NASDAQ:DADA Dada Nexus Q2 2024 Earnings Report $1.85 -0.02 (-1.07%) As of 04/16/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Earnings HistoryForecast Dada Nexus EPS ResultsActual EPS-$0.09Consensus EPS N/ABeat/MissN/AOne Year Ago EPSN/ADada Nexus Revenue ResultsActual Revenue$324.54 millionExpected RevenueN/ABeat/MissN/AYoY Revenue GrowthN/ADada Nexus Announcement DetailsQuarterQ2 2024Date8/20/2024TimeN/AConference Call DateTuesday, August 20, 2024Conference Call Time9:30PM ETUpcoming EarningsDada Nexus' Q1 2025 earnings is scheduled for Tuesday, May 13, 2025, with a conference call scheduled on Friday, May 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM ET. Check back for transcripts, audio, and key financial metrics as they become available.Conference Call ResourcesConference Call AudioConference Call TranscriptPress Release (8-K)Earnings HistoryCompany ProfilePowered by Dada Nexus Q2 2024 Earnings Call TranscriptProvided by QuartrAugust 20, 2024 ShareLink copied to clipboard.There are 6 speakers on the call. Operator00:00:00Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by for Data's Second Quarter 20 24 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in listen only mode. After the management's prepared remarks, there will be a question and answer session. As a reminder, today's conference call is being recorded. I will now turn the meeting over to your host for today's call, Ms. Operator00:00:26Caroline Dong, Head of Investor Relations for Data. Please proceed, Caroline. Speaker 100:00:34Thank you, operator. Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining our Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call. On the call today from Data, we have Mr. Henry Jun Maou, CFO. Mr. Speaker 100:00:47Mao will talk about our operations, company highlights and the financials. Clay will be available to answer your questions during the Q and A session. Before we begin, I'd like to remind you that this conference call contains forward looking statements. Please refer to our latest Safe Harbor statement in the earnings press release on our IR website, which applies to this call. Also, during this call, we will discuss certain non GAAP financial measures. Speaker 100:01:15Please also refer to our earnings press release, which contains a reconciliation of non GAAP measures to the comparable GAAP measures. Finally, please note that unless otherwise stated, all figures mentioned during this conference call are in RMB. It is now my pleasure to introduce our CFO, Mr. Mao Henry, with the half. Speaker 200:01:37Thank you, Caroline, and thank you all for joining us. In the Q2 of 2024, we delivered high quality results. For JD Now, both monthly transacting users and orders through the JD app recorded over 100% year on year growth in the quarter. Meanwhile, the penetration of JD Now among JD users continues to increase sequentially. For Data Now, our local on demand delivery platform, revenue growth in the first half of the year exceeded 50% year on year. Speaker 200:02:25Driven by the overall improvement in operational efficiency, Our non GAAP net loss margin narrowed sequentially in the 2nd quarter. Specifically, SADA Group's total net revenues in the 2nd quarter were RMB2.3 billion. The year on year change was mainly due to the continued review and adjustments of the JD Now business starting from the beginning of this year. Net revenues from JD Now were RMB912 1,000,000 in the quarter. Net revenues from data now increased by 47% year on year to RMB1.4 billion. Speaker 200:03:13In the first half of the year, net revenues of data now increased by 51% year on year to RMB2.6 billion, mainly driven by the continuous expansion of new customers and the increased penetration of existing partners in our KA business. Non GAAP net loss in the second quarter was RMB142 1,000,000, sequentially net improving by RMB53 1,000,000. This was mainly due to our strategic refocusing on core businesses, which is gradually bearing fruit. Non GAAP net loss ratio in the 2nd quarter was 6.1 percent sequentially narrowing by 1.8 percentage points. Now let's go through the operating highlights for 2 platforms, JD Now and Adanao. Speaker 200:04:09Starting with JD Now. After our brand update in May 2024, we officially announced the 1st brand ambassador of JD Now in July in an effort to further enhance our brand image. As witnessed by Olympic champion, heiGHt Liu Xiang, JD Now showcased its industry leading delivery speed and deepened its brand image of quality merchandise and instant delivery. During the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, we conducted a series of brand promotion and marketing campaigns, echoing users game watching and shopping enthusiasm, cheering on the Olympic athletes by providing users with on demand shopping experience with delivery as fast as 9 minutes. For instance, we launched a bill waving for celebration campaign offering 2024 randomly selected orders free of charge every time in China claimed a gold medal and a late night feed channel providing the nighttime audience with rich selections of snacks and beverages. Speaker 200:05:29We are pleased to see how well these efforts have resonated with our customers. In the Q2, we remained focused on driving growth on the JD app, increasing user mind share as well as continuously enriching supply to better serve users' diverse needs for on demand retail. On the demand side, we expanded the geographic coverage of the JD Now section on the JD app nationwide and accelerated penetration among JD Plus members to reach more JD users. We launched the new JD Now section in the central area of the JD App homepage in May 2024, enabling products and merchants on JD Now to gain incremental exposure. Earlier in August, following our operations in the first batch of 39 cities for more than 2 months, we further expanded the service coverage of the JD Now section nationwide, delivering more users with the convenient JD Now on demand retail services right to their doorstep. Speaker 200:06:50Meanwhile, we