“Resist Unfair Competition”, Three Food Delivery Platforms Issue Statements on the Same Day, Stocks Soar!
On August 1st, Meituan, Alibaba, and JD.com all surged sharply, with Meituan's stock price rising by over 3%, while Alibaba's rose by 2.33% and JD.com's by 1.38% as of the time of publication.
According to reports, on August 1st, Meituan, Taobao, and JD.com all issued statements urging people to resist unfair competition.
Meituan's statement, titled "Prosper the Industry Ecosystem, Resist Unfair Competition", emphasized that the company would strictly regulate promotional activities and eliminate any unfair competition behaviors, aiming to establish a fair and orderly industry order that benefits all parties involved.
The full text of Meituan's statement is as follows:
On the same day, Ele.me issued a statement titled "Continuously Enhance Services and Promote Healthy Competition", stating that it would strictly resist unfair competition and not engage in large-scale zero-cost promotions or other irrational promotional activities. The company promised to further focus on the following four aspects:
1. Reasonably plan and issue subsidies based on consumer and merchant needs.
2. Strictly resist unfair competition. We will proactively eliminate any unfair competition behaviors, activate the potential of new markets and drive innovation in the entire industry. Do not engage in large-scale zero-cost promotions or other irrational promotional activities.
3. Continuously enhance service quality. We will continuously provide diverse consumer scenarios, richer product categories, and upgraded logistics systems to improve network efficiency.
4. Promote ecological cooperation. Focus on key issues such as merchant participation, product quality, rider benefits, and establish a "listen-consult-optimize-feedback" system. Multi-scene talks are being held in various locations.
In the afternoon of August 1st, JD.com's "Blackboard Report" released a statement titled "Practice Main Responsibility and Social Responsibility: Building a Healthy Ecosystem for the Food Delivery Industry". The report stated that in recent times, the food delivery industry has been paying close attention to subsidies, with many industry associations and merchants speaking out, hoping to stop zero-cost promotions and other irrational subsidy behaviors, and build a healthy industry ecosystem.
JD.com is committed to upholding its stance against unfair competition and eliminating any unfair competition behaviors. It will resist "zero-cost" and other unhealthy subsidies.