Dec 16, 2020|
Pakistani Ambassador Welcomes JD to Develop Cross-Border E-commerce
by Martin Li
Pakistani ambassador to China Moin ul Haque paid his first visit to JD’s headquarters in Beijing on December 16, and expressed a warm welcome to the company to develop cross-border e-commerce business in Pakistan.
Haque was received by Stard Huang, who is VP of JD and President of International Logistics.
Pakistani ambassador to China Moin ul Haque (6th from left ) in a group photo at JD HQ in Beijing.
The ambassador said he supports deepened communication and exchange between JD and Pakistani enterprises. Pakistan has been actively developing its digital economy, rolling out new policies to support small and medium-sized enterprises to develop e-commerce, according to him.
“It’s a good time to develop cross-border e-commerce in Pakistan,” said Ambassador Haque.
JD started partnering with the large Pakistani logistics company Transfreight in October, bringing JD’s warehouse management system to the country.
The ambassador said the cooperation with Transfreight was a smart choice, and hoped there will be more exchanges in the fields of supply chain and fintech.
“JD has accumulated experiences in supply chain and retail in the past 16 years,” said Huang . “In the future, we hope to bring more technologies and experiences in retail and logistics to Pakistan, supporting the country’s drive to develop the digital economy.”
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May 23, 2022|
JD.com Kicks Off Annual 618 Grand Promotion with Preferential Benefits for US Merchants Launched Through Shopify Partnership
by Yuchuan Wang
JD.com today announced the kick-off of its annual 618 Grand Promotion, which originally was to celebrate the company’s birthday and now has turned into China’s largest mid-year shopping festival. Running from May 23 to June 20, the promotion will offer preferential benefits for US merchants launched through the company’s partnership with Shopify.
In addition to waiving deposit and platform fees, JD will provide various supporting resources for key account merchants including exclusive traffic, special promotional activities and participation in JD Worldwide’s “Overseas Direct Purchase” campaign. Items identified as potential best-sellers will be listed in the cross-border marketplace’s “selected product pool” for additional exposure. JD will also provide special coupons and a variety of newcomer rights to first-time shoppers buying from Shopify merchants.
“We are delighted to kick off this year’s 618 Grand Promotion along with providing preferential benefits for brands and merchants on Shopify,” said Zachary Gidwitz, head of the JD and Shopify Partnership. “This partnership provides an exclusive and trusted gateway for US merchants and independent brands who want to unlock the multi-trillion dollar e-commerce market in China. The largest mid-year shopping festival in China, 618, will be a crucial opportunity for their first showing.”
“618 is one of the biggest shopping festivals of the year, and presents the ideal stage for our merchants to showcase high-quality products to JD’s 580 million customers in China as part of our strategic partnership,” said George Xue, Country Head and Director, Shopify Greater China.“ With global cross-border commerce and China’s e-commerce market – the world’s largest – continuing to expand, we look forward to creating more opportunities for US and China merchants to reach new audiences and thrive.”
“Since launching on JD, ColourPop has seen a month-on-month growth rate of 550% in sales,” said James Du, General Manager of US beauty product platform ColourPop. “Thanks to the one-stop solution provided by the partnership between JD.com and Shopify, which alleviates our worries about establishing business in a new market, we are looking forward to witnessing a sales surge by participating in 618 Grand Promotion for the first time.”
Early in January, JD.com and Shopify announced the collaboration to give independent brands in the US a simple, trusted way to access consumers in China. With this collaboration, JD.com has open an accelerated channel for brands on Shopify to list products through JD Worldwide, the company’s cross-border e-commerce marketplace. JD.com’s global-reach supply chain network also provides end-to-end fulfillment service from the US to China, leveraging JD.com’s US-China cargo flights, US warehouses and 1,400+ warehouses and 200,000+ delivery personnel in China.
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May 20, 2022|
JD.com Opens First Overseas Service Centers in the US
by Yuchuan Wang
On May 18, JD.com announced the opening of two US service centers located in Los Angeles and New Jersey, providing aftersales and maintenance services for electronics and appliances. It marks the first time for the company’s logistics business to launch such service centers in the overseas market.
With the support of the company’s air cargo lines from China to the US and self-operated warehouses in the country, the newly launched service centers will provide local brands and cross-border merchants end-to-end supply chain logistics services.
JD’s overseas warehouse and service center in Los Angeles
The services provided will range from technical support, customer service, quality inspection, maintenance and onsite technical support among many others in the field of aftersales services, covering a wide range of products including home appliances, electronics, smart gadgets and more.
Xiujie Che, head of JD Overseas Service Center said that the company is planning to launch a European service center in Poland within this year. LEQI is a leading smart scooter brand that has 2 million users globally, with sales across channels including Amazon, eBay, a self-owned independent website, B2B and cross-border. Since collaborating with JD’s service center in the US at the beginning of this year, the average repair time for each scooter from receiving the product to sending back to the customer has been shortened to less than 72 hours, saving more than half the time previously spent using a third-party service provider.
In 2021, JD Logistics opened automated warehouses in six countries including the UK, the US, Australia, and the Netherlands, with a total number of bonded and overseas warehouses reaching nearly 80. Its global supply chain network now reaches over 220 countries and regions.
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