Ebrun Power News The State Administration of Market Supervision announced 13 anti-monopoly penalties: involving Tencent, Alibaba B Station JD.com

The State Administration for Market Regulation announced "administrative penalties for failure to declare and illegal implementation of concentration of undertakings in accordance with the law" Decision Letter" 13 onwards. Among them, 9 cases involved Tencent, 2 cases involved Alibaba, 1 case involved JD.com, and 1 case involved Bilibili. The cases all violated Article 21 of the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China, constituting a failure to declare an illegal concentration of undertakings in accordance with the law, and were assessed to have no effect of eliminating or restricting competition. The State Administration for Market Regulation made administrative penalty decisions in accordance with Articles 48 and 49 of the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China and imposed a fine of 500,000 yuan on each of the companies involved.

Secoo was filed for bankruptcy and reorganization and a total of 153 million shares were frozen. Secoo denied that it would reserve the right to pursue liability

Tianyancha APP showed that on January 5, Beijing Secoo Trading Co., Ltd. has a new bankruptcy review case. The applicant is Chai Chenxu, and the handling court is Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court. Beijing Secoo Trading Co., Ltd. was established in April 2009. Its legal representative and suspected actual controller is Li Rixue, with a registered capital of 10 million yuan. Risk information shows that the company has been involved in hundreds of legal actions, mostly due to online shopping contract disputes. At present, the company has frozen a total of 153 million of its shares. The companies whose shares have been executed include Shanghai Secoo E-commerce Co., Ltd., Beijing Kuyin Financial Holdings Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Shezhe Culture Communication Co., Ltd., etc.

Alibaba responds to rumors of local life layoffs: The news is untrue and there is no so-called layoff plan

In response to Alibaba’s local life being exposed to large-scale layoffs, Ali responded that the news is untrue and we have no so-called layoff plan. , and formulated a clear plan for the next development. It is understood that in July 2021, Ali will carry out a round of organizational structure adjustment, and the major businesses of AutoNavi, Ele.me Koubei and Fliggy will be formed into the life service sector. Yu Yongfu will be in charge of the group on behalf of the group and report to Ali CEO Zhang Yong. Subsequently, in an all-employee letter issued by Zhang Yong in August, he announced that Yu Yongfu would serve as the CEO of the local life company.

Kuaishou again reported layoffs: the proportion of layoffs in some teams reached 30%

Many internal employees of Kuaishou said that Kuaishou started large-scale layoffs at the end of last year, covering e-commerce, algorithms, and internationalization. , commercialization, games, station A and other business departments, individual teams have laid off 30 people. At the same time, an international business employee of the company revealed that the proportion of layoffs in its team was approximately 25. In terms of games, a Kuaishou employee said: "The first wave of layoffs is Kuaishou Games, and only a small number of people are left in Beijing." The employee revealed that the AcFun business previously acquired by Kuaishou is also undergoing significant layoffs.

Douyin e-commerce cracks down on e-commerce fraud and false transactions

In response to the frequent risks of cheating, Douyin e-commerce platform has implemented various procedures in order placement, payment, write-off, and refund. Risk control strategy identification is arranged in all links, and handling during and after the event can be carried out based on the identification results. Relevant violations, once discovered, will be dealt with in accordance with the platform rules and the relevant agreements signed between the creator and the platform, such as deducting credit points, limiting or permanently closing e-commerce permissions, etc.

Kuaishou: In December 2021, more than 520,000 accounts were punished for private transaction fraud

The community security and risk control team analyzed the data and found that most of the fraud methods are diversion fraud and are illegal. After criminals find their target, they often direct them to third-party social platforms to commit fraud. Kuaishou stated that the platform has zero tolerance for illegal and criminal activities such as fraud. The community security and risk control team will continue to promote community governance and jointly crack down on fraud and illegal crimes. In December 2021, Kuaishou punished more than 520,000 private transaction fraud accounts. .

Alibaba responded to the resignation of Wang Gang, Vice President of DAMO Academy: Blessings

Regarding Alibaba’s confirmation, Wang Gang, Vice President of Alibaba and head of the autonomous driving laboratory of DAMO Academy, has resigned a few days ago. . Alibaba expressed its gratitude to Wang Gang for his contribution to DAMO Academy’s driverless technology and wished Wang Gang the best. Public information shows that Wang Gang came to the Internet from academia in 2017 and joined Alibaba. He has served as the chief scientist of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the head of the autonomous driving laboratory of DAMO Academy, and the vice president of Alibaba Group and the autonomous driving director of DAMO Academy. Positions such as laboratory director.

The number of Master Bao's directly-operated stores exceeded 100

Recently, Master Bao released the "Annual Account" on the official WeChat, stating that as of the end of 2021, the number of Master Bao's directly-operated stores has exceeded 100 The company sells 100 million Becks cakes a year, among which the new summer puffs and the new winter freshly baked chestnut cakes have entered the top 10 of Chef Bao’s single products. In addition, the rights protection work in 2021 is basically completed, and it is planned to gradually replace the new facade.

Innisfree has closed nearly 80% of its stores

According to multiple media reports, Innisfree, a brand of South Korean cosmetics giant Amorepacific, will be launched in the Chinese market. "Major store withdrawals" will eventually reduce the number of stores to about 140. Relevant data shows that at its peak, Innisfree had more than 600 stores in China. In other words, compared with the peak period, the store withdrawal rate of Innisfree is now as high as 77%.

Regarding the news of store closures, the relevant person in charge of Amorepacific said that the group is optimizing channels for the Innisfree brand, and such store adjustments will continue in 2022. The person in charge also said that Amorepacific Group will make a new round of strategic adjustments for the Chinese market, but it will only optimize and reduce Innisfree stores and will not involve other brands.

In addition, Amorepacific Group also stated that in the Chinese market in the future, the group will focus on the mid-to-high-end and online fields.

Fat rice roll brand "Gan Shi Ji" has received 50 million yuan in Series A financing

Recently, fat rice roll brand "Gan Shi Ji" has completed 50 million yuan in Series A financing from two investors. The leading catering and food group in Greater China. This round of financing will be used to expand direct-operated stores, optimize organizational systems, build digital systems, and strengthen brand marketing.

Gan Shi Ji was established in 2008. It focuses on fat rice rolls and sells other snacks and pre-packaged foods of the same type in restaurants. Currently, the brand has more than 100 offline stores, and pre-packaged food is available on OLE, 7-11 convenience stores, FamilyMart and other supermarket platforms.