In front of the Starbucks in Chongqing, white flowers were thrown at the door; the president of Nintendo said that he had not yet understood the meta-universe

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In front of the Chongqing Starbucks gate, white flowers were thrown with eggs

The Starbucks store in Chongqing that drove away the police has not had a good time recently.

Recently, some citizens found that someone in front of the Starbucks store involved in Chongqing sent white flowers and threw eggs on the ground. When the cleaning staff wanted to clean, they were dissuaded by the public to "don't sweep, don't sweep".

Previously, on February 13, some netizens broke the news on Weibo that a Starbucks in Chongqing rushed to the door to eat a box lunch and the police also maliciously complained, saying that it "will affect the brand image", which temporarily triggered accusations. Subsequently, Starbucks officially responded with an apology, saying that the employees and the police concerned caused a communication misunderstanding due to inappropriate speech when coordinating seats, and did not drive away from the complaint police.

But the apology did not calm the anger of the masses. After the fermentation of the situation, the store involved was surrounded by people, but most of them were watching the liveliness and looking for trouble.

On February 15, a man ordered a cup of coffee at the store, then ate snail powder in full view of the table and chair. Because the man also consumed coffee, the clerk failed to drive him away after fruitless dissuadement.

In addition, there are also many netizens on the online platform who frantically pour in, giving this Starbucks a bad rating.

Negative news such as cockroaches in the back kitchen has shaken Starbucks' reputation. The incident once again caused the brand image to plummet, and it was difficult for Starbucks to win back the trust of Chinese consumers.

Dingdong buy food revenue in 2021 increased by 77.5% year-on-year

Dingdong, which has lost more than one loss, has ushered in a long-lost profit.

On February 15, Dingdong Grocery released a performance report, with revenue of 20.12 billion yuan in 2021, an increase of 77.5% year-on-year. Among them, the Shanghai area achieved overall profitability in December 2021.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, Dingdong's performance far exceeded expectations. Achieved revenue of 5.48 billion yuan, an increase of 72.0% year-on-year; net loss of 1.096 billion yuan, compared with a loss of 1.245 billion yuan in the same period of 2020. Gross margin was 27.7%, up 9.5 percentage points from the previous quarter. Under the Non-GAAP caliber, the fulfillment expense ratio was optimized by 4.6 percentage points from the previous quarter.

Dingdong said that the profitability of shanghai will drive the entire Yangtze River Delta and even the whole country, and it is expected to usher in full profitability in the near future. In addition, at the end of the fourth quarter, Dingdong had a cash reserve of 5.2 billion yuan, "enough cash to maintain operations until it is fully profitable in the future.".

Since its establishment in 2017, Dingdong Has not yet achieved overall profitability at the company level. In the third quarter of last year, Dingdong's operating loss expanded by 139% to 2.02 billion yuan, and the net loss expanded by 143% to 2.01 billion yuan. From 2019 to the first three quarters of 2021, Dingdong has lost more than 10 billion yuan.

This is related to the front warehouse model that Dingdong buys vegetables adheres to. The front warehouse can greatly bring convenience to users, but it is also a money-burning model. The high density of warehouse settings, the excess processing staff and rider configuration, all consume a lot of money to buy food in Dingdong.

The market has always been not optimistic about the front position model. Since its listing in June 2021, Dingdong's share price has fluctuated downward, closing at $6.51 on February 14, down more than 72% from its $23.5 issue price.

As of the close of trading on Feb. 15, Dingdong Grocery was trading at $7.3, down 1.75 percent, with a market capitalization of $1.72 billion.

Apple's iPhone 6 Plus is on the list of "antiques."

Recently, Apple updated the list of antique and obsolete products, adding the iPhone 6 Plus to the list of antique products, because it has been more than 5 years since its suspension. The iPhone 6 Plus was released in September 2014 and discontinued in September 2016. The iPhone 6 was discontinued in September 2018 and is not currently on the antiques list.

In addition, on February 15, Apple officially announced that it would add the iPad 4 to the discontinuation list, which means that the first product of the iPad series with a lightning interface officially withdrew from the stage. iPad 4 is a product launched in 2012, it uses a 9.7-inch IPS retina screen, with a Home button on the front, is the first iPad for many users.

