Apr 17, 2020|
Photo Gallery: This Week at JD (April 13-17)
On April 15th, JD.com announced that it will partner with Dada Group to provide JD’s customers with one-hour delivery service of daily necessities powered by Dada Now. Through the latest cooperation with Dada Group, JD customers can directly buy over three million products from participating stores on JD.com and receive the products within an average time of one hour. Some products can even be delivered within 15 minutes.
JD partners with Wenchuan (a county in Sichuan province) government to sell local cherries to more cities following transportation challenges due to COVID-19. JD will provide various support including cold chain logistics, marketing and e-commerce training courses.
Behind the scenes of a Bloomberg photo shoot at JD’s smart delivery station on April 14th.
On April 13th, Qi Kong (first on the right), Chief Scientist and Head of Autonomous Driving at JD Logistics, was invited to share the role that autonomous driving technology plays in the fight against viruses like COVID-19 at a press conference organized by the Beijing Municipal Government.
On April 13th, JD held its annual strategy conference for maternal and baby category online. During the conference, the company announced that in 2020, the maternal and baby category will focus on new retail solutions, new channels, lower-tier markets and innovative marketing strategies to better drive its development on JD.com and in the whole industry.
As of April 13th, JD has transported 10,000 COVID-19 nucleic acid testing kits to the Suifenhe Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Heilongjiang province. With the increase of COVID-19 cases in the province, the small city on the Russian border with a population of just 70,000 was facing a lot of pressure.