Amazon UK will provide apprenticeship training funds for sellers, TikTok live broadcast launches five new features

Amazon UK to provide apprenticeship training funding to sellers

According to the latest announcement released by Amazon UK , Amazon is providing part of the tax funds to eligible UK sellers to cover the full cost of participating in the "Amazon Apprenticeship Program" training. It is reported that the "Apprenticeship Tax" was levied in 2017. Amazon has previously communicated this information to sellers. If you want to learn more about the relevant plan, you can find the relevant program details and how to apply for more information in the Seller Center.

Australian e-commerce revenue reached A$50 billion in 2020

According to a report provided by Australia Post , Australian consumers' online shopping expenditure reached a record high of 50 billion Australian dollars in 2020. It is understood that in 2020, Australia added about 1.9 million new online consumers, and a total of 9 million Australian households shopped online throughout the year, accounting for 82% of all households, and the number of online shopping was more than twice that of 2019. Among all online consumption, fashion is the most popular category for Australian online consumers. Among the new consumers, nearly half of them like home and gardening products.

TikTok Live launches five new features

Recently, TikTok announced that its live broadcast platform TikTok LIVE will launch five new features to continuously optimize the user experience , including picture-in-picture, multi-person live broadcast, real-time questions and answers, popular live broadcasts, and administrator settings. Currently, TikTok LIVE allows creators and other users to interact in real time . Users aged 16 or above can enable the live broadcast function, and users aged 18 or above can send and receive virtual gifts during the live broadcast. Compared with last year, the number of people who broadcast live and the number of people who watch live videos have doubled this year.

African e-commerce platform Jumia is holding the "Naija Shopping Festival"

Recently, according to foreign media reports, Jumia , an e-commerce platform known as the Amazon of Africa, is holding the "Naija Shopping Festival" , which will start from July 12 to August 29. It is reported that the discounts of the event include beauty products, fashion, groceries, electrical appliances and electronic products, with discounts of up to 60%. Among them, products such as televisions, audio equipment, and footballs can also enjoy discounts of up to 40%.

In the first half of this year, China's port cargo throughput increased by 13.2% year-on-year

Today, at the Ministry of Transport's regular press conference in July, the Ministry of Transport's spokesperson Sun Wenjian introduced that in the first half of this year, the national ports' cargo throughput increased by 13.2% year-on-year; container throughput increased by 15% year-on-year, meeting the needs of China's rapid growth in foreign trade imports and exports, and effectively ensuring that "export goods can go out and import goods can come in", demonstrating its hard-core strength in serving the national strategy.

Shenzhen Mantianxing, a cross-border logistics platform, raises millions of dollars in financing

On July 29, it was reported that Shenzhen Mantianxing, a one-stop cross-border logistics platform, has completed its first angel round of financing of millions of US dollars, with the investor being Xiangfeng Changqing. Deng Xiaobo, general manager of Mantianxing, said that this round of financing will be mainly used for the establishment of overseas warehouses and investment in information systems.

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