introduced exclusive benefits such as price discounts for JD Plus members to engage them to experience the convenient on demand retail service of JD Now and gained their mind share. In June 2024, the number of daily average JD Plus members who placed orders on JD Now increased by 40% as compared with March 24. On the supply side, we took initiatives on 5 fronts to comprehensively enhance our supply capability. In terms of store coverage, we continue to expand our product offering in existing categories such as convenience stores and consumer electronics. In the convenience stores category, during this quarter JD now deepened its cooperation with Meiijia, the largest convenience store operator in China in terms of store count with over 5,000 stores on board. Speaker 200:08:01And in July, we launched over 1,000 stores of internationally renowned convenience store brands such as Lawson. In addition, in the consumer electronics category, to support the launch of the JD Now section, we made further progress in essential accessories to better meet users' immediate needs. For instance, we initiated new partnerships with leading brands such as Python, a renowned digital accessories brand in China and deepened cooperation with existing partners such as You Bring, a leading smartphone and tablet accessory brand in China. During the quarter, the number of transacting stores in consumer electronics category increased by more than 10,000 sequentially. In our efforts to boost price competitiveness, we continue to enhance capabilities and reinforce users' perceptions of JD Now's value for money offerings. Speaker 200:09:15In May, we launched the top brands for RMB 1 yuan section on the landing page of the JD Now tab, offering consumers more than 10,000,000 items of value for money products priced as low as RMB1. In May, the 7 day repeat purchase rate of users who purchased products from this section was 6 percentage points higher than that of the entire JD Now tab. In terms of inventory, in June, we launched the Treasures of the Store tab in the supermarket category, featuring curated and reliable flagship SKUs in product categories such as fresh produce offered by leading supermarkets. Going forward, we will continue to explore more opportunities with supermarkets for the treasures of the store like tap and highlight differentiated product offerings. On the content side, we continue to enrich product information and improve product attractiveness. Speaker 200:10:30In May, we added the product selling points, promotional discounts and other additional useful information to search results and the main product images, which increased the click through rate of search results by over 1 percentage point and the conversion rate by over 2 percentage points. On the extra service side, we continue to improve the fulfillment experience. In the Q2, the average fulfillment time of JD Now's on demand orders delivered by Data Now shortened by 15% year on year. In May, we launched the on time delivery guarantee service for our customers on the JD app, which automatically compensates users with a no threshold coupon when order is fulfilled more than 10 minutes later than the estimated delivery time, showcasing our confidence in the continuous improvement of delivery speed. In addition, in May, we joined hands with Hailiang Home and other menswear brands to take the lead in launching free try on service and apparel on demand retail industry, enabling consumers to enjoy free shipping provided by brands of returned orders if they find the size or style unsatisfactory after fitting. Speaker 200:12:02Following the launch of the service, the conversion rate of the related brand increased by more than 10%. While we continue to implement the above mentioned comprehensive measures, the penetration of JD Now on JD users continue to increase with accelerated mind share growth. Our store density and supply quality continue to improve, resulting in accelerated order volume growth. With the launch of the JD Now section at the center of the JD App homepage, in the Q2, our average daily unique visitors through the JD App increased by over 70% year on year, while user conversion rate was up over 20% year on year, driving the average daily paying users to increase by over 100% year on year, excluding the impact of our business adjustments. And in terms of user stickiness, during this quarter, the 30 day repeat purchase rate of users through the core JD app channel increased by over 10 percentage points year on year, excluding the impact of business adjustments. Speaker 200:13:27Specifically, the 30 day repeat purchase rate of users of the newly launched JJ Now section exceeded 50% in May June. In April through June, the number of high frequency users through the JD app channel increased by over 100% year over year excluding the impact of business adjustments and accelerated from month to month contributing to the improvement in overall repeat purchase rate. In addition, we continue to improve user satisfaction in the 2nd quarter demonstrated by a decrease in cost per order or CPO by over 10% year on year. On the supply side, we continue to expand our offering. By end of June, the number of operating stores increased by nearly 70% year on year. Speaker 200:14:29The daily average number of transacting stores during the quarter increased by over 80% year on year. At the end of June, the proportion of highly priced competitive products increased nearly 7 percentage points from a year earlier, bringing the total number of attractively priced store specific SKUs 100,000,000. Driven by the growth of user base and a stronger user mind share as well as the continuous enhancement of supply, The number of online orders through the JD app channel increased by over 100% year on year in the Q2, more than 30 percentage points faster than that in Q1. The peak day online order volume of JD Now reached a new high during the quarter. Excluding the impact of our business adjustments, JD Now's average daily paid order volume increased by