MINISO dual listing; Hualian Supermarket Zhang Guo was sentenced; KK Group responded to accusations of “selling counterfeit products”

According to the Jinan Huaiyin District People’s Court’s WeChat public account, on June 22, 2022, the Jinan Huaiyin District People’s Court publicly pronounced the first instance verdict on the defendant Zhang Guo’s forced indecency case in accordance with the law. The defendant Zhang Guo was sentenced to one year and six months in prison for the crime of indecency. The court found that on the evening of July 27, 2021, Zhang Guo met the victim Zhou for the first time while attending a banquet. He committed an obscene act against Zhou near the front desk of the restaurant and in a private room. At about 7 o'clock the next day, Zhang Guo went to the hotel room where Zhou was staying and committed an obscene act against Zhou. The court held that the defendant Zhang Guo violated the woman's will and took advantage of the victim's drunkenness. He took the opportunity to molest the victim, and his behavior constituted the crime of forced indecency. The fact that the public prosecution agency accused Zhang Guo of committing the crime of forced indecency was clear and the evidence was solid and sufficient. Zhang Guo was found guilty of the crime and should be punished according to the law. The above judgment was made.

According to Zhixiao, Miniso will seek approval for a Hong Kong IPO as soon as Thursday, and will consider launching a Hong Kong listing as soon as next Monday, with plans to raise US$100 million in 2022. On April 1, 2019, Miniso submitted a listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Hong Kong Stock Exchange documents show that Miniso submitted an IPO application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, seeking a dual primary listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The prospectus shows that in the six months ended December 31, 2021, Miniso’s revenue increased by 24.2% to 5.4269 billion yuan, and its adjusted net profit increased by 114.2% to RMB. 398.6 million yuan.

On June 22, Retail Business Finance learned that the purchase of 20 Dior lipsticks on the "K+ Membership" platform was deemed to be counterfeit, the relevant person in charge of Guangdong Quick E-Commerce Co., Ltd. said, "K+" is not a brand of the company, nor does it have any relationship with the offline physical store brands "KK Pavilion" and "KKV". "K+" is an entrepreneurial project launched by former employees of KK Group in 2020. Because its predecessor was "KK Pavilion Electronic Mall", it is easily misunderstood by the outside world as being related to KK Group.

According to news on June 22, in order to stimulate the continued recovery of consumption, Meituan Preferred launched the second "Tropical Fruit Festival" promotion in 2022. Through the "South-to-North Fruit Transport", Guangxi's "Nanning Dragon Fruit" and other agricultural products are sent to northern counties and villages. Meituan data shows that in May, the search popularity of the keywords "Dragon Fruit Sea of ??Lights" and "Dragon Fruit Night View" increased by 101% year-on-year. In May alone, 58,000 people searched for related destinations through the Meituan platform, 68% of which were women. Among users, young female users between the ages of 25 and 30 account for the highest proportion. The red dragon fruit has also become the best-selling product of Meituan’s “Tropical Fruit Festival” on June 22. In addition, Meituan's "2022 Tropical Fruit Circulation Report" shows that throughout 2021, the sales of tropical fruits in third-, fourth- and fifth-tier cities across the country exceeded 1.8 times that of first- and second-tier cities combined.

According to news on June 22, Ele.me recently announced the full launch of "Summer Action", launched the "Free Order for 1 Minute" surprise event, upgraded a number of summer special services, and launched a series of merchant protection measures . It is reported that starting from the morning of June 21, consumers have received order-free notifications from Ele.me. Yesterday evening, Ele.me responded to this, saying that this is the main "1-minute free order" surprise event this summer. During the event, consumers can get free orders by placing orders in designated categories at the correct free time and region every day according to the clues provided by the platform. The maximum free order amount for a single order is 200 yuan. As of 17:00 on June 21, Ele.me has directly waived orders for hundreds of thousands of users. At the same time, Ele.me’s “all-in-one supermarket” will also use the half-day delivery model this summer to provide one-stop shopping for summer commodities including fruits, fresh food, iced drinks, etc., and also provide must-have products for bad fruits. Compensation, guaranteed compensation for melting, guaranteed compensation for overtime, genuine guarantee, official customer service and many other upgraded services.

On June 22, Dianping officially released the 2022 "Must Eat List", with 1,482 restaurants in 57 cities across the country on the list. It is reported that Dianping's must-eat list has been released for the sixth year. In 2022, the "must-eat list" selects restaurants that "consumers really think are delicious" from more than 14 million merchants on Dianping. The average star rating of the restaurants on the list is 4.7. The per capita price is 103 yuan. In addition, 9 more mainland cities including Guilin, Quanzhou, Huizhou, Leshan, Taizhou and Shunde have been added to the "Must Eat List" compared to last year.

Judging from the list, the average price per passenger in the newly-joined nine mainland cities is 79 yuan, which is lower than the national per capita price. It is understood that since the list was first published in 2017, 600 million people have used the must-eat list to explore the city's delicious food, and it has promoted the development of more than 5,000 high-quality merchants. Meituan data shows that from June 2021 to now, in more than 50 cities across the country involved in the must-eat list, catering consumption transactions have increased by 20.5% year-on-year. Two weeks after the release of the 2022 "must-eat list" shortlist, the number of restaurant online orders The month-on-month growth rate was about 93%, driving the recovery of urban consumption.

On June 22, according to foreign media reports, Amazon announced the launch of its first "fully autonomous mobile robot" designed to transport large carts for warehouses. The robot is called Proteus, and Amazon says it can safely navigate around human workers. Amazon says the Proteus robot has "advanced safety, perception and navigation technology" and has a green searchlight as it moves around. The robot stops moving when a person steps into the green light, then resumes when the person leaves. Amazon also announced several other robotic systems. One, called Cardinal, is a robotic arm that can lift and move packages weighing up to 50 pounds, and the company says a computer vision system allows the robot to pick and pick up individual packages in a pile. Amazon hopes to have it deployed in warehouses next year.

According to news on June 22, Tmall data showed that this year *** more than 260,000 brands participated in Tmall 618, nearly 300 brands with a turnover of over 100 million, and 100 brands with a turnover of over 100 million. For single products, there are more than 100,000 small and medium-sized sellers with a growth rate of more than 100%. In addition, the number of Taobao Live broadcast accounts increased by 12.4% year-on-year, the number of live broadcast rooms with a turnover of over 100 million yuan reached 32, and the number of live broadcast rooms with a turnover of over 10 million yuan reached 434; the transaction volume of KA anchors increased by 63% year-on-year, and the transaction volume of store broadcasts increased by 22% year-on-year. Over 45 million new products contributed nearly 30% of the market’s transactions. It is worth mentioning that nearly 90,000 merchants in Beijing and Shanghai participated in the Tmall 618 event. Among municipalities and provincial capitals across the country, Shanghai ranked first in terms of transaction volume and achieved positive year-on-year growth, while Beijing ranked second.

On June 22, Sumida River Coffee announced the 618 battle report. During the 618 event, Sumidagawa’s total sales through all channels reached 90 million, a year-on-year increase of 186%, and total sales through all channels exceeded 30 million cups. Among them, the total sales of single store of Tmall flagship store increased by 120% year-on-year, and the new customers of single store increased by 74% year-on-year; the sales of Sumidagawa (TASOGARE) JD.com self-operated flagship store increased by 270% year-on-year; the sales of JD.com Sumidagawa Coffee flagship store increased year-on-year 800%.