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China National Service Corporation Opens Duty-Free Stores on JD Worldwide

Posted on by Doris Liu

by Doris Liu

China National Service Corporation (CNSC), a subsidiary of Sinopharm, recently launched its duty-free stores in collaboration with JD Worldwide in the form of mini-programs, providing visitors to Hainan province with international brands.

The two mini-programs, “CNSC Duty-Free Store” and “CNSC Member Store”, can be accessed by typing the names on JD’s app or scanning the QR codes with JD’s app or Tencent’s WeChat scanner.

Visitors to Hainan can make purchases in the mini-programs 30 days before their departure from the island at the earliest, and can choose to pick up the goods at designated pick-up points or have them delivered by mail when they leave Hainan. Moreover, consumers without Hainan departure record can place orders for goods in CNSC Member Store.

In February 2022, CNSC and a joint venture between JD and its French partner Lagardère Travel Retail entered into cooperation to leverage all sides’ advantageous resources and strengthen CNSC’s online and offline duty-free business, cross-border e-commerce and so on. The launch of the mini-programs this time was part of the cooperation.

With a network operating in China, Japan and UAE (Dubai), CNSC is one of the key partners in JD Worldwide’s development of duty-free business. In the future, the two parties will explore a wider scope for duty-free collaboration and provide a better duty-free shopping experience.

JD Mini Program Open Platform, launched in 2020, is opening not only to brands and merchants on JD’s platforms, but also external partners from various industries. It aims to develop independent mini programs across the various apps in JD’s ecosystem such as the JD.com and the JD Finance apps. Thanks to the company’s partnership with Tencent, programs can be seamlessly adapted for the WeChat platform.

Any international brand interested in building their business with JD in China can apply via https://www.jd.hk/cooperation_en or by emailing worldwide@jd.com.

 

(liujun215@jd.com)

JD.com Boosts Hormel Foods’ Luncheon Meat Localization as China’s Growing Eating-at-Home Trend is Here to Stay

Posted on by Vivian Yang

The low temperature luncheon meat by Hormel Foods Corporation, a leading U.S. food processing company, has seen 85% month-over-month sales growth on JD.com since it hit the China market six months ago amid COVID surges that propelled China’s eating-at-home trend.

Hormel Foods’ low temperature luncheon meat product

“As Chinese consumers re-prioritize safe in-home consumption and become more cognizant of what they are eating under the impact of COVID-19, the success of the new product launch provides us meaningful experience to navigate our business on the China market,” said Haijiang Gu, general manager of Hormel Foods China.

“Chinese people’s consumption upgrade continues to evolve in the COVID era,” said Wei Ye, general manager of JD Foods. “Consumers look for more fresh, healthy and high-quality food products, and we believe the low temperature luncheon meat that can tenderize the meat without losing much moisture bodes well for a great market opportunity.”

To develop this localized product line, Hormel Foods’ China team integrated Chinese customers’ dietary habits, tastes and shopping preferences drawn from latest market studies and first-hand customer insights.

The new luncheon meat product was introduced to the Chinese market first on JD.com during the Singles’ Day shopping festival in November last year. According to JD’s shopping data, it has become a welcomed companion with self-heating hotpots, snacks, beers, breakfast cookers, and other products.

JD Logistics’ cold chain van

JD’s focus on authentic and higher-quality goods makes it the prioritized channel as international brands expand China market. Its customer base that features the middle-income customers in upper-tier cities and the fast-growing group of people looking for better quality products arising from lower-tier markets who often do planned shopping for families is a natural match with Hormel Foods’ core consumers.

Furthermore, JD’s nationwide cold chain logistics network and product traceability technology ensure Hormel Foods’ refrigerated deli meat products are delivered to consumers’ door steps fresh and safe. Currently, JD Fresh’ cold chain delivery service powered by JD Logistics has covered more than 300 cities in China. Together with JD’s omni-channel capabilities which help to improve consumer experience for faster and fresher products, sales of Hormel Foods on JD.com increased by 163% YoY during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in early 2020.

The latest Nielson study showed that 86% of mainland Chinese consumers said they prefer eating at home more often than before the outbreak, and it could be a long-lasting trend. With the changing lifestyle and the readiness of cold chain logistics expertise, Hormel Foods’ new luncheon meat product is one of the precursors indicating huge room for growth in the country’s mid to high-end meat market.

 

(press@jd.com)

JD Explore Academy’s Qiling Framework Accepted in GSoC 2022

Posted on by Yiming Yan

by Yiming Yan

The Qiling framework developed by the Shepherd Lab of JD Explore Academy has been accepted in GSoC (Google Summer of Code) 2022 after recommendation by The Honeynet Project.