over 50% year on year in this quarter. Speaker 200:15:40Next, I'd like to give you an update on data now, leading local on demand delivery platform open to merchants and individual centers across various industries and product categories. In the Q2, Zada now maintained record growth driven by the continued increase in the penetration of restaurants and beverage KAs. Net revenues from Daidaao increased by 47% year on year to RMB1.4 billion in the second quarter. In the earnings release distributed earlier, we added disclosure of the number of orders delivered and the gross billings of our on demand delivery business. The number of orders delivered includes orders directly placed through data now by merchants and individual centers and orders fulfilled by data now for merchants on JD now. Speaker 200:16:42Gross billings refer to the gross amount of service charge for above measured orders of the on demand delivery services net of value added tax. We believe that this measure is more representative of our business scale and more comparable to our peers. The number of orders delivered by Datanao in the Q2 rose 21% year on year to RMB679 1,000,000 and the gross billings of data now grew by 23% year on year to RMB3 1,000,000,000. In the first half of the year, net revenues from data now increased by 50 1% year on year to RMB2.6 billion, mainly thanks to the continuous expansion of new KA customers as well as increased penetration of existing customers. The number of orders delivered by Datadao in the first half was up 15% year over year to RMB1.2 billion and the gross billings of Datadao were up 15% year on year to RMB5.5 5.5 billion. Speaker 200:18:00Our KA or chain merchants business saw an overall revenue growth of nearly 50% year on year in the 2nd quarter, of which net revenues of restaurant and beverage KAs grew by nearly 80% as to a significant growth in the number of new stores, which more than doubled year over year. In terms of beverage KAs, we deepened our cooperation with brands such as Luckin Coffee and Char Ji. For restaurant KAs, we continue to increase penetration of top customers such as EON China, more than doubling the number of fulfilled orders and revenues of the subcategory. This concludes our operational updates for the 2 platforms. Overall, during the quarter, we remained committed to our high quality growth strategy. Speaker 200:18:59The continuous enhancement of user experience and the supply of the JD now resulted in increased consumer engagement and direct order of growth on the JD app. Meanwhile, Dada now saw further gains in the market share and a strong revenue growth momentum, thanks to increased penetration of restaurants and beverage KAs. Going forward, we will continue to focus on high quality development. Enhanced user experience across the board, strengthen our efforts to increase the share of our on demand retail business and further leverage synergies between the on demand retail and the on demand delivery platforms. With that, I will now go over the financials for the quarter. Speaker 200:19:52Before we go over the numbers, just a few housekeeping items. We believe year over year comparisons are the most useful way to evaluate our performance. And as a result, our percentage change that I'm going to give will be on year over year basis and all figures are in RMB otherwise noted. In addition, please note that we changed the presentation of the disaggregation of our net revenues this quarter to better reflect our business lines with prior period financials retrospectively recast to confirm to current period presentation. Net revenues from JD Now include 3 line items namely commission fee revenues, online advertising and marketing services revenues and fulfillment services and others. Speaker 200:20:50And net revenues from Daida Now also include 3 line items, namely intra city delivery services revenue, last mile delivery services revenue and other revenues. The total net revenues in the Q2 was RMB2.3 billion. Net revenues from JD Now was RMB912 1,000,000 mainly due to a decrease in online advertising and marketing services revenue and a decrease in fulfillment services and other revenues as a result of the full rollout of our delivery fee waiver program for orders exceeding RMB29 since February 2024. Net revenues from data now increased by 47 percent to RMB1.4 billion mainly driven by an increase in order volume of intra city delivery services provided to various chain merchants. For the first half of twenty twenty four, net revenues from data now increased by 51% to RMB2.6 billion. Speaker 200:21:59Specifically, revenues from intra city delivery services and revenues from last mile delivery services increased by 51% 64% in the first half of twenty twenty four, respectively. Moving over to cost and expense side. Operations and support costs in the Q2 were RMB1.7 billion. This increase was primarily due to an increase in rider costs as a result of increased order volume of interested delivery services provided to various chain merchants, partially offset by decrease in online advertising and marketing services costs. Selling and marketing expenses decreased to RMB782 1,000,000 primarily due to a decrease in promotion activities initiated by us on the JD Now platform. Speaker 200:23:03General and administrative expenses decreased to RMB48 1,000,000 as a result of a decrease in amortization of intangible assets arising from the acquisition of JD Now in 2016. Research and development expenses decreased to RMB85 1,000,000, mainly attributable to a decrease in research and development personnel costs. Non GAAP net loss was RMB142 1,000,000 and non GAAP net loss margin was 60.1%, sequentially narrowing by 1.8 percentage points. As of June 30, 2024, we had RMB3.6 billion in cash, cash equivalents with free cash and short term investments. And pursuant to our US40 $1,000,000 share repurchase program announced in March 2024, we had repurchased approximately US9.8 million dollars of ADSs as of June 30, 2024. Speaker 200:24:14This concludes my prepared