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"Retail Circulation Weekly" SoftBank again reduced its holdings in Ali; Douyin denied signing a VAM agreement with the head anchor; Gome does not rule out the implementation of staff reduction due to business difficulties

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"Retail Circulation Weekly" SoftBank again reduced its holdings in Ali; Douyin denied signing a VAM agreement with the head anchor; Gome does not rule out the implementation of staff reduction due to business difficulties

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This week (August 7-13), Hainan, Zhejiang and other provinces suddenly local epidemic, the impact on the local retail, logistics industry, such as Yiwu more than 10% of the express delivery business volume affected, 74 terminal outlets suspended, accordingly, the local departments have taken a series of measures to protect the lives of residents, such as Haikou to establish a "white list pass" system for the distribution of daily necessities, Chengdu Post launched unmanned vehicle "delivery staff" and so on.

With the advent of the mid-year financial reporting season, retail circulation companies have announced the second quarter/semi-annual results, it is worth noting that in the case of peer daily excellent fresh in the case of business difficulties, interviewed by the Beijing Municipal Consumer Association and submitted a rectification plan, Dingdong buy vegetables for the first time to achieve a phased profit under Non-GAAP; The offline supermarket industry showed signs of recovery, and the revenue and net profit of the Hongqi chain achieved double growth in the first half of the year.

The cross-border e-commerce track is still hot, and this week a number of platforms and brands have made new moves, including the launch of a cross-border supply platform on Tmall Taobao; TikTok tested a new "order center" that can query the platform's consumption records; SHOPLINE Logistics adds Canadian channels, etc.

In addition, pay attention to the news of the head enterprise, and the Douyin e-commerce company denies signing a VAM agreement with the head anchor and restricting the flow of oriental selection; Gome responds to layoffs; SoftBank once again reduced its holdings in Alibaba; JD Logistics has obtained all voting rights of Deppon Holdings; China China exempted china from passing the listing hearing of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

The details are as follows:

Focus on the impact of the epidemic:

Hainan has built 26 emergency material transfer stations and issued 30,000 passes

On August 8, the Hainan Provincial Headquarters for the Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic revealed at a press conference that nearly 30,000 provincial key material transport vehicle passes and emergency passenger vehicle passes have been used and issued. In terms of freight transport, the vegetable emergency support fleet will be activated, and the emergency support capacity reserve will be unified and deployed. In terms of passenger transport, after extensive mobilization, 52 tourist passenger transport enterprises responded positively, adding 1,007 new capacity reserves (36,431 passenger seats). At present, Hainan Province has built 26 emergency material transfer stations in 18 cities (counties), and sites, personnel, vehicles, etc. have been guaranteed in place.

Haikou has established a "white list pass" system for the distribution of daily necessities

According to the news on August 11, according to Hainan Daily, Haikou City has established a "white list pass" system for catering takeaway and daily necessities distribution, and in non-medium- and high-risk control areas, takeaway riders of major e-commerce platforms such as Meituan and Ele.me only need to hold a "white list pass" that has passed the review, and they can enter and exit normally. In addition, each platform has increased its transportation capacity and launched a contactless delivery service to ensure the normal operation of the province's residents.

Yiwu's more than 10% express delivery business volume was affected, and 74 terminal outlets were suspended

Yiwu's domestic logistics have been affected by the epidemic. According to the data released by the Yiwu postal administration, the daily affected business volume in Yiwu accounts for about 12%-13% of Yiwu express delivery. As of August 5, a total of 74 stores of express delivery companies in Yiwu have suspended services in the local high school risk area, and more than 490 other outlets are operating normally.

Chengdu Postal unmanned vehicle "delivery man" on the job

According to the news on August 8, according to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, Chengdu Postal Branch sent unmanned vehicle "delivery staff" to ensure postal delivery and transportation in some communities in Chengdu Chenghua District. On August 6 alone, it served 3 communities in one day, delivering a total of 320 non-contact materials and mail. Next, Chengdu Post will continue to arrange unmanned vehicle delivery services in Chenghua District to alleviate the delivery pressure and deliver customer mail to home without contact.

