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balabala X Tmall Super Brand Day “Endless Dreams” Super Show during Shanghai Fashion Week

balabala x Tmall Super Brand Day “Endless Dreams” Super Show scored a super success last week in Shanghai. balabala is the first children’s clothing brand to join forces with Tmall Super Brand Day, balabala x Tmall achieving record sales of US$26.9 million during the event (9-12 April), with US$5.7 million on a single day on Tmall. Activities across Balabala’s 4,000+ stores on the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong joined those at the official Tmall store and live broadcast platforms.

The highlight of the event was the fashion Super Show presented with Shanghai Fashion Week entitled Endless Dreams, celebrating balabala’s vision of inspiring children to explore their innate curiosity and their infinite dreams. A runway show in three chapters, Endless Dreams was presented in the Shanghai Children’s Art Theatre on April 9, making perfect use of the circular structure of the building, transforming the four stories and 10,000 sq.m into a childlike dream planet.

Each chapter unveiled a new collection: balabala x China Mars Mission Collection, balabala x Suzhou Museum Collection, and balabala x Jason Wu Collection, in collaboration with the renowned Taiwanese-Canadian designer and his JW line. 60 unique designs inspired by history took the audience across the universe through time and space, experiencing Endless Dreams. Jason Wu recorded a video of the event to express the design concept personally.

The success of Super Brand Day was driven by balabala’s strategic omnichannel approach. Influenced by the epidemic, balabala quickly responded by strengthening coordinated development of e-commerce platforms, accelerating O2O omnichannel integration, and building a new retail model with enhanced consumer reach across the region – while maintaining sales and growth momentum.

Through Endless Dreams, balabala set new records for innovation in the kidswear industry in several aspects: The first cross-sector co-branding cooperation with three major IPs in the field of kidswear, the first KIDSWEAR External Show during Shanghai Fashion Week, and the first all-age kidswear brand with Tmall Super Brand Day. The Endless Dreams Super Show attracted over 1.2 billion views on ‘Weibo’, China’s No.1 social media platform.

About balabala

balabala is the No.1 kidswear retailer in Asia, providing quality fashion, shoes and accessories for children aged 0-14. The Zhejiang Semir Garment brand delivers high-quality kidswear to children around the world with over 4,000 stores in mainland China and rapid international expansion through a franchising network in Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Mongolia, Indonesia and Nepal, and direct operations in Hong Kong. balabala grows with a new generation of families, enabling children of the world to experience a wonderful childhood. For details please see https://www.balabala.com.hk/pages/franchisee.

Media contact:

Lucy Lu, luxin@semir.com
Zhejiang Semir Garment Co Ltd
Web: https://www.balabala.com.hk/pages/franchisee

SOURCE: Zhejiang Semir Garment Co Ltd

Xiao-i Sees AI-powered Enterprise Service as New Growth Driver

Mr. Max Yuan, the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Xiao-i (Right) and Mr. Kainan Dong, the GM of Caocao Mobility sing the strategic partnership agreement; both parties see the partnership with contribute to rooting AI capabilities in every business workflow of Caocao Mobility.

Shanghai Xiao-i Robot Technology Co. Ltd, a leading developer of artificial intelligence (AI) and industry application platforms, is delighted to announce its breakthrough in providing cognitive intelligence-powered enterprise service by entering a strategic partnership with CaoCao Mobility. CaoCao is the first ride-hailing service provider with its entire fleet consisting of electric cars backed by China’s automaker Geely. Under the partnership, both parties will work together in optimizing the “AI+ Mobility Brain”, building a next-generation ride-hailing experience.

With the convergence of 5G and artificial intelligence, AI machines will lead the way the third wave of technological transformation in various industries. Xiao-i has remained the leader in enabling traditional enterprises to upgrade conventional business processes and practices through its proprietary artificial intelligence technology. Through this partnership, Xiao-i will leverage its Natural Language Understanding (NLU), cognitive intelligence, and big data analytics capabilities to enable CaoCao to implement more AI-driven applications. This partnership allows more opportunities in AI initiatives/applications by implementing a unified platform to coordinate operations and enhance business process workflow.

The central role of Xiao-i’s “AI+ Mobility Brain” allows CaoCao to upgrade across ride-hailing services by improving ride service quality, streamlining operation management, protecting privacy and security, and enabling precision marketing. Xiao-i is poised to assist CaoCao in creating a new industry standard, constructing a more automated, efficient, and intelligent experience for drivers, operators, and more importantly, to deliver a new benchmark throughout the ride-hailing industry.

