Data: Amazon has become the preferred shopping platform for 80% American consumers.

1, data: Amazon has become the preferred shopping platform for 80% American consumers.

According to a study of 1600 American consumers by the digital intelligence company FullStory, 80% of the consumers surveyed will buy holiday gifts on Amazon, followed by retailers' own websites (50%) and Google (36%). Only a little more than one in ten consumers will buy gifts on Facebook (12%) or Instagram( 10%), but nearly one in five (18%) will start buying gifts on Etsy. With the shortage of goods, consumers hope that retailers can show them similar goods in stock (66%), mark the out-of-stock goods before adding them to the shopping cart (60%), inform them when they supply them again (5 1%), and immediately delete these goods from promotional activities and search results (43%).

2. Amazon participated in the pre-holiday promotion of France Day in France.

French promotion "France Day" has always been called "Black Five". This activity was initiated on 20 18 and held twice a year. It was originally a promotional activity launched by six major e-commerce platforms in France. Now, in addition to the participation of French online retailers, Amazon is also actively involved.

Amazon UK will hire 20,000 temporary workers during Christmas.

Amazon said on Tuesday that it has started to recruit 20,000 seasonal jobs in the UK to cope with the upcoming peak trading period, including Christmas, and to join the battle for temporary workers with tight labor. At present, Amazon has 55,000 permanent employees in the UK. These temporary jobs will appear in its logistics center, sorting center and distribution station network. Amazon UK said that the minimum hourly wage for operating positions will be 10 (13.68 USD), and in some parts of the UK, this figure will rise to 1 1. 10, which is consistent with the salary increase of regular employees in June this year.

4.Wish issued 202 1 National Day order execution policy adjustment.

According to the official account of Wish WeChat, in order to continue to provide a stable shopping experience for Wish users during the National Day holiday and help Wish merchants arrange store operations reasonably, Wish adjusted some policies related to fulfilling orders during the National Day holiday. The time limit for order fulfillment (marked delivery) will be extended from 5 natural days to 8 natural days. In other words, if an order issued during the above period is fulfilled/marked as delivered within 8 natural days after the order is issued, the order will not be automatically refunded, and there will be no penalty of $50 for each automatically refunded order.

Square, an American payment company, has reached a cooperation with Tik Tok to provide one-stop shopping service.

Square, an American payment platform, announced a cooperation with Tik Tok to launch a new service of Square x Tik Tok. This service can connect videos, advertisements and fans of Tik Tok business user accounts with Square online store, providing users with a one-stop shopping experience. Specifically, sellers can run advertisements through Tik Tok Advertising Manager, synchronize existing products with Tik Tok, and import shopping labels and additional product links. After clicking, the user can directly jump to Square to complete the purchase.

6.Lazada announced the upgrade of cross-border logistics network.

Lazada, Alibaba's flagship e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia, announced at the 20021Annual Cross-border Business Conference that the platform will join hands with Cainiao to upgrade the platform's cross-border three-dimensional logistics network again, and take out 50 million RMB as incentive funds to support merchants' overseas warehouse business. After the upgrade is completed, the overall timeliness of Lazada merchants' direct mail to Southeast Asia can be increased by up to 50%. At the same time, cross-border express delivery service is launched, so that domestic express delivery can reach consumers in 6-7 days. In addition, Lazada launched the "50 million warehouse incentive plan" to support more businesses to seize the current market opportunities in Southeast Asia.

7. The rookie announced the double 1 1 merchant assistance plan to ensure cross-border parcel transportation.

Rookie Global Parcel Network officially announced the "Double 1 1 Entrepreneurship Assistance Plan". It is reported that in order to ensure the logistics timeliness of cross-border merchants during Tmall Double 1 1, the rookie locked the transportation resources in advance. In order to ensure the timely delivery of parcels and further enhance the shopping experience of overseas consumers, Cainiao will join hands with AliExpress to provide "late compensation" guarantee for merchants. That is, overseas consumers can see the estimated delivery time of the package when they buy an X-day arrival order with an official warehouse label. If it is not delivered within the display time, overseas consumers can get corresponding experience compensation. The service will be officially launched on June 5438+00.

8. The four courier companies will issue a notice again: 10 from October 8th to standardize the courier price.

Express companies such as Zhongtong, Tong Yuan, Shentong and Polar Rabbit issued the Notice on Standardizing the Service Price in the Express Market. The notice pointed out that due to years of market competition and rising labor costs and transshipment costs, the express mail prices of some e-commerce users have been lower than the actual operating costs of express delivery companies for a long time. The existence of this phenomenon not only disturbs the market, but also seriously affects the operating stability of the terminal outlets of express delivery enterprises.

9. FedEx opened an office in Seoul, South Korea.

FedEx announced the opening of an office in Seoul, South Korea to strengthen its logistics network in South Korea and expand its global business. According to reports, the office will provide one-stop and end-to-end logistics solutions, including international air and sea services, customs clearance arrangements and trade solutions, as well as a series of value-added services. It is reported that FedEx 1988 has entered the Korean market and has provided services in more than 220 countries and regions around the world. It is worth mentioning that, previously, FedEx announced that it would carry out new integration with the e-commerce technology platform in the Asia-Pacific region to deepen FedEx compatibility and express alliance plan.

10, Alibaba content center officially settled in Changzhou, Jiangsu.

Alibaba Content Center officially settled in Changzhou, Jiangsu. According to reports, the office area of Alibaba Changzhou Content Center is close to 30,000 square meters. At present, the base has been in operation for 8 months, with nearly 1,000 employees in the office area. With the first and second phases put into use, the overall scale will be further expanded. It is understood that on Taobao, Tmall and other e-commerce platforms, there are more than 2.5 million creators who create short videos, live broadcasts and other content, and more than 5 million new content are added every day.