About the financial report:

Dingdong's Q2 revenue increased by 42.8% year-on-year, and it turned a loss for the first time under Non-GAAP

On the evening of August 11, Dingdong Buy Food released the financial report for the second quarter of 2022 as of June 30, during the reporting period, Dingdong Buy Food achieved revenue of 6.634 billion yuan, an increase of 42.79% year-on-year; Net loss of 34.5 million yuan, narrowing 98.22% year-on-year; Non-GAAP has turned a loss into a profit with a net profit of $20.6 million. It is worth noting that this is the first time that Dingdong Buy food has achieved a phased profit under Non-GAAP.

TikTok e-commerce GMV exceeded $1 billion in the first half of the year

August 10 news, according to the "Late Post" report, TikTok e-commerce in the first half of 2022 GMV has exceeded 1 billion US dollars, compared with its volume in 2021. Among them, the average monthly GMV of the Indonesian market is 200 million US dollars; The UK market has an average monthly GMV of $24 million. In addition, TikTok's e-commerce team has also set a goal of achieving a total of $470 billion in commodity transactions within 5 years.

Hongqi Chain achieved double growth in revenue and net profit in the first half of the year

On August 11, Hongqi Chain released its 2022 semi-annual report, and the company achieved operating income of 4.883 billion yuan in the first half of the year, an increase of 7.64% year-on-year; Achieved a net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company of 223 million yuan, an increase of 0.68% year-on-year. During the reporting period, the company opened 34 new stores and upgraded 142 old stores. As of June 30, the company has a total of 3557 stores, of which 147 are 24-hour stores. In addition, Gansu Hongqi convenience stores have opened 97.

Youzan's revenue in the first half of the year was 729 million yuan, and the existing paid merchants increased by 4%

On August 9, China Youzan released the first half of 2022 performance report: in the first half of the year, the company's revenue was 729 million yuan, down 9.2% year-on-year; Attributable net profit was -261 million yuan, a decrease of 31.32% year-on-year. It is worth noting that as of June 30, 2022, the number of new paid merchants in Youzan increased by 5% year-on-year, and the number of existing merchants increased by 4% year-on-year. In addition, the GMV from store SaaS products was about 19.4 billion yuan, accounting for 41% of the overall proportion, an increase of about 60% year-on-year.

Wish's second-quarter revenue plunged nearly 80 percent, and the board of directors changed

On August 10, TextLogic, the parent company of the global mobile e-commerce platform Wish, released its financial results for the second quarter of 2022. According to the financial report, Wish's revenue for the quarter was $134 million, down 79.57% year-on-year; Net loss of $90 million, loss narrowed 19% year-over-year. On the same day, Wish announced a change in the board of directors: Piotr Szulczewski resigned from the company's board of directors, and the board of directors has elected Larry Kutscher as an independent director and a member of the audit committee, which is effective immediately. In addition, Wish announced a series of executive promotions, effective August 3, 2022.

Yangming Shipping's performance declined in July

On August 9, Yangming Shipping announced that its consolidated revenue for July was NT$36.749 billion (about RMB8.261 billion), a decrease of NT$1.962 billion or 5.07% month-on-month or 24.8% year-on-year from June. Yangming Shipping explained that in July, the European and American routes were affected by market factors, and the freight rates fell slightly, resulting in a decrease in revenue, but the average freight rates remained high-end compared with the same period last year, and the annual growth rate was higher. In the first seven months of the cumulative total, Yangming Shipping's consolidated revenue was NT$252.901 billion (about RMB56.853 billion), an annual increase of 53.27%.

Xinning Logistics had a net loss of 3.19 million yuan in the first half of the year

On August 9, Xinning Logistics released its 2022 semi-annual report, achieving revenue of 415 million yuan in the first half of the year, down 1.81% year-on-year; net profit attributable to the mother -3.1947 million yuan, up 94.33% year-on-year; deduction of non-net profit -8.5563 million yuan, up 86.63% year-on-year. The increase in the Company's net profit attributable to owners of the parent company compared to the same period last year was mainly due to the disposal of a long-term loss-making subsidiary, Guangzhou Yicheng Traffic Information Co., Ltd. at the end of the previous year.

