Smart container "Duckbill" receives $50 million investment, Yunnan Province and Huawei enter into strategic cooperation to promote the construction of digital Yunnan

Amazon's B2B business has great potential: sales may surpass B2C Amazon's B2B corporate customers within 5 years

Amazon Business was launched in 2015 as a marketplace specifically for corporate buyers to sell goods, including various categories such as office supplies and laboratory equipment. The platform operates independently of Amazon's consumer website and has a total of 5 million corporate users, including 80 of the Fortune 100.

Baird Equity Research wrote in a research report that in the long run, Amazon's B2B has the potential to catch up with or surpass the scale of its core B2C business.

Samsung says it will not abandon the Galaxy Note series of mobile phones Samsung Galaxy Note stylus

Samsung will not abandon its Galaxy Note series of smartphones, although the company may not release new models this year . Recent rumors have suggested that Samsung may abandon its Galaxy Note series of phones featuring the S-Pen stylus function and reconfigure its high-end smartphone lineup with the Galaxy Z foldable phone and Galaxy S terminal devices.

However, Koh Dong-jin, head of Samsung Electronics' IT and mobile communications business, said today that Samsung's Galaxy Note series will continue to be released, but new models may not be released until next year.

Tmall launches IP authorization trading platform IPmart

36Kr learned that Tmall recently built a new platform "IPmart" for IP copyright holders, designers, illustrators and brands, focusing on IP licensing transactions. At the same time, IPmart introduced Ant's blockchain technology to use technology to solve the trust problem in IP industry licensing transactions. IPmart consists of the IP Copyright Center, IP Contract Center, IP Ecological Alliance and IP Operation Center, providing merchants with intelligent operation tools. Including IP selection, licensing transactions, product development and listing marketing.

Ministry of Commerce: China's auto aftermarket consumption scale exceeds 1 trillion yuan in 2020

Data released by the Ministry of Commerce today show that the scale of consumption in China's auto aftermarket exceeded one trillion yuan in 2020. The auto aftermarket refers to transactions or service activities generated during the use of sold cars.

In 2020, China's auto aftermarket consumption continued to recover, second-hand car transactions rebounded in an orderly manner, car modification and scrapped motor vehicle recycling grew steadily, and shared travel and charging facilities developed rapidly. According to preliminary estimates, the total transaction volume of the above items exceeded 1 trillion yuan, which effectively boosted auto consumption.

Yunnan Province and Huawei reach strategic cooperation to jointly promote the construction of Digital Yunnan

On March 16, the People's Government of Yunnan Province and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement to accelerate the cultivation of new momentum for the development of Yunnan's digital economy and jointly promote the construction of "Digital Yunnan".

According to the agreement, the two parties will work with local companies to promote the implementation of machine vision industry cooperation in Yunnan; jointly promote the construction of the "Kunpeng Innovation Center" to promote the development of Yunnan's information technology industry; accelerate the construction of Yunnan's "5G+Industrial Internet" and jointly promote "intelligent body" pilot cooperation.

Smart container truck transportation operation platform "Duckbill" received $50 million investment

It was learned from Platypus, a smart container truck transportation operation platform, that international capital giant Temasek led the investment, followed by Lanting Investment, and several old shareholders including Mingshi Venture Capital, Shunwei Capital, Furong Capital, Zhuopu Investment, and Duxiu Capital formed a group to invest another US$50 million in the company.

Polish fashion retailer LPP to open industrial park on Moscow outskirts

Polish fashion retailer LPP will open an industrial park in the Moscow region to improve the company's logistics capabilities and expand online sales. Clothing manufacturer and retailer LPP, which operates more than 1,700 stores around the world, will open a 50,000 square meter industrial park. According to foreign media reports, the scope of the industrial zone will be further expanded in 2022 based on the agreement of all parties.

It is reported that the social application Soul will submit an IPO application in the United States in a private form.

Soul, a Chinese social software, has applied for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States and may be listed as early as this year. People familiar with the matter revealed that Soul may raise about US$300 million through the listing, but the fundraising target has not yet been finalized. The company's pre-IPO valuation exceeds US$1 billion, and the app is working with consultants including CICC for IPO financial cooperation.

The app currently has over 100 million users in China and over 30 million monthly active users, and is also available in South Korea, Japan, and North America.

3C products are in big trouble! Apple's professional anti-counterfeiting team removes 1 million counterfeit products

On March 17, Apple said that a dedicated anti-counterfeiting team had removed more than 1 million counterfeit or fake Apple products from the Internet in the past year. An Apple spokesperson shared the news in a statement. The spokesperson said that protecting consumer safety is the company's top priority and the risks associated with counterfeit accessories can be "very high."

According to an upcoming report from cybersecurity and social media intelligence firm Ghost Data, the counterfeit accessories business is booming and has become a multi-million dollar business. Online marketplaces including Facebook and Instagram have said they will also ban the sale of knockoffs on their platforms and will take strict action against counterfeiting.

3.15 Exposure: Nearly half of imported baby and child consumer products are substandard, and the substandard rate of stationery is as high as 91.7%

On March 15, Shanghai Customs held a press conference on food inspection and March 15 Consumer Rights Day, announcing typical cases of unqualified import and export commodity inspections in 2020. It is reported that many of the products sampled this time involved imported baby products, which had serious problems.

Shanghai Customs conducted risk monitoring on 199 batches of five major categories of imported baby consumer products, including children's scooters, baby clothing, baby food contact products, baby diapers, and stationery . A total of 95 batches were found to be unqualified , with an overall unqualified rate of 47.7%, nearly half, which is very high. The safety situation of imported baby consumer products is not optimistic. Among them, the unqualified rate of children's stationery is as high as 91.7%.

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