remarks. Operator, we are now ready to begin the Q and A session. Thank you. Operator00:24:23Thank you. Our first question is from the line of Thomas Chong with Jefferies. Please go ahead. Speaker 300:24:51Hi, good morning. Thanks management for taking my question. My first question is about consumer sentiment. Can management update about the trend in recent months? And my second question is about competitive landscape. Speaker 300:25:08How we should think about it over the next couple of quarters? And can management comment about the business trend for JD Now and Datanao in the second half? Thank you. Speaker 200:25:24Thank you, Thomas, for your question. As we shared on our previous calls for JD Now, we focus on the overall consumption willingness and trend. On the willingness front in the Q2, online sales of physical goods grew by 6.4% year on year on last year's high base and the year on year growth rate in July slightly increased to 8.1 percent reflecting the continuous and stable recovery of the overall consumer confidence and willingness to expand. In terms of consumption trends, we continue to observe growing consumer demand for convenience across various categories. As an on demand retail platform, we are actively expanding high quality supply across a wide range of categories to provide consumers with an increasingly rich selection. Speaker 200:26:27On the other hand, we continuously optimize the fulfillment experience and reinforce the mindset of quality and speed. Therefore, we firmly believe that the penetration rate of on demand retail in the overall social retail will continue to increase. And as you may know since the beginning of this year when we started to fully embrace the jd.com ecosystem and drive the upgrade of user experience as JD Now has maintained rapid growth in GMV and the user base within the JD App channel. We believe that our competitive edge lie in the richness of offerings on the supply side and a deep integration with jd.com on the demand side, driving us to increase our market share with the on demand retail industry as we ride on the industry growth. On the supply side, we've continually expanded cooperation with a wide range of local merchants across all categories such as chain supermarkets, convenience stores, brand authorized stores, etcetera. Speaker 200:27:44Our extensive partnership with merchants ensures a rich supply of high quality products on our platform, which is the foundation of gaining the trust of continuously attracting and retaining customers. And on the demand side, our quarterly paying users currently account for only a middle single digit percentage of JD's overall user base, leaving ample room for further penetration among JD dotcom users. Given that JD dotcom users inherently have clear shopping purpose and are more demanding in terms of product quality and delivery speed, which fits the profile of on demand retail users well, We believe that converting JD.com users into on demand retail users is more efficient as we remain confident in long term continuous improvement of our penetration rate among JD.com users. And for Pananao, I think you can see in terms of order volume and revenue growth in the first half of twenty twenty four, Pananao significantly outperformed the on demand delivery industry and the major third party on demand delivery platforms, meaning that we are continuously gaining market share. Add on now has significantly advantage in terms of network coverage and delivery costs, giving us confidence in maintaining above industry growth rate in the long run. Speaker 200:29:24In terms of the network coverage, LiNao has already covered more than 2,600 cities and counties with an annual active rider count approaching 1,300,000 and the cumulative number of the registered riders in the tens of millions. So this ensures sufficient delivery capacity in both high tier and low tier cities. And in terms of the delivery cost, next to the crowdsourced delivery model, the average delivery cost per order for NetAdao is lower than that of other major third party on demand delivery platforms on a like for like basis. And JD Now has always been committed to providing users with on demand retail shopping experience of quality merchandise and instant delivery in order to lead the development of the on demand retail industry. So as I mentioned earlier at the beginning of the year, there were a comprehensive review and adjustment of the business. Speaker 200:30:30We have established a strategy of focusing on user experience, fully embracing with the jd.com ecosystem and further deepening our strategic partnership with jd.com. To this end, for the first half year, we have been optimizing the user experience and enriching supply through a series of measures such as the delivery fee waiver program and the brand upgrade with the aim of accelerating the penetration among gg.com's best user base and further enhancing the user mind share and brand influence of JD Now. In this quarter, we see a strong channel of improvements in core operational metrics as introduced our average monthly transacting users and orders through the JD app grew by over 100% on a year over year basis, accelerating by over 30 percentage points from Q1 2024. So in the long term, we believe that there is significant room for the on demand retail industry to increase its penetration rate, which is still in early stage of development with huge upside and we are firmly committed to investing in our business. And for Dananao, over the past 2 years, we have made continued significant progress in increasing market share and improved profitability. Speaker 200:32:01In particular, our year over year revenue growth for the first half of over 50 percentage significantly outpaced the industry growth. So for data now we are currently in the process of brand upgrade. So data now will be renamed as Tata Lau Catalyze Now to strengthen our brand image as a high speed, high quality delivery service provider. Speaker 300:32:42Thank you. Operator00:32:48Thank you. Our