Cross-border e-commerce related:

Tmall Taobao launched a cross-border supply platform

August 11 news, Tmall Taobao launched a "cross-border supply platform", merchants only need to sign a contract, you can "0 operation" to open the overseas business. It is reported that after the merchant signs this "cross-border supply platform", the goods in its Tmall Taobao store will be automatically synchronized to the cross-border supply platform. These products will go to sea through two channels: one is selected for lazada and AliExpress platforms' "Taobao Selection" channel, covering about 660 million consumers in Southeast Asia and South Korea, and the other is provided as a source of goods to distributors who do cross-border distribution, through which they sell to global consumers.

TikTok tested a new "Order Center" that can query the platform's consumption records

On August 11, it was reported that the TikTok platform was testing a brand new "order center". According to a screenshot shared on social accounts by TikTok user, social media consultant and analyst Matt Navarre, a brand new "Order Center" button appears next to "Edit Profile" on TikTok's profile. After clicking this button, users can enter the special e-commerce query page to query the order consumption record on the TikTok platform, including the payment amount, delivery status, product reviews, etc. You can also create and edit your own wish lists, manage your address information and payment methods, and view coupons. The "Order Center" will also recommend several items that may be satisfactory to the user based on the user's browsing and purchase records, and the user can directly click the link to place an order to purchase.

SHEIN surpassed Amazon in U.S. downloads in the second quarter

On August 7, Sensor Tower data showed that in the second quarter of 2022, the online shopping platform Shein surpassed Amazon in the United States in mobile installations. Shein was downloaded approximately 6.8 million times, up 13% sequentially; Amazon saw 6.3 million downloads, down 7 percent.

The report notes that while the adoption of Amazon Apps in the U.S. may be slowing down, its average monthly active user (MAU) in the second quarter of 2022 was three times that of Shein. Still, Shein is adding U.S. users and closing the gap year by year. In the second quarter of 2020, Amazon's monthly active users were nearly 9 times that of Shein, a percentage that fell to four times in the second quarter of 2021.

SHOPLINE Logistics adds a New Canadian channel

On August 8, SHOPLINE Logistics officially launched the Canadian channel, and reached a strategic cooperation with Jiayou International, which has been deeply involved in Canada for many years, to provide full-link intelligent logistics solutions for China-Canada cross-border e-commerce sellers. According to reports, the Canadian channel launched by the two sides, with passenger and cargo charter capacity, can provide sellers with priority daily fixed aviation positions, in the epidemic affecting the supply chain environment, can also ensure that the high-end product line 7-day signing, mid-end product express line door to door 10-12 days to sign, to meet the current consumers for logistics timeliness of high requirements.

The Amazon European Delivery Network is now restarted

On August 12, Amazon Europe announced that Amazon's European Delivery Network (EFN) between the United Kingdom and the European Union has now been fully restarted. It is reported that EFN can help sellers reach the EU and UK buyer groups, allowing sellers to use FBA inventory stored in distribution centers to deliver cross-border orders for qualified products, but need to pay EFN fees.

Other e-commerce news:

Daily Excellent Fresh: The rectification plan has been fed back to the Beijing Municipal Consumer Association

Recently, the daily excellent fresh can not operate normally, causing a large number of consumer complaints. After receiving the complaint, the Beijing Consumers Association interviewed the company on the afternoon of August 4. As of the afternoon of the 11th, Daily Fresh has not yet announced the refund plan. In this regard, the relevant person in charge of daily excellent fresh responded that the rectification plan has been fed back to the Beijing Municipal Consumer Association. The company's business adjustment has brought many inconveniences to users, and the company apologizes and has set up a special post to be responsible for the follow-up processing of various problems.

