Amazon launches multilingual service in Southeast Asia, Wish releases Q2 financial report

Amazon Seller Central now available in Hindi, Vietnamese, Thai and Tamil

On August 16, Amazon US announced that it has launched four new languages ​​on the seller platform: Hindi, Vietnamese, Thai and Tamil, to help sellers conduct, manage and develop their businesses in local languages. The announcement stated that if sellers need to change the language setting, they can open the seller platform and click the language drop-down menu in the upper right corner. Telephone communication supports Hindi and Tamil; email communication supports Vietnamese and Thai.

Wish's revenue in Q2 this year was $656 million

According to the latest quarterly financial report released by Wish, in the second quarter of this year, Wish's revenue was US$656 million, a year-on-year decrease of 6%, of which the net loss was US$111 million, compared with a net loss of US$11 million in the same period last year. In addition, in the second quarter of this year, the core market revenue of the Wish platform was US$378 million, a year-on-year decrease of 32%; logistics revenue reached US$228 million, a year-on-year increase of 126%. This quarter, the number of products in Wish Express overseas warehouses increased by 291% year-on-year, and the number of Wish Local offline cooperative stores worldwide has exceeded 60,000. Overall, in the first half of 2021, Wish's revenue was US$1.428 billion, a year-on-year increase of 25%; the net loss was US$239 million, compared with a net loss of US$77 million in the same period last year.

Ocean freight prices from China and Southeast Asia to the east coast of North America exceed $20,000 per TEU for the first time

Recently, Maersk, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd and other shipping giants have raised or added a number of surcharges. According to the Global Container Freight Index released recently, the current shipping price from China and Southeast Asia to the east coast of North America has exceeded US$20,000 per TEU for the first time, setting a new record high.

Dunhuang Network launches European dedicated line (general + electric + special) - Linlong line

On August 16, Dunhuang.com recently issued an announcement stating that due to logistics channel issues, the order entry for the European dedicated line-Linlong line has been closed at 18:00 on August 13, 2021. For goods that have been ordered before, the warehouse will contact and return them after receiving the goods. If you have any questions, please contact the warehouse manager directly. If you have order requirements, please choose other channels for delivery. The platform will notify you separately as soon as the line is restored.

Ningbo-Zhoushan Port's container throughput exceeds 20 million TEUs

On August 16, according to the real-time container production data of Ningbo Zhoushan Port in Zhejiang Province, as of 8:55 on August 15, the container throughput of Ningbo Zhoushan Port this year has reached 20 million TEUs, one month ahead of last year. Currently, the total number of routes of Ningbo Zhoushan Port has reached 278, which is at the highest level in history.

In the first half of 2021 , China added more than 570,000 new e-commerce companies

According to Qichacha data on August 16, there are 4.165 million e-commerce related companies in China. Since the first half of this year, a total of 570,700 new e-commerce companies have been added, a year-on-year increase of 31%. Among them, the number of registrations in the first quarter reached 240,500, a year-on-year increase of 63%; the number of registrations in the second quarter was 330,300, a year-on-year increase of 14%. In terms of urban distribution, Shenzhen has 643,900 companies, leading other cities in the country; Shanghai is closely behind, with a total of 536,600 companies; Xi'an ranks third with 126,800 companies .

Cainiao's flights from China to Singapore have increased to 7 flights per week

On August 16, according to the person in charge of Cainiao Southeast Asia market, Cainiao's flights from China to Singapore have increased to 7 flights per week, and the capacity has doubled compared with the same period last year. In addition, Cainiao has introduced partners in Southeast Asia, and now its terminal delivery efficiency has increased by more than 50% compared with the same period last year. In addition, Cainiao also provides official direct delivery services to consumers in markets such as Singapore and Malaysia.

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