next question is from the line of Alicia Yap with Citigroup. Please go ahead. Speaker 400:32:57Hi. Good morning, management. Thanks for taking my questions. Two questions here. One is for your JD Now order demand, can management share with us how the user consumption pattern in terms of the category? Speaker 400:33:14So whether you have seen cutback on the non FMCG category versus the FMCG category, just wondering are there any pressure for the take rate across the different categories given the macro situation? The second question is a follow-up. So thank you for giving a lot more disclosure starting this quarter. So besides the revenue, just wondering if management can also remind us the gross profit trend for each of the segment for the data now, for example, the KA customer, the SME in terms of the last mile customer. So wondering if you can provide some of the segment and if you see any of the segments that actually have a bigger macro headwind? Speaker 400:34:04Thank you. Speaker 200:34:08Thank you, Alicia, for your question. So I just want to highlight that starting from the beginning of this year, our company has proactively undergone business streamlining and adjustments, concentrating on the core businesses and the channels, while terminating some inefficient operations in the channels. So consequently, JD Now has faced challenges in terms of overall GMV and the revenue growth in the short term, not less we anticipate that this adjustment will pave the way for sustainable high quality growth in the long run. While we are encouraged to see the rapid growth of users and all the volume on the JD App channel. So to your question, with years of experience to the supermarket category, we have firmly established our brand in the minds of consumers. Speaker 200:35:12Compared to other categories, the supermarket category is more mature and stable. Within this category, we've noticed a growing appeal of retail models like club warehouse stores and convenience stores among consumers. So in response, we are actively seeking collaborations with these models to fulfill consumer needs. For example, in the convenience store category, we continue to deepen and expand our cooperation with top brands in the Q2, bringing on more than 5,000 Meiji stores and more than 10,000 Lawson stores in July. The improvement in supply also led to incremental orders for JD Now. Speaker 200:36:03And in recent years, non supermarket categories have seen a consistently higher growth rate than supermarkets largely due to the rising on demand retail penetration rate in these sectors and evolving consumer mind share. This trend has continued into this year. For instance, our emerging categories such as flowers and beverages registered rapid growth during Q2, that's to our supply expansion efforts and a series of festival themed marketing campaigns, which resonated well with consumers. So we are confident that as consumers increasingly value convenience across all categories and the merchants prioritize on demand retail channels, every category holds significant growth potential in the future for JD Now. And to your question regarding the UE for data now, I think in terms of business development trend of data now, KA business is still the focus of this year. Speaker 200:37:13So for the KA business, we will meet the needs of our customers with high caliber fulfillment services to increase our market share. And for both the KA and SME business, we will closely monitor the development of the industry and our industry peers and balance top line growth and profitability improvement. As the demand and on demand delivery service remains fast growing across restaurants and beverage, supermarkets and other categories, Adai Now's performance has been resilient. Hope that answers your question. Speaker 400:37:59Thank you. Operator00:38:02Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Ozulu Lee with CICC. Please go ahead. Speaker 500:38:14Hi, good morning, management. Thanks for taking my question. I think I have 3 questions here. The first one is about financial guidance. As we see Datanao has a relatively higher growth, JD Now revenue growth may face some pressure here. Speaker 500:38:30From the financial perspective, can we share more color about our like growth target or financial guidance also by business? And then the second one is about like cooperation with JD. Hello. Do we have any some new developments in our cooperation and understand that in long term, we still aim to penetrate like 50% of JD users. In addition, what are the short term, mid term and even long term growth idea and how to quantify them? Speaker 500:39:05And also the third one is about the management change. We noticed management change this month. Are there any change to the company's strategy? And can we share more about it? Yes. Speaker 500:39:17Thank you. Speaker 200:39:22Yes. Thank you, Xiaolu for your question. So regarding the outlook or the business plan, I think as I mentioned repeatedly earlier like starting from this year, we have been through the business review and adjustment which has posed a challenge on JD Now's GMV and emission revenue growth in the short term. But we have seen some fruitful results with the focus of embracing more with jt.com ecosystem and the user base and the order volume growth on JDF has partially offset the impact of our business streamlining. So especially for this for the second quarter, excluding the impact of business adjustment, our GMV was largely flat on a year over year basis. Speaker 200:40:27And also the GMV from JD App channel experiencing a year over year growth of over 20%. So the channel focus shift also temporarily affected our advertising monetization rate. Advertising revenue for JD Now was primarily generated from the independent JD DJ app previously. However, since the beginning of the year, we have been strategically pivoting to the JD app channel. So as a result, the traffic and GMV of the independent JDDJ app have shown a continuous decline obstructing advertising