"Group buying" may be the most fashionable term in the e-commerce industry at present. While online retail platforms such as Pinduoduo are vigorously exploring the WeChat traffic entrance, some startups are trying to bring "group buying" offline, hoping to use this sales model to activate a broader physical retail market.

CNBC TV recently reported that Amazon Cloud Services (AWS) huge advertisements replaced Boeing, Lockheed Martin and other companies, and occupied the walls and ground of the Pentagon subway station in a high-profile manner. Amazon, which has been bombarded by Trump many times, has once again targeted the Pentagon's business.

#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [E-commerce Morning News on April 23] 1. Jack Ma: China needs a large number of large companies that surpass BAT, and needs a digital economy law; 2. iResearch: New retail has given rise to a sudden rise in social e-commerce; 3. Tmall International has finally opened an offline store but it cannot sell goods directly; 4. Amazon is optimistic about the Indian food industry increasing investment and plans to develop in depth into the fresh food market; 5. ZTE: Learn from the lessons of the past and regard compliance as a strategic cornerstone; 6. Wall Street Journal: Tencent Music plans to IPO in the second half of the year...

With the continuous maturity of cold chain industry technologies, the fresh food market ushered in a new spring of development. Many platforms have launched offline fresh food stores and have gained a large number of consumers.

Social applications have become the super entrance to the mobile Internet. With the existence of Internet social networking, social e-commerce will not die. Wherever people gather, there will be business behaviors.

Recently, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference. The spokesperson introduced the operation of my country's consumer market in the first quarter of 2018 and the online sales in my country in the first quarter. At the same time, it said that the Ministry of Commerce will fully launch the consumption upgrade plan this year.