Starting from 2005, GSoC has been devoted to helping contributors find open source projects. More than 18,000 students from 112 countries, who get help from 17,000 mentors of 746 open source organizations, have written more than 40M lines of code in fields they love.Qiling

The Qiling framework is an advanced binary emulation framework that supports many different platforms and architectures. The framework can help technicians in virtualizing a “non-physical” system environment in order to effectively launch vulnerability investigations. This will not only alleviate the inefficiency of low-power IoT, but it will also cut the cost of reverse learning in IoT.

Analyzing vulnerabilities through reverse engineering is a necessary topic for both IoT providers and the information security industry. While hacking attempts run on diverse operating systems and CPU architectures, traditional binary analysis approaches, on the other hand, find problems such as being costly and inaccurate.

Shepherd Lab breaks through the various restrictions of existing analysis methods and officially published Qiling, a dynamic binary analysis framework that can be utilized across platforms and CPU architectures. The framework can support dynamic binary instrumentation, which allows researchers to change the running behavior of target files at will, allowing them to run files of various formats and architectures and analyze various code pathways. Simply put, users can utilize the framework to deal with code obfuscation techniques without the source code and easily break down anti-reverse defenses of target files.

Compared to traditional dynamic binary analysis programs, the Qiling Framework can also run in multiple system platforms such as Linux, BSD, OSX or Windows. There is no limitation of CPU architecture.

Since its launch in 2019, nearly 100 volunteers around the world have contributed to the Qiling Framework, and it has been utilized to develop security tools by a number of international security institutions including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Dell, CAS, Tencent, and Huawei, etc.

The Qiling Framework development team will participate in GSoC as mentors to provide technical expertise to the participants. KaiJern, Director of The Shepherd Lab, welcomed the contributors: “We’d like to take this opportunity to invite future stars to join our journey in developing the community, and we’ll provide help in any way we can.”

Link to participate in GSoC 2022 with Qiling

(yanyiming1@jd.com)

JD.com: Four Robotic Shops “ochama” Have Been Launched in the Netherlands

Posted on by Yuchuan Wang

by Yuchuan Wang

During the 2022 World Retail Congress held in Italy from April 5th to 7th, Pass Lei, general manager of ochama at JD.com, announced that since January of this year the company has launched four robotic shops in the Netherlands, located in Leiden, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht.

As the pandemic is reshaping consumers’ shopping behaviors, digitalization has been put in the spotlight for global retailers. “We hope to help customers explore an extraordinary shopping experience through technology and service innovation, and create a sustainable future,” said Lei.

It is not only the chain’s in-store robots that enable such efficiency. JD’s warehouse in Rotterdam spans an area of nearly 20,000 square meters. Equipped with automated systems, it can process 15,000 parcels a day.

Thanks to the application of supply chain technologies, ochama brings down the product price by an extra 10% to benefit the chain’s member customers.

Ochama is JD’s first physical retail store launched in Europe. The omni-channel model allows shoppers to purchase a full range of products including fresh produce online through ochama’s App, and pick it up offline with the help of various robots such as robotic arms and automated ground vehicles. Customers can also choose to have their orders delivered the next day to their doorsteps by paying a small fee.

 

(yuchuan.wang@jd.com)

JD.com to Provide 16 Million+ Items of Daily Necessities to Shanghai Residents

Posted on by Yuchuan Wang

by Yuchuan Wang

“JD.com will provide over 16 million items of daily necessities to Shanghai residents, including rice, flour and cooking oil that can secure one-month supply for local customers,” said Wenbo Wang, vice president of JD.com, during a press conference on measures and control of COVID-19 in Shanghai held on April 10.

JD.com has participated in Shanghai’s supply guarantee system. Since late March, the company has allocated sufficient goods from brand owners, fresh produce bases and its more than 1,300 warehouses nationwide, with a focus on categories including food, baby and maternal and medicine. For example, JD will increase its inventory for rice, flour, meat and seafood by two to three times more than usual.

The first batch of goods including over 80,000 pieces of baby and maternal products such as milk powder and diapers, over 100,000 items of medicine and PPEs have arrived in Shanghai. In addition to delivering to consumers, part of the milk powder shipment was delivered to the Shanghai Children’s Medical Center to ensure the demands of the mobile cabin hospitals in Shanghai for children and parents.

JD Health launched free online health consultation services for residents in lockdown areas. JD Pharmacy has prepared sufficient stock of medicines, disinfection products and other healthcare supplies and ensure their delivery in a timely manner.

Regarding the breakpoints on the supply chain, JD is in close communication with local governments to try every means to restore smooth operations.

Wang said that more than 2,000 couriers have joined the front-line to ensure the delivery for customers. Earlier, JD also launched autonomous delivery robots in the city’s Pudong New Area to provide contactless last mile delivery for certain locked down neighborhoods.

 

 

(yuchuan.wang@jd.com)

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JD Fresh Launches Premium Australian Beef Products

Posted on by Mengyang He

by Mengyang He

JD Fresh, JD.com’s fresh food business, recently launched full blood Wagyu M9+ beef products in collaboration with Rangers Valley, one of the world’s most respected premium marbled beef producers. All the beef products will be imported from Australia and selected by experienced JD Fresh buyers.