monetization. Speaker 200:41:20On the other hand, although the traffic and the GMV in the JD app channel have significantly increased, We are still focusing on cultivating user mind share and penetration. So at the same time, there is room for improvement in the sophistication of location based technology advertising products and marketing solutions within the JD App channel, which require further refinement and merchant education. However, in the long run, we are fully confident in advertising monetization potential of on demand retail within the JDF channel and believe that a healthier business structure following our business adjustments will pave the way for the long term sustainable growth. And for data now, next to the strong momentum of our restaurants and beverage KAs, our order volume and revenue achieved direct growth continuously gaining market share in the on demand delivery industry. Adai now has significant advantages in terms of network coverage and the delivery cost giving us confidence in maintaining above industry growth rate in the long run. Speaker 200:42:38So overall, I think currently management are prioritizing user and order volume growth with a focus on penetrating more JD users and enhancing their mind share of on demand retail. In the long run, the improvement in users' repeat purchase and the growth of order volume along with the GMV will contribute to commission revenue and a better monetization of advertising business. And on the bottom line front is our confidence in the industry's potential and our competitive advantages. We remain optimistic about achieving breakeven and profitability in the long term. And speaking of the cooperation with JD dotcom, this quarter we continued to fully embrace with JD Ecosystem accelerating our user penetration and mind share growth. Speaker 200:43:41In May, a new JD Now section was launched on the homepage of JD App initially covering 39 cities and it focuses on high frequency essential categories such as coffee and milk tea, convenient stores, fresh produce markets and emergency digital products offering consumers on demand shopping options across all categories with delivery as fast as 9 minutes. In June, the average 80 paying users of the JD Now section had approached 10% of the overall users of JD Now through the JD dot com app and the 30 day repurchase rate of users in the JD Now section exceeded 60%, which is also higher than that of users through the JD dotcom app. So we think it is a sign of initial results that JD Now section has achieved in terms of user penetration and cultivating consumer habits. And as of yesterday, we further expanded the geographic coverage of JD Now section to nationwide, providing more jd.com users with their on demand retail service. Next to the increase in exposure brought about by the newly launched JD Now section as well as the continuous optimization of CTR and conversion rates at various entry points. Speaker 200:45:09So in this quarter, the penetration rate of JD Now's quarterly paying users among the JD user base reached middle single digits with both year over year and quarter over quarter growth. So we are also confident in the further improvement of user penetration in the future. And then Dana and I also supported JD Logistics is mostly handling the order peak during the June 18 shopping festival providing flexible delivery capacity for 1st mile pickup and then last mile delivery services. And to your question regarding the company's strategy, as you can see the announcement regarding the management change, so Mr. Kevin Wu has become the Chair of the Board of Directors of the company providing high level strategic planning and consultation to the company. Speaker 200:46:11But the strategy of both JD Now and the Dyna Now has never changed. JD Now has always been committed to providing users with on demand retail shopping experience of quality merchandise and instant delivery in order to lead the development of the on demand retail industry. And also at Andao, we continue to focus on providing customers with stable and efficient on demand delivery services. And also, as I mentioned, the restaurant and beverage KA's business is top priority of this year. Operator00:47:11Ladies and gentlemen, we have lost the line for Ojulu. And as there are no further questions at this time, I will now hand back to Caroline for closing remarks. Caroline? Speaker 100:47:24Thank you, operator. In closing, on behalf of Styla's management team, we'd like to thank you for your participation in today's call. If you require any further information, please feel free to reach out to us directly. Thank you for joining us today. This concludes the call. Operator00:47:40Thank you. That concludes our conference for today. Thank you for participating. You may now disconnect your lines.Read moreRemove AdsPowered by Conference Call Audio Live Call not available Earnings Conference CallDada Nexus Q2 202400:00 / 00:00Speed:1x1.25x1.5x2xRemove Ads Earnings DocumentsPress Release(8-K) Dada Nexus Earnings Headlines$HAREHOLDER ALERT: The M&A Class Action Firm Investigates the Merger of Dada Nexus Limited - DADAApril 15 at 8:45 PM | prnewswire.comSHAREHOLDER ALERT: Rigrodsky Law, P.A. 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There are 6 speakers on the call. Operator00:00:00Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by for Data's Second Quarter 20 24 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in listen only mode. After the management's prepared remarks, there will be a question and answer session. As a reminder, today's conference call is being recorded. I will now turn the meeting over to your host for today's call, Ms. Operator00:00:26Caroline Dong, Head of Investor Relations for Data. Please proceed, Caroline. Speaker 100:00:34Thank you, operator. Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining our Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call. On the call today from Data, we have Mr. Henry Jun Maou, CFO. Mr. Speaker 100:00:47Mao will talk about our operations, company highlights and the financials. Clay will be available to answer your questions during the Q and A session. Before we begin, I'd like to remind you that this conference call contains forward looking statements. Please refer to our latest Safe Harbor statement in the earnings press release on our IR website, which applies to this call. Also, during this call, we will discuss certain non GAAP financial measures. Speaker 100:01:15Please also refer to our earnings press release, which contains a reconciliation of non GAAP measures to the comparable GAAP measures. Finally, please note that unless otherwise stated, all figures mentioned during this conference call are in RMB. It is now my pleasure to introduce our CFO, Mr. Mao Henry, with the half. Speaker 200:01:37Thank you, Caroline, and thank you all for joining us. In the Q2 of 2024, we delivered high quality results. For JD Now, both monthly transacting users and orders through the JD app recorded over 100% year on year growth in the quarter. Meanwhile, the penetration of JD Now among JD users continues to increase sequentially. For Data Now, our local on demand delivery platform, revenue growth in the first half of the year exceeded 50% year on year. Speaker 200:02:25Driven by the overall improvement in operational efficiency, Our non GAAP net loss margin narrowed sequentially in the 2nd quarter. Specifically, SADA Group's total net revenues in the 2nd quarter were RMB2.3 billion. The year on year change was mainly due to the continued review and adjustments of the JD Now business starting from the beginning of this year. Net revenues from JD Now were RMB912 1,000,000 in the quarter. Net revenues from data now increased by 47% year on year to RMB1.4 billion. Speaker 200:03:13In the first half of the year, net revenues of data now increased by 51% year on year to RMB2.6 billion, mainly driven by the continuous expansion of new customers and the increased penetration of existing partners in our KA business. Non GAAP net loss in the second quarter was RMB142 1,000,000, sequentially net improving by RMB53 1,000,000. This was mainly due to our strategic refocusing on core businesses, which is gradually bearing fruit. Non GAAP net loss ratio in the 2nd quarter was 6.1 percent sequentially narrowing by 1.8 percentage points. Now let's go through the operating highlights for 2 platforms, JD Now and Adanao. Speaker 200:04:09Starting with JD Now. After our brand update in May 2024, we officially announced the 1st brand ambassador of JD Now in July in an effort to further enhance our brand image. As witnessed by Olympic champion, heiGHt Liu Xiang, JD Now showcased its industry leading delivery speed and deepened its brand image of quality merchandise and instant delivery. During the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, we conducted a series of brand promotion and marketing campaigns, echoing users game watching and shopping enthusiasm, cheering on the Olympic athletes by providing users with on demand shopping experience with delivery as fast as 9 minutes. For instance, we launched a bill waving for celebration campaign offering 2024 randomly selected orders free of charge every time in China claimed a gold medal and a late night feed channel providing the nighttime audience with rich selections of snacks and beverages. Speaker 200:05:29We are pleased to see how well these efforts have resonated with our customers. In the Q2, we remained focused on driving growth on the JD app, increasing user mind share as well as continuously enriching supply to better serve users' diverse needs for on demand retail. On the demand side, we expanded the geographic coverage of the JD Now section on the JD app nationwide and accelerated penetration among JD Plus members to reach more JD users. We launched the new JD Now section in the central area of the JD App homepage in May 2024, enabling products and merchants on JD Now to gain incremental exposure. Earlier in August, following our operations in the first batch of 39 cities for more than 2 months, we further expanded the service coverage of the JD Now section nationwide, delivering more users with the convenient JD Now on demand retail services right to their doorstep. Speaker 200:06:50Meanwhile, we introduced exclusive benefits such as price discounts for JD Plus members to engage them to experience the convenient on demand retail service of JD Now and gained their mind share. In June 2024, the number of daily average JD Plus members who placed orders on JD Now increased by 40% as compared with March 24. On the supply side, we took initiatives on 5 fronts to comprehensively enhance our supply capability. In terms of store coverage, we continue to expand our product offering in existing categories such as convenience stores and consumer electronics. In the convenience stores category, during this quarter JD now deepened its cooperation with Meiijia, the largest convenience store operator in China in terms of store count with over 5,000 stores on board. Speaker 200:08:01And in July, we launched over 1,000 stores of internationally renowned convenience store brands such as Lawson. In addition, in the consumer electronics category, to support the launch of the JD Now section, we made further progress in essential accessories to better meet users' immediate needs. For instance, we initiated new partnerships with leading brands such as Python, a renowned digital accessories brand in China and deepened cooperation with existing partners such as You Bring, a leading smartphone and tablet accessory brand in China. During the quarter, the number of transacting stores in consumer electronics category increased by more than 10,000 sequentially. In our efforts to boost price competitiveness, we continue to enhance capabilities and reinforce users' perceptions of JD Now's value for money offerings. Speaker 200:09:15In May, we launched the top brands for RMB 1 yuan section on the landing page of the JD Now tab, offering consumers more than 10,000,000 items of value for money