Douyin e-commerce suspended its wine and tourism business

On August 11, the Douyin e-commerce operation team issued an announcement that the "[Local Life and Virtual] Industry Management Norms" officially came into effect. After the rules came into effect, the wine and tourism business was suspended, and the settlement method became "suspension of operation", that is, the new addition of goods was suspended and the stock of goods would be removed from the shelves.

Secoo was again filed for bankruptcy review

According to the National Enterprise Bankruptcy and Reorganization Case Information Network, on August 10, Beijing Siku Commerce and Trade Co., Ltd. added a new bankruptcy review case, the applicant was Zhao Dongping, and the handling court was the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court. In January, the company was filed for bankruptcy review before the applicant withdrew the application.

SoftBank again reduced its stake in Alibaba, reducing its stake to 14.6%

On August 10, Alibaba's majority shareholder, SoftBank Group, announced that the board of directors had agreed to settle up to 242 million forward contracts for Alibaba ADR ("American Depositary Shares"), with an estimated total transaction revenue of 4.6 trillion yen (US$34 billion), reducing its shareholding to 14.6%. According to a public disclosure made by SoftBank Group, the above share settlement will begin in mid-August 2022 and is expected to be completed by the end of September 2022.

Douyin e-commerce denied signing a VAM agreement with the head anchor

A few days ago, it was revealed that in June this year, the Douyin platform and some head anchors signed a VAM agreement, and the transaction content may be that the anchor needs to complete a single 100 million GMV in a single live broadcast, and the platform will put 20 million traffic for the anchor, and said that the VAM agreement of the super head anchor is driven by the platform and the brand side. On August 10, the relevant person in charge of Douyin e-commerce responded that this is fake news and there is no similar gambling agreement. Douyin e-commerce encourages merchants and talents to obtain platform traffic by supplying good products, displaying good content, and providing good services.

The two companies under the daily excellent fresh have been listed as abnormal operations, and the Zhejiang branch has been cancelled for the record

According to the news on August 10, the national enterprise credit information publicity system showed that two subsidiaries of Daily Excellent Fresh, Beijing Daily Excellent Fresh Technology Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Daily Excellent Fresh E-commerce Co., Ltd., were listed in the list of abnormal operations by the local market supervision and management department on August 1 and August 3 because their registered residence or business premises could not be contacted. In addition, Zhejiang Daily Youxian E-commerce Co., Ltd. carried out the cancellation filing on August 4, the reason for the cancellation is the resolution to dissolve, and is now making a creditor announcement, and the creditors can declare their claims to the liquidation team within 45 days from the date of the announcement.

Alibaba's dual major listing application has been confirmed by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

On the evening of 8 August, Alibaba announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it had voluntarily switched to a dual primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and that the application had been confirmed by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and that the effective date of the main conversion was expected to be before the end of 2022.

Douyin e-commerce denies restricting the selection of the East

On August 8, there were market rumors that Oriental Selection encountered vibrato restrictions. In this regard, the relevant person in charge of Douyin e-commerce responded: "There is no situation of restricting the flow of Oriental Selection, Oriental Selection is a representative merchant in the high-quality ecology of Douyin e-commerce, and Douyin E-commerce encourages similar high-quality live broadcast rooms to continue to operate and develop on the platform." ”

Idle Fish applied for a trademark in the seafood market

According to the investigation, the idle fish affiliated company recently applied for the registration of the trademark "idle fish seafood market", and the current trademark progress is in the application for registration. It is reported that the "seafood market" is often used by young people to refer to idle fish platforms.

Retail Express:

Gome responded to relevant rumors: it is not excluded that the reduction of personnel due to business difficulties will be implemented

On August 11, a number of employees and former employees of Gome Group's e-commerce platform Gome True Happiness E-commerce Co., Ltd. revealed that the company has started layoffs since April this year, and has ushered in a new round of layoffs since August, at least for the third wave of this year, and in recent months, the company still has wage delays. In this regard, the relevant person in charge of Gome Group responded that Gome Retail does not have wage arrears and arrears in social security provident funds, but does not rule out the implementation of the staff reduction plan due to business difficulties.

