoke out: I believe that Vanke culture can withstand capital rape.

1. Alibaba invested 300 million yuan in Ruhan, and Ruhan's valuation soared 15 times

News on November 21. Recently, Hangzhou Ruhan Holdings Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Ruhan") released a report on the issuance of stocks. The announcement showed that in the subscribers column disclosed in the announcement, Alibaba will invest for approximately 300 million yuan. After the subscription is completed, Alibaba will hold 9.58% of the total share capital, becoming Ruhan's fourth largest shareholder. It was only three months after Ruhan announced the stock issuance plan in August.

Comment: Using content as the medium to complete the closed loop between users, brands and factories is probably Ruhan’s way of success.

2. Alibaba Big Data breaks tens of millions of fake balls series, cutting off fake chains

On November 21, Alibaba's anti-counterfeiting special forces recently cooperated with the Spalding brand to assist the police in Dingyuan County, Anhui Province to crack down on a gang of counterfeiting and selling counterfeiting balls. At present, Du Mou, the head of the counterfeiting gang, has been controlled by the police. According to preliminary estimates, the gang is suspected of selling fake records, with a total amount involved in the case reaching millions of yuan. In the past six months, Alibaba's anti-counterfeiting special forces have cooperated with brands using big data technology and have assisted the police in destroying five counterfeit ball production and sales, with a total amount involved exceeding 10 million yuan.

Comment: If there is profit, there will be those who take risks. When consumers no longer buy fakes, the counterfeiting industry chain will be self-defeating.

3. 3C sellers note: AliExpress will be banned if it makes any violations.

On November 21, AliExpress has recently released the industry standards for 3C digital accessories, and has made new regulations on related categories of products. For sellers who violate this regulations, AliExpress will freeze or close its accounts if the circumstances are serious. This standard will come into effect on the 23rd of this month. The standards stipulate the scope of application, product release specifications, product quality specifications, and penalties for violations.

Comment: AliExpress will become more and more standardized, and cracking down on illegal merchants and protecting honest merchants is the principle.

4. 500 live broadcast anchors in Xi'an were owed wages: the agent fled with the money

On November 21, online live broadcasts have been very popular in the past two years and have been favored by many young people. Some people even regard being an anchor on a live broadcast platform as a profession. But recently, someone fell into a "pit" on the way to being an anchor. After nearly a month of helping a live broadcast platform, about 500 anchors in Xi'an not only did not receive the promised basic salary, but were even unable to log in to their account to redeem the gifts they received from the live broadcast. The anchor agent has been "requiring salary" for nearly a month, and there has been no progress so far.

Comment: As a new industry, it is not surprising that you are targeted by scammers. New anchors should be smart and protect themselves with legal weapons.

5. Wang Shi rarely speaks out: I believe that Vanke culture can withstand capital violence

On November 20th, Wang Shi recently said: "A year has passed. In the equity dispute, we have adhered to Vanke's culture. The recent resignation of the executive of NSG. We are still very confident in talking about the future because if capital can rape culture, then corporate culture will be too fragile. In fact, there are many similar incidents in NSG, but everyone doesn't pay attention to it. Vanke is a classic example. I believe (Vanke's response method) is very typical today.

Comment: Capital must not lose control.

6. Two hundred students in Shaanxi are "interned" and get 10 yuan for express delivery work for 10 hours

According to November 20, in recent days, several students from Shaanxi Transportation Vocational and Technical College have reported to us that starting from November 12, 240 sophomore students in their school's road transport management major were arranged by the school to intern at the Yunda Express Northwest Sorting Center for internships. Anyway, we are throwing packages and sorting them. We start working at 7:30 in the morning, rest at twelve noon, and continue working at 1:20 in the afternoon. We get off work at 6:30 in the afternoon, and work about ten hours a day. The intern students told reporters that they studied road transport management major, but the internship content was sorting express delivery, and they only earned 10 yuan for 10 hours of work.

Comment: The "Regulations on Internship Management of Vocational School Students" clearly stipulates that in principle, the internship remuneration of on-the-job interns shall not be less than 80% of the salary standard for the same position for the probation period. The express delivery company obviously violated the regulations.