Full blood Wagyu M9+ beef from Rangers Valley

“The transaction volume of Australian steak products account for 53 percent of that of imported steak products on JD.com in 2022,” Xiaozhou Zhou, general manager of JD Fresh, added. “JD Fresh is committed to providing top-notch fresh food to our consumers. The collaboration with Rangers Valley will meet more potential needs for meat-lovers through JD.com. In the future, we will also explore the U.S. market to bring more premium meat products to our consumers.”

According to the statistics of the General Administration of Customs of China, China has replaced the United States as the world’s largest beef importer since 2018. China’s beef import volume has been mounting each year, reaching 10 billion US dollars in 2020. However, beef products from Australia accounted for approximately 12 percent. In order to further expand the Chinese market, Rangers Valley has focused on China’s high-end retail market.

“JD.com will be featuring infinite ribeye and striploin cuts in its online offering. Rangers Valley is excited to see this new opportunity for Infinite Wagyu to reach the kitchens of discerning JD customers,” noted Andrew Moore, Manager of Beef Division of Rangers Valley.

Cattle from Rangers Valley

Originated in 1838 in Australia, Rangers Valley is committed to providing Australian beef with premium quality to consumers. As the representative of Wagyu beef brand, Rangers Valley’s products enjoy a global reputation, and they used to be exclusively served in MICHELIN-starred restaurants and high-end hotels.

 

(hemengyang5@jd.com)

JD Logistics Europe Spotlights Integrated Supply Chain Solutions for Global Brands

Posted on by Xiaoqian Han

by Xiaoqian Han

The “Leaders in Logistics 2022” summit was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 22-23, where more than 60 logistics industry leaders around the world gathered to deliver key speeches on cutting-edge technology in the logistics industry. At the summit, Kannon Qian, GM of JD International Logistics Europe, shared his insights on how the world’s leading logistics companies, operators, retailers, and logistics professionals are working in today’s market.

“The current global economic and trade situation is tumultuous, with challenges such as unbalanced supply and demand and a tense business environment,” Qian said. “Even in these conditions, JD International Logistics is actively building global self-owned warehouse network infrastructure capacity, upgrading cross-border end-to-end solutions, improving automation equipment and fulfillment systems, and adhering to the action of sustainable development to bring integrated supply chain solutions for global brands.”

Kannon Qian, GM of JD International Logistics Europe

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. “JD Logistics’ overseas business aims to help merchants bring down operating costs and improve efficiency for more partners outside China both on their local market and cross-border operations,” Qian said.

The warehouse in the Netherlands served Hunkemöller, the eminent European ready-to-wear brand, covering the full range of B2B and B2C scenarios and fulfilling orders in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, and Luxemburg via automated goods-to-person AGV（Automated Ground Vehicle）robots.

It also launched cargo flights from China to the UK to provide as fast as 48-hour door-to-door transportation service. Recently, JD.com has launched two charter cargo flights from China to Brazil and Germany. Since 2021, the company has consecutively launched cargo flights from China to Thailand, the US, the UK, Brazil, and Germany, connecting sellers and buyers from the continents of Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America.

 

(hanxiaoqian3@jd.com)

JD Worldwide Welcomes Cuban National Pavilion

Posted on by Doris Liu

by Doris Liu

The Cuban National Pavilion opened on JD Worldwide on April 8 as the launch ceremony was hosted in the Embassy of Cuba in China in the capital city of Beijing.

The pavilion will focus on providing authentic and the most iconic products from the country with Cuban Arecha rum, Conchita jam and Apisun honey already selling in the store. More products of interest to Chinese consumers, such as coffee, lobster, health food, dietary supplements and crafts, will be introduced in the next stage.

“The launch of Cuban National Pavilion will lead Cuba to enter the cross-border e-commerce. In the context of the rapid transformation of our economy, this is a new channel to achieve prosperity and sustainable development,” said Cuban Ambassador to China Carlos Miguel Pereira at the ceremony.

“The Internet has turned all distances to zero”, said Luke Liu, Deputy General Manager of JD Worldwide. “Our customers will be able to make consumption of Cuban products at anytime and anywhere, and Cuban products are right in front of our eyes.”

National Pavilion is an important project for JD Worldwide, JD’s cross-border platform. It was launched in 2018 and has welcomed countries from Asia, Europe, Americas and more to join the project. In total 42 national pavilions have joined the project including Peru, Malaysia, Germany, Indonesia, Thailand and so on.

JD Worldwide will continue to be the bridge of trust between brands and customers to introduce more overseas products and culture to Chinese consumers meanwhile help brands expand further in the Chinese market.

Any international brand interested in building their business with JD in China can apply via https://www.jd.hk/cooperation_en or by emailing worldwide@jd.com.

 

(liujun215@jd.com)