Yonghui Warehouse Supermarket closed one year after opening

A few days ago, Yonghui Supermarket Shijiazhuang White Plaza store announced the closure of the store clearance, according to the store signs, the clearance promotion time lasted from July 29 to August 7. It is reported that the store opened in November 2014 and became one of Yonghui's experimental stores to transform hypermarkets into warehouse supermarkets in July last year.

Suning Tesco 818 launched 30 home appliances home improvement expo nationwide, which is expected to drive consumption of more than 2 billion

Recently, the Ministry of Commerce and 13 other departments jointly launched the policy of promoting the consumption of home appliances, and the consumption potential of home appliances has accelerated. During the 818 period this year, based on the "physical + digital" dual-line integration capabilities and regional layout advantages, Suning Tesco deepened cooperation with local governments, industry associations, and upstream and downstream partners in home appliance consumption, and simultaneously opened home appliance home improvement expo in 30 cities such as Nanjing, Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Wuhan, Hefei, Xi'an, Harbin, etc., adding multiple subsidies to meet the one-stop shopping demand of consumers for home appliances and home improvement, and is expected to drive home appliances and home improvement consumption of more than 2 billion yuan.

FamilyMart in Japan will use robots to automatically replenish goods, which can cut 10 hours of labor per day

According to news on August 10, Family Mart, a Japanese convenience store, will introduce robots that automatically replenish drinks to the shelves in 300 stores in Japan by fiscal 2024. It is reported that the introduced robot was developed by the Japanese start-up Telexistence (Chuo-ku, Tokyo), configured in the area behind the storefront refrigerated cabinet, using image recognition technology to grasp the number of PET bottles and filled beverages on the shelves, automatically replenishing the necessary quantity, which can improve the efficiency of the workload in the store by 20%, and can reduce the labor of 10 hours per day.

Yonghui Supermarket intends to repurchase up to 700 million yuan of shares for employee shareholding or equity incentives

On the evening of August 8, Yonghui Supermarket issued the "Plan for Repurchasing Shares by Centralized Auction Transaction", saying that the company intends to repurchase A-share shares at a price of no more than 5 yuan per share with 400 million yuan to 700 million yuan of its own funds within no more than 12 months from the date when the company's board of directors deliberates and approves the repurchase plan, which is used for employee stock ownership plans or equity incentives.

Logistics News:

Taobao logistics details Danniao becomes a rookie

On August 9, it was learned from many sources that Cainiao has raised the delivery door to door to a higher priority, and the self-operated Cainiao direct delivery has been pushed to the front desk and become the main delivery force for home delivery. A recent change is that in the Taobao logistics details, the original page shows that it is delivered by "Danniao", and now it has been changed to "Cainiao Direct Delivery (Danbird)". Cainiao has been providing door-to-door delivery for Tmall supermarkets in the past, and has recently begun to deliver to Tmall International.

JD Logistics has obtained all voting rights of Debon Holdings

On August 8, Debon Logistics Co., Ltd. announced that part of the shares of Debon Holdings (the controlling shareholder of Debon Shares) transferred by JD Zhuofeng (a wholly-owned subsidiary of JD Logistics) have completed the share transfer registration procedures in Guangzhou Equity Exchange Co., Ltd.; As of the date of this announcement, jd.com Zhuofeng has voting rights in Debon Holdings with a total of 93.8754 million shares (accounting for 100% of the total share capital of Debon Holdings). This also means that JD Logistics is one step closer to completing the acquisition of Debon shares.

Pole Rabbit International launched the Colombian small package line

On August 8, the official release of the news of Jitu International said that the Jitu International Colombia small package line has now been officially launched. Specifically, 0-5KG parcels are delivered in the last kilometer, 10-15 working days are properly delivered, and 2 flights a week are transported by trunk line. It is reported that the Jitu International Small Parcel Line Service now covers all of Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and the United States, and the global E-mail treasure covers many countries.

