Amazon will implement new "unit weight attributes" regulations, and FedEx's turnover continues to soar

FedEx's revenue continues to soar in the first quarter of 2021

FedEx Corporation ( FDX.N) announced its operating results for the first quarter of 2021 on Thursday . The company pointed out that due to the impact of the epidemic and holidays, e-commerce platforms have developed rapidly and the number of parcel orders has skyrocketed, leading to higher express delivery prices. It is expected that profits this quarter will exceed market expectations.

It is reported that FedEx's average daily package volume in the first quarter increased by 25% to 13.2 million pieces, and the profit per package increased by 11% to $9.72. Walmart is already one of FedEx's largest e-commerce transportation partners.

Amazon will implement new " unit weight attribute " rules on March 31

Starting from March 31, in the consumables series of Amazon UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, products that do not comply with the new "unit weight attribute" regulations will be removed from the product search page . Subsequently, sellers can find listings with unfilled product attributes under "Repair Products" .

The new rules will apply to baby, grocery, health and personal care, beauty and cleaning products sold on Amazon Europe . For new products in these categories, sellers must describe them clearly when creating listings . For existing products , sellers can submit or update relevant information through listing templates or visit the listing management page .

E-commerce AI SaaS service provider "Leyan Technology" received 500 million yuan in financing

On March 19, Leyan Technology, an e-commerce AI SaaS service provider, announced that it had completed its C3 round of financing. It is reported that this round of financing was led by Alibaba. So far, Leyan Technology's cumulative C round financing amount has exceeded 500 million yuan.

Shen Libin, founder and CEO of Leyan Technology , said that the funds raised in this round will be used to develop AI technology and strive to launch more AI intelligent software services.

Nanning strives to build a number of cross-border e-commerce industrial parks by 2025

On March 19 , the Nanning Municipal Government issued the "China (Nanning) Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone Development Plan ( 2021-2025)", which clearly stated that by 2025, Nanning will build a number of cross-border e-commerce industrial parks, strive to cultivate and introduce more than 300 cross-border e-commerce industry chain enterprises , increase the annual cross-border e-commerce transaction volume to more than 6 billion yuan, and build the Nanning Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone into a new China -ASEAN trade channel.

It is reported that as of 2020 , the Nanning Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone has completed a cross-border e-commerce retail import and export transaction volume of 2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 199%, ranking among the top cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones in the country.

Australian home decor online sales up 145% in February

According to foreign media reports, the category with the fastest growth in online sales in Australia in February was home decoration, ranking first with an increase of 145%.

In addition, sales of fashion and accessories also saw a significant increase, with these categories growing 59% year-on-year in February and 61% year-on-year in January.

Across Australia, online sales increased significantly in every state in February, with Western Australia and Victoria experiencing the fastest growth, with online sales increasing by 78% and 71% respectively, the ABS said .

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