eBay adds new overseas warehouse service provider, Amazon UK sellers' monthly revenue reaches 2.5 billion pounds

eBay adds new overseas warehouse service provider "Dajian Cloud Warehouse"

On August 19, eBay announced that in order to further expand the range of choices for sellers to use overseas warehouse service providers during the peak season and help sellers better expand their large and heavy goods business, eBay has added a supply chain company specializing in large and heavy goods - Dajian Cloud Warehouse as an overseas warehouse service provider for data docking with eBay. eBay said that using eBay data to dock warehouse shipments will help the backend accurately identify the overseas warehouse suppliers and last-mile logistics services used by sellers, and avoid related transactions being identified as false overseas warehouse transactions.

Amazon UK sellers earn £2.5 billion a month

According to data provided by Thrasio, Amazon UK currently has 13,483 UK-based sellers, with monthly sales of nearly 2.5 billion pounds, accounting for 5.5% of the sales of the entire UK retail industry (including fuel) in June. Among them, London's monthly sales were 263 million pounds, ranking first. Followed by Birmingham and Manchester with 66 million pounds, Nottingham with 28 million pounds, and Bristol with 14 million pounds. The study found that the categories with the highest average sales are books, clothing and pet supplies. In addition, the most popular categories include groceries, DIY and tools, home and kitchen products, and sports and outdoor. In these categories alone, there are nearly 5,500 sellers selling.

Printing and packaging e-commerce platform "Bao Xiao He" completed nearly 10 million US dollars in Pre-A round of financing

On August 19, Bao Xiao He, an online 3D packaging design and printing service platform, recently completed a Pre-A round of financing of nearly 10 million US dollars, led by GGV Capital, followed by Sequoia China Seed Fund and old shareholder Linear Capital. This is also the second round of financing completed by Bao Xiao He within half a year. This round of funds will be mainly used for R&D investment, packaging template material accumulation, market launch, etc. Target customers include brands, consumer goods companies, design companies, packaging and printing industry companies and colleges, etc., and the number of registered users has grown to hundreds of thousands.

Guangzhou Port's cargo throughput will reach 660 million tons in 2023

The Guangzhou Port Authority said on the 18th that the recently issued "Three-Year Action Plan for Building Guangzhou International Shipping Hub (2021-2023)" proposed that by 2023, Guangzhou Port's cargo throughput, container throughput, and commercial vehicle throughput will reach 660 million tons, 25.5 million TEUs, and 1.7 million vehicles, respectively. Guangzhou's shipping resource allocation capabilities have been further enhanced. In 2020, Guangzhou Port completed 14.45 million TEUs of domestic trade containers and 34.55 million tons of grain throughput, both ranking first in China.

The global shipping system faces its biggest crisis in 65 years

Affected by the rebound of the epidemic, port congestion in many places has intensified again. Some media said that the current repeated epidemics may make the global shipping system face the biggest crisis in 65 years. The Financial Times reported that 353 container ships are queuing outside ports around the world, more than twice the same period last year. Experts believe that during the epidemic, countries have strengthened border control, traditional supply chains have been affected, and the demand for online shopping by people in various places has increased significantly, resulting in a surge in maritime freight volume, and ports are overwhelmed. In addition to the epidemic, the aging of global port infrastructure is also an important reason for cargo ship congestion.

Cainiao launches Southeast Asia express delivery service

On August 19, Cainiao announced the launch of Southeast Asia Express Delivery Service, which has accelerated logistics by nearly 50%, basically achieving "72-hour delivery" in many Southeast Asian countries, helping Chinese products and Chinese fashion to go global. Miao Qingyun, head of cross-border logistics at Cainiao Lazada, said that Cainiao started trial operation of Southeast Asia's cross-border express delivery service in June this year, mainly covering Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia, and can be reached in as fast as 3 days.

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