The RMB exchange rate rose above 6.7, Target launched a third-party seller platform

Editor's note: Hugo.com will launch the "Cross-border E-commerce News Express" series, aiming to provide industry information trends for cross-border import and export e-commerce practitioners.

JD.com announced the expansion of hiring 15,000 employees

China Securities Network News: On the evening of February 25, JD.com Group announced that the demand for new jobs in 2019 is expected to reach 15,000. Among them, JD Logistics will add 10,000 employees in 2019, and the recruitment targets will mainly be front-line employees and grassroots managers. The recruitment direction of the retail sub-group and other sectors will mainly focus on improving user experience and other areas.

Last week, JD.com just confirmed that it will optimize 10% of its executives above the vice president level. JD Group stated that the company is promoting the transformation of "small group, big business", aiming to revitalize resources, give full play to organizational vitality, protect the development of diversified businesses, and achieve quality growth.

The central parity rate of the RMB against the U.S. dollar rose above 6.7

Observer News: On February 26, the China Foreign Exchange Trading Center announced the central parity rate of the RMB against the U.S. dollar: 1 U.S. dollar to RMB 6.6952 Yuan, this is the first time since July 18, 2018 that it has exceeded the 6.7 mark.

According to industry insiders, the recent strong performance of the RMB exchange rate is the result of a combination of internal and external factors: first, the correction of the US dollar index; second, the smooth progress of Sino-US economic and trade negotiations; third, the intensity of domestic economic stimulus policies Increase.

Alibaba Cloud MWC 2019 released 7 cloud products including serverless computing

36Kr news: Recently, Alibaba Cloud released 7 products to the world at MWC 2019 held in Barcelona , covering major cloud products such as serverless computing, high-performance storage, global networks, enterprise-level databases, and big data computing.

It is reported that these products can meet the digital transformation needs of enterprises in various industries such as e-commerce, logistics, financial technology, and manufacturing, and help enterprises move toward intelligence.

Target, a long-established American retail company, announced the launch of a third-party seller platform

Hugo News: Recently, Target Corp, a long-established American retail company, announced the launch of the Target+ platform to support third-party sellers on Target.com. Make sales.

It is reported that Target+ will expand the number of products on sale in some key categories of Target.com, such as home furnishings, toys, electronic products and sporting goods. Products from its third-party platforms will be displayed on Target.com alongside Target's own inventory.

Suning launched the 315 “National Renewal Festival” and launched the new product “Supernova Plan”

News from LianShang.com: On February 26, Suning.com President Hou Enlong visited Suning.com 315 The specific content of the "Supernova Project" was announced at the "National Rejuvenation Festival" press conference, which will focus on consumer shopping links and provide brand owners with full-scenario and full-cycle new solutions.

Google announced that Google Shopping will be open to all sellers

Hugo.com news: On February 26, Google announced that Google Shopping will be open to all sellers and will allow all retailers to list in the natural results. List products. Previously, the ability to appear in Google Shopping results was only available to paying advertisers.

For retailers, this allows them to gain access to Google shopping traffic before they actually decide on budget allocation; similarly, for Google, increasing Google Shopping payment can also bring in better revenue.

Global cosmetics giants have experienced high performance growth, and Tmall has become the main source of growth in the Chinese market

News from Hugo.com: Recently, L'Oréal China CEO Spurhan revealed China's 2018 Regional sales performance, its growth rate reached 33%. The "continuous development of high-end brands" and "e-commerce promotion", especially Tmall Double 11, are important factors in achieving this result.

In addition to L'Oreal, LG Lifestyle and Health Group's overseas markets achieved a year-on-year growth of 47% in the fourth quarter, with China 7 percentage points higher than the average; Shiseido's performance in the Chinese market increased compared with the same period last year increased by 32.3%, reaching 190.8 billion yen.

At present, e-commerce, high-end and younger products are becoming new trends in the rise of beauty groups. And "the global market looks to China, and the Chinese market looks to Tmall" has become the "iron law" of brand development.

Mogujie’s first financial report after its IPO was released

Hugo.com news: On February 25, the first quarterly report of Mogujie, the “first share of Chinese concept fashion technology”, was released after its listing. According to the unaudited financial report for the third quarter of fiscal year 2019 (October 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018), Mogu Street achieved revenue of 367.2 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.3%. Among them, the GMV of Mogujie live broadcast business increased by 177.8% year-on-year in this quarter.

Tmall International will expand the number of cross-border goods to one million in 2019

News from Hugo.com: On February 26, Tmall International announced an expansion plan for imported goods: In 2019, it will The number of cross-border products has been expanded to more than 1 million, fully meeting the shopping needs of Chinese consumers, and focusing on improving product quality assurance and logistics services to enhance consumer experience.

It is reported that in the fourth quarter of 2018, China’s cross-border import retail e-commerce market size was 114.56 billion yuan, an increase of 36.0% from the previous quarter. Tmall Global continues to hold the first place with a share of 31.7%.

(Compiled/Hugo.com Wu Guizhen)