As the industry leader promoting China’s digital transformation, Xiao-i plays an active role in cooperating with industry partners to explore new potentials of AI implementation. Leveraging on its years of experience in driving data transformation and strategic enhancement for enterprise applications, Xiao-i has gradually established itself as the leading AI+ Enterprise Service Platform in China. Xiao-i’s proprietary platform allows operator customization on AI initiatives and applications. The construction of this platform sets the focus on unleashing the potential of refining human-machine collaboration, managing data intelligence, reinventing business workflow, and nurturing AI talents. Xiao-i’s service platform commits to supporting the smart upgrade and agile innovation of traditional business by providing full-stack value-added service.

According to China’s National Internet Development Report 2019, the size of China’s digital economy grew to 31.3 trillion RMB in 2018. China’s digital economy accounts for 34.8% of the national GDP. The total market output from the disruption of AI and data technologies of the current economy is expected to surpass 40 trillion RMB by 2020. Looking ahead, automation at scale remains insufficient for enterprise sustainability, staying competitive in the digital age leaves a large margin to fulfill. Critical differentiators for corporate entering the next wave of industry shift lies in AI integration. Applications in the work process, dataset, and staff operations need to be smoothly integrated with AI capabilities. Unlocking new digital value with strengthening human-machine collaboration would be the key to success.

Mr. Max Yuan, the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Xiao-i, said, “The strategic deployment of AI+ Enterprise Service Platform would become a new engine in promoting AI adoption and implementation in scale. We see the new platform as an asset in facilitating technology transfer and industry cooperation with huge potential in promoting the application of cutting-edge cognitive intelligence technologies to new business scenarios, hence empowering the smart upgrade of the industry. By sustaining our first-mover advantage in developing and applying cognitive intelligence, we expect to achieve monetization of this enterprise service business in short term, grasping the business opportunities from digital economy. Looking ahead to 2020, Xiao-i will continuously pursue to reach our visions by unlocking new digital value with the help of cognitive intelligence, unveiling more business scenarios and teaming with the industry in unleashing new market output.”

About Xiao-i
Shanghai Xiaoi Robot Technology Co. Ltd (Xiao-i) is a leading AI company that specializes in multilingual natural language processing, deep semantic interaction, speech recognition, machine learning and other cognitive intelligence technologies. A pioneer in industrial AI applications, Xiao-i was established in Shanghai in 2001 and has developed into a market leader. The company currently serves over 1,000 large enterprises and government organizations and provides its open platform to more than 100,000 small and medium-sized enterprises and developers. Xiao-i has established R&D centers in Shanghai, Guiyang, Nanjing and Hong Kong. The company also launched its Asia-Pacific Headquarters in Hong Kong in 2018 to grow its international presence. Xiao-i’s major investors include Alibaba Group, China Everbright and Haiyin Capital.
Official website: www.xiaoi.com/en/
LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/company/xiaoi/

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Ms. Rika Li rika.li@xiaoi.com
Ms. Tracy Law tracy.law@xiaoi.com

Over 100 Experts Gather in Shanghai to Showcase Sustainability and Smart Retailing Best Practice

Mainetti Group is proud to host the Sustainability & Smart Retailing Meeting 2019 in Shanghai, China, supported by the RFID General Chamber of Commerce, the Hong Kong Retail Technology Industry Association, 3M, BASF and SAB.

The summit will bring together local retailers, importers, buyers and manufacturers to converse with forefront experts in the fields of sustainable materials, sustainable finance, sustainable retail solutions and technologies such as RFID, cloud computing, retail transformation, and supply chain management.

Participants will discover how leading companies and brands are enhancing both customer experience and operational efficiency by harnessing new technologies and solutions, as well as sustainability programs, to have a positive impact on the environment and echo with customers’ demand. Within China, these solutions will also help brands align with evolving government policy, as Shanghai and other Chinese cities implement mandatory waste sorting and mandate more recycling and sustainable manufacturing.

Roberto Peruzzo, CEO of Mainetti, said, “As well-informed consumers and policymakers demand more action on waste and environmental impact, Mainetti has been working hard with its ecosystem of partners and experts to utilize the best ideas, technology and solutions to put its customers in a market-leading position. We look forward to showcasing these solutions in Shanghai.”

Paul Tai, Regional Director of Mainetti added, “Our suite of sustainability solutions encompasses biodegradable, compostable packaging and digital tracking for bricks and mortar retailing and e-commerce. Our cost-effective RFID solutions can also help customers monitor their supply chains and storefronts in real-time. The Sustainability & Smart Retailing Meeting 2019 will demonstrate how these solutions are being implemented across the Greater China region.”

About Mainetti

Founded in 1961, Mainetti is one of the world’s largest manufacturers and suppliers of packaging for the fashion industry and a leading provider of smart retail solutions, with a presence in 49 countries. Working in partnership with its clients, which include many of the world’s premier retail brands, Mainetti’s sustainable products and solutions accelerates and enhances the sales process while controlling business costs. For more information, please visit www.mainetti.com.

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