Yunda intends to acquire all the shares of Shanghai Hongyun and Jiangxi Yunbitong

On August 10, Yunda Co., Ltd. announced that in order to enhance the capacity of transportation capacity and provide customers with stable and efficient express logistics and transportation services, Kuaishang Logistics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, intends to sign an equity transfer agreement with Shanghai Yunjie in August 2022, stipulating that Kuaishang Logistics will acquire 100% of the equity of Shanghai Hongyun held by Shanghai Yunjie for 313,100 yuan and 100% of the equity of Jiangxi Yunbitong held by Shanghai Yunjie for 276,000 yuan, with a total transfer amount of 589,100 yuan. It is reported that the actual controllers of Yunda shares, Nie Tengyun and Chen Liying, are the actual controllers of Shanghai Yunjie, and the transaction constitutes a related party transaction.

DHL announces the opening of a cargo route from Qingdao to Incheon, South Korea

On August 12, DHL Express announced the opening of a freight route from Qingdao to Incheon, South Korea. As one of the first international logistics enterprises to enter Jiaodong International Airport, DHL Express entered the business on August 12 last year on the day of the official transfer of Jiaodong International Airport, and successfully completed the first import and export operation after the opening of the new airport. After the opening of this new route, it is expected that more than 100 tons of new routes can be added per week, and the export transfer time of Qingdao and surrounding cities will be further shortened.

Amazon's tenth distribution center is operational

On August 12, Amazon announced that its large distribution center in San Salvo, Italy, was officially put into use, which is its 10th distribution center in Italy. The commissioning of the new distribution center will help Amazon further expand its logistics network to cope with the growing demand for orders, expand product offerings, and better support small and medium-sized businesses that sell on Amazon Italia and rely on FBA's services. At present, the first hundreds of workers have begun to work in the distribution center. Amazon says it will hire another 1,000 permanent employees over the next three years.

JD Logistics put into use the intelligent supply chain center of Xinjiang's largest production area

On August 7, Jingdong Logistics Xinjiang Origin Intelligent Supply Chain Center officially opened its warehouse in Jiashi County, Kashgar Region. This is the largest intelligent supply chain center in Xinjiang that integrates fruit procurement, refrigeration, processing, sorting, packaging and logistics, and will provide integrated supply chain support for the upward movement of high-quality Xinjiang fruits such as Xinmei.

Amazon may acquire a majority stake in Indian logistics company Ecol Express

On August 9, it was reported that in order to establish an intralogistics division, Amazon is negotiating to acquire more than 51% of the shares of Indian logistics company Ecom Express for $500 million to 600 million. If the deal goes through, Amazon will get an internal supply chain that will help further accelerate its delivery speed while lowering its costs. It is reported that because Amazon does not have its own logistics department in India, Ecom Express is already one of Amazon India's delivery partners. Due to an uncertain economic environment, Ecom Express suspended its initial public offering in India with plans to raise $125 million to $150 million.

COSCO Offshore Holdings plans to optimize the company's organizational structure and set up a supply chain logistics division and a capital operation department

On August 8, COSCO Shipping Holdings announced that it intends to optimize the company's organizational structure, such as further enhancing its ability to expand the chain, serve customers and create value by setting up a supply chain logistics division and a capital operation department. After the adjustment, COSCO Shipping Will be positioned as a global digital supply chain operation and investment platform with container shipping as the core, providing customers with supply chain solutions for container shipping + port + related logistics services.

Haicheng Bunda acquired Canadian air freight forwarder HapTrans and cut into the international fresh food supply chain track

On August 8, Haicheng Bond announced that the delivery conditions for the company's acquisition of 75% of the equity of the target company HapTrans have been met, and 75% of the equity of HapTrans Holdings Ltd. has been transferred to the name of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hong Kong Haicheng. It is reported that the acquisition will help Haicheng Bond to quickly enter the field of fresh cold chain logistics, import superior air transport resources, and improve the business capabilities in North America.

Funding/IPO Update:

China's China Exemption Passed the Listing Hearing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

According to the documents of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, China Exemption has passed the listing hearing of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. CICC and UBS Group are its joint sponsors. According to the prospectus of China China Exempted from Disclosure, the company intends to use the funds raised to consolidate domestic channels, expand overseas channels, improve supply chain efficiency, upgrade information technology systems and improve membership systems for listing in Hong Kong.

