JD,USA a major participant in the Chinese e-commerce sector, generated RMB 247.7 billion ($134.0 billion) in revenue for the three months to September, representing only a 1.7% year-on-year growth. Meanwhile, net income increased by 31.67% to RMB 7.9 billion in the period. JD Retail, the company’s key support business, experienced a decline in revenue growth to 0.06%, down from 4.85% in the previous quarter. However, JD’s chief financial officer anticipates a return to “normal growth rates” for both overall and retail business in 2024. On the same day, JD announced that CEO Sandy Xu will take over the role of chief executive of the retail sector from Xin Lijun, who is leaving due to another appointment. Despite a slow rebound in China’s consumption, JD executives highlighted that its core GMV achieved “high single-digit growth” in the third quarter, a figure surpassing the country’s total retail sales of consumer goods. [JD]
The Morning News Roundup for May 6, 2014What Makes a Literary Trend?John Jeremiah Sullivan’s Remarks on Frederick SeidelNetflix's 'El Conde' trailer teases a 250The Birth (and Death) of Edward LearThe NorwegianThe Other Yellow PagesThe Trouble With Being a “Plus One”26 best Dionne Warwick tweets of 2021 (so far)Why calling someone a 'Karen' ended up in New Zealand parliamentThe “Degenerate“ Paintings of Ernst Ludwig KirchnerLife in the Linguistics LabLife in the Linguistics LabIKEA Canada made an ugly, judgemental bisexual couchSotheby's to auction Picasso painting together with NFTOpenAI expands ChatGPT 'custom instructions' to free usersTaylor Swift is the soundtrack of Summer TVAn Interview with Joshua Ferris'The Last Voyage of the Demeter' review: A Dracula horror story at war with itselfThe Mystery of the “Schiava Turca” Mischievous pup who found the wrong side of the law is still a very good dog DOJ wants the IP addresses of 1.3 million visitors to a Trump protest website Watch this Yankees fan's heart break as things go quickly south against the Red Sox These are the top 5 U.S. Google searches ahead of Election Day Celebrate Halloween 2020 online with all these great costume photos An inflatable Trump rat is waiting for the president in Manhattan Key & Peele, four other Comedy Central hits come to HBO Max on Nov. 1 NBA star Hassan Whiteside launches CSI Late night hosts do grim rapid No, these pictures are not from the recent racist rally in Charlottesville What Prop. 22 could mean for the gig economy nationwide Driverless race car sums up 2020 by swerving into a wall for no reason Dave Chappelle will host the first post How to watch and listen to Election Day results online Donald Trump’s teleprompter is back from vacation to denounce racism The best 2020 political moments from late night Instagram husband's parody wellness account is comedy gold 'Chicago 10' tells the true story behind Aaron Sorkin's Netflix drama This Handmaid's Tale cast video reminds us to create change 'The Mandalorian' Season 2 premiere recap: "The Marshal"