The Xiaomi K50 e-sports edition of the new product launch conference opened tonight

Redmi's new year's blockbuster "K50 Esports Edition" will be officially released on February 16 (tonight). On the morning of February 16, Xiaomi Router officially announced that it will officially launch Redmi's first esports router at tonight's K50 esports Edition Conference.

According to the breaking news, it is expected that Xiaomi will release a number of models such as Redmi K50, Redmi K50Pro, Redmi K50Pro+, Redmi K50 e-sports edition and so on.

At present, the Redmi K50 series of genuine models have been connected to the network, with a total of Redmi K50, Redmi K50 Pro, Redmi K50 Pro+ three models, respectively equipped with Snapdragon 870, Tianji 8000, Tianji 9000 chips.

The machine will be the first time that Redmi has used a 2K high-resolution screen, and it is also the first time that a curved screen design has been used, and the E5 material will bring a very impactful visual effect.

President Nintendo said he hadn't figured out the metaverse yet

In a recent earnings Q&A session, regarding the NFT and meta-universe, Nintendo President Toshitaro Furukawa said that the meta-universe is being watched by many companies around the world, and it is clear that it has great potential. When introducing the metaverse, some people will also use "Collection! Let's take examples of games like Animal Friends.

Shuntaro Furukawa said he was interested in the concept himself, but it doesn't seem to fit with Nintendo's plans.

But he stressed: "At this stage, we have no way to clearly define the form of the metaverse, nor can we figure out what kind of surprises and fun the metaverse will bring to users." ”

Shuntaro Furukawa believes that as a company that provides entertainment projects, providing surprises and fun for players is the most important thing.

Musk: SpaceX Has more than 250,000 users and more than $300 million in annual bookings

Recently, Musk posted on social networks that SpaceX Starlink satellite Internet users may exceed 250,000 people, with an annual booking amount of more than $300 million.

It is reported that the Starlink satellite Internet, the minimum monthly service fee of 100 US dollars, if there are really 250,000 terminals using Starlink, it means that SpaceX's revenue, up to 25 million US dollars (about 158 million yuan) per month, equivalent to 300 million US dollars per year.

SpaceX currently has nearly 2,000 Starlink satellites in orbit, and Musk said it will launch more than 40,000 satellites. The hard cost of each launch of the Starlink satellite is about $15 million, assuming that each launch of 50 satellites, the launch cost of each satellite alone is about $300,000. That brings the hard cost of launching the existing Starlink network to $600 million, which means SpaceX will recoup that cost within two years at current customer levels.

The ice pier NFT has soared nearly a thousand times in two days

Since the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the mascot "Ice Pier" has exploded out of the circle, and this phenomenon-level explosion has also appeared in the field of digital lines. The digital collection of Non-Fungible Token Non-Homogeneous Tokens, issued by the IOC with official authorization, has soared nearly a thousand times in the past two days.

According to public information, the IOC officially authorized ice pier digital blind box was sold at 1:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 12, with a total of 500 units, $99 each, limited to 5 per person, and the distribution platform is nWayPlay.

The biggest gainer was the pin series of Nordic combined Beijing 2022 mascot ice piers, which currently has 13 NFTs on sale on nWayPlay, with the lowest offer reaching $2,000 and the highest $88,888. That's a nearly 1,000-fold surge compared to the initial issue price of $99.

Luckin Coffee added 360 stores in January

On February 15, Guo Jinyi, chairman and CEO of Luckin Coffee, issued an internal letter saying that Luckin Coffee opened 360 new stores in January this year.

According to the internal letter, in 2021, The annual performance of Ruixing Coffee achieved steady growth, and the expansion of stores entered the stage of high-quality and refined operation; a total of 113 new ready-made drinks were launched throughout the year, and a series of products such as raw coconut lattes and velvet lattes were popular; at the same time, the brand image of Luckin Coffee became increasingly popular and welcomed by consumers.

"In the just-concluded Spring Festival Golden Week, even in the face of the impact of the epidemic, our transaction volume still broke through sharply against the trend, and the transaction volume of stores was 3 times that of the same period last year."