7. After taking stake in Intime Suning, Alibaba acquires 32% of Sanjiang Shopping

On November 21, Sanjiang Shopping recently announced that Alibaba Group's subsidiary Hangzhou Alibaba Zetai Information Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Alibaba Zetai") plans to acquire Sanjiang Shopping shares through agreement acquisition, subscription of fixed-increase shares, and subscription of exchangeable bonds. After the acquisition is completed, Alibaba Zetai will hold 32% of the shares and controlling shareholder Hean Investment will hold 38.43% of the shares. If Alibaba Zetai converts all the exchangeable bonds into shares, its holdings will increase to 35%, and the proportion of equity of the company directly and indirectly controlled by Sanjiang Shares' actual controller Chen Nianci will decrease to 37%.

Comment: Opening up online and offline is an important idea for Alibaba to upgrade its e-commerce business. This acquisition is also an important part of the layout of new retail.

8. Putian Group is on the top of Baidu search list again, providing plastic surgery installment loans to those who seek beauty

According to news on November 21, due to the impact of the "Wei Zexi incident", Putian-based hospitals disappeared from Baidu rankings for less than half a year, and now there are signs of re-beating the drums and opening. A recent investigation by Beijing Youth Daily reporter found that Putian-based hospitals have returned to the medical competition market. However, this time, Putian-based hospitals have changed their promotion methods and put the "medical beauty installment" sign and entered the Baidu search homepage again in the form of loan beauty.

Comment: Everyone is calling for the Putian Group?

9. Apple: The iPhone's automatic shutdown is due to the inferior power adapter

On November 20, a source revealed that regarding the automatic shutdown of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S series phones, Apple's preliminary investigation showed that the automatic shutdown of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S series was caused by the use of poor quality third-party power adapters. A poor quality power adapter can damage the phone's charging chip, which will result in the battery not providing accurate data to iOS.

Comment: Another Rashomon, will Apple become the second best Samsung, right?

10. Is JD.com profitable, lossable, and digital routine? GAAP algorithm lost 800 million

On November 20, two and a half years after going public in the United States, JD.com (JD), with a market value of US$37 billion, recently announced its financial business restructuring plan. At the same time, JD.com Group also released its third quarter financial report for 2016 after Chairman Liu Qiangdong's "received power". Under Non-GAAP (non-US General Accounting Standards), JD.com achieved a profit of nearly 270 million yuan. However, under GAAP (US General Accounting Standards), except for a net loss of more than 800 million yuan, JD.com's growth rate decline continues.

Comment: As JD Finance will become a domestic company, JD Finance and Ant Financial will inevitably be placed together again.

11. It is said that HTC will transfer its mobile phone business, and Google may take over the acquisition, but the official denies the news

According to news on November 20, the industry rumored that the business suffered long-term losses due to the long-term sluggish sales of smartphones. Wang Xuehong, the head of HTC, has made a decision to transfer the mobile phone business to the outside world. In the future, HTC will no longer be a smartphone manufacturer. If the rumors are true, HTC will become another company that suffered a crushing defeat in the smartphone market and was forced to withdraw after Nokia, Finland and BlackBerry. Foreign media pointed out that if HTC is willing to transfer its mobile phone business, Google should be a more reasonable potential acquirer. However, regarding this industry rumor, according to Taiwanese media reports, HTC has denied the rumors and stated that it has no plans to transfer its mobile phone business.

Comment: If you can't keep up with the market situation, you will be eliminated soon.

12. Arrears 50 million in supplier fees, Yidaoku waits for financing and rescue emergency

On November 20, the newspaper reporter learned that Yidao Car has owed more than 2 million yuan in customer service supplier Hebei Zhongrui Communication Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Hebei Zhongrui"), and a total of five or six similar suppliers have been owed. As of September this year, the total amount of owed expenses reached 50 million yuan.

Comment: It is obvious that it cannot solve the easy-to-get dilemma by relying solely on low prices. But the loyalty of customers is very low. As long as there is a lower price, customers will go to other companies.

13. Amazon and Fiat Chrysler cooperate to sell cars online

November 21 news, Fiat Chrysler recently stated that the company has reached a cooperation with Amazon to sell cars on Amazon's official website and provide additional discounts. Currently, only Italian users can log in to Amazon's Italian website to purchase Fiat cars, and are limited to three models.

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