Unmanned retail convenience store "Cai Convenience" received 5 million yuan of angel round investment

On August 9, Shenzhen Cai Convenience Holdings Co., Ltd. announced that it has completed a 5 million angel round of financing, with Dongguan Chenshuo Venture Capital Co., Ltd. as the investor. It is reported that the main home-made dishes are convenient for cooking, and it is the first 24-hour unmanned community convenience store project in China. The dish is convenient to cooperate with 100+ home in the source channel of the head prefabricated dish.

Industry Policies and Trends:

China's retail sentiment index was unchanged in August from the previous month

Recently, the China Chamber of Commerce released the China Retail Industry Prosperity Index (CRPI). China's retail sentiment index (CRPI) was 50.2% in August, unchanged from the previous month. With the continuous accurate implementation of epidemic prevention measures, superimposed on the implementation of the country's successive RRR and interest rate cuts, tax and fee reductions, smooth logistics and stimulus to consumption, operators and consumers have gradually recovered confidence, market flows tend to be active, the retail market is stabilizing, and the recovery of consumption is expected to be stable, but it will take time to reconstruct the ecological environment of the retail industry.

In July, the national express delivery business volume was 9.65 billion pieces

On August 12, the State Post Bureau announced the operation of the postal industry in July 2022. From January to July, the business volume of express delivery service enterprises nationwide reached 60.86 billion pieces, an increase of 4.3% year-on-year; The total business revenue reached 588.04 billion yuan, an increase of 3.7% year-on-year. Among them, the business volume of the same city has accumulated 7.31 billion pieces, down 4.9% year-on-year; The total volume of off-site business reached 52.52 billion pieces, an increase of 6.3% year-on-year; The total volume of international/Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan business reached 1.03 billion pieces, down 17.8% year-on-year.

In July, the business volume of express delivery service enterprises nationwide reached 9.65 billion pieces, an increase of 8.0% year-on-year; Business revenue reached 89.82 billion yuan, an increase of 8.6% year-on-year.

From January to July, the express and parcel service brand concentration index CR8 was 84.8, up 0.1 from January to June.

The protection of the legitimate rights and interests of couriers in Inner Mongolia is included in the government's target responsibility assessment

Recently, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Department of Transportation, the Postal Administration, the Department of Human Resources and Social Security, the Development and Reform Commission and other 11 departments jointly issued the "Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to Do a Good Job in protecting the legitimate rights and interests of courier groups Implementation Plan", which formulated 4 safeguard measures, the establishment of the Autonomous Region Transportation Department director as the main convener, the Autonomous Region Human Resources and Social Security Department, the Autonomous Region Postal Administration Deputy Director (Deputy Director) as the deputy convener, the relevant departments and bureaus to participate in the inter-departmental joint meeting system. The protection of the legitimate rights and interests of the courier group will be included in the government target responsibility assessment system, and the legitimate rights and interests of the courier group in each league and city will be summarized and evaluated every year to further consolidate the work responsibility.

Sichuan encourages China Railway Express, SF, JD.com, Post, etc. to build high-speed rail freight service brands

Recently, the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Department of Transportation jointly issued the "Sichuan Province "14th Five-Year" Modern Logistics Development Plan Target Task Responsibility Division Plan", which mentions that it is necessary to make up for the shortcomings of smart logistics infrastructure and carry out the construction of terminal logistics facilities such as intelligent express boxes, cold chain intelligent self-pickup cabinets, intelligent charging and replacing power stations, and unmanned express delivery service stations; It is necessary to develop high-speed rail logistics, encourage large logistics enterprises such as China Railway Express, SF, and Postal to cooperate to develop high-speed rail freight specialty products and create a high-speed rail freight service brand. In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the emergency support capacity of logistics facilities, improve the level of urban distribution services, and establish and improve the rural distribution system.

(Edited by Liu Mengmeng, editor of Titanium Media App)

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