products priced as low as RMB1. In May, the 7 day repeat purchase rate of users who purchased products from this section was 6 percentage points higher than that of the entire JD Now tab. In terms of inventory, in June, we launched the Treasures of the Store tab in the supermarket category, featuring curated and reliable flagship SKUs in product categories such as fresh produce offered by leading supermarkets. Going forward, we will continue to explore more opportunities with supermarkets for the treasures of the store like tap and highlight differentiated product offerings. On the content side, we continue to enrich product information and improve product attractiveness. Speaker 200:10:30In May, we added the product selling points, promotional discounts and other additional useful information to search results and the main product images, which increased the click through rate of search results by over 1 percentage point and the conversion rate by over 2 percentage points. On the extra service side, we continue to improve the fulfillment experience. In the Q2, the average fulfillment time of JD Now's on demand orders delivered by Data Now shortened by 15% year on year. In May, we launched the on time delivery guarantee service for our customers on the JD app, which automatically compensates users with a no threshold coupon when order is fulfilled more than 10 minutes later than the estimated delivery time, showcasing our confidence in the continuous improvement of delivery speed. In addition, in May, we joined hands with Hailiang Home and other menswear brands to take the lead in launching free try on service and apparel on demand retail industry, enabling consumers to enjoy free shipping provided by brands of returned orders if they find the size or style unsatisfactory after fitting. Speaker 200:12:02Following the launch of the service, the conversion rate of the related brand increased by more than 10%. While we continue to implement the above mentioned comprehensive measures, the penetration of JD Now on JD users continue to increase with accelerated mind share growth. Our store density and supply quality continue to improve, resulting in accelerated order volume growth. With the launch of the JD Now section at the center of the JD App homepage, in the Q2, our average daily unique visitors through the JD App increased by over 70% year on year, while user conversion rate was up over 20% year on year, driving the average daily paying users to increase by over 100% year on year, excluding the impact of our business adjustments. And in terms of user stickiness, during this quarter, the 30 day repeat purchase rate of users through the core JD app channel increased by over 10 percentage points year on year, excluding the impact of business adjustments. Speaker 200:13:27Specifically, the 30 day repeat purchase rate of users of the newly launched JJ Now section exceeded 50% in May June. In April through June, the number of high frequency users through the JD app channel increased by over 100% year over year excluding the impact of business adjustments and accelerated from month to month contributing to the improvement in overall repeat purchase rate. In addition, we continue to improve user satisfaction in the 2nd quarter demonstrated by a decrease in cost per order or CPO by over 10% year on year. On the supply side, we continue to expand our offering. By end of June, the number of operating stores increased by nearly 70% year on year. Speaker 200:14:29The daily average number of transacting stores during the quarter increased by over 80% year on year. At the end of June, the proportion of highly priced competitive products increased nearly 7 percentage points from a year earlier, bringing the total number of attractively priced store specific SKUs 100,000,000. Driven by the growth of user base and a stronger user mind share as well as the continuous enhancement of supply, The number of online orders through the JD app channel increased by over 100% year on year in the Q2, more than 30 percentage points faster than that in Q1. The peak day online order volume of JD Now reached a new high during the quarter. Excluding the impact of our business adjustments, JD Now's average daily paid order volume increased by over 50% year on year in this quarter. Speaker 200:15:40Next, I'd like to give you an update on data now, leading local on demand delivery platform open to merchants and individual centers across various industries and product categories. In the Q2, Zada now maintained record growth driven by the continued increase in the penetration of restaurants and beverage KAs. Net revenues from Daidaao increased by 47% year on year to RMB1.4 billion in the second quarter. In the earnings release distributed earlier, we added disclosure of the number of orders delivered and the gross billings of our on demand delivery business. The number of orders delivered includes orders directly placed through data now by merchants and individual centers and orders fulfilled by data now for merchants on JD now. Speaker 200:16:42Gross billings refer to the gross amount of service charge for above measured orders of the on demand delivery services net of value added tax. We believe that this measure is more representative of our business scale and more comparable to our peers. The number of orders delivered by Datanao in the Q2 rose 21% year on year to RMB679 1,000,000 and the gross billings of data now grew by 23% year on year to RMB3 1,000,000,000. In the first half of the year, net revenues from data now increased by 50 1% year on year to RMB2.6 billion, mainly thanks to the continuous expansion of new KA customers as well as increased penetration of existing customers. The number of orders delivered by Datadao in the first half was up 15% year over year to RMB1.2 billion and the gross billings of Datadao were up 15% year on year to RMB5.5 5.5 billion. Speaker 200:18:00Our KA or chain merchants business saw an overall revenue growth of nearly 50% year on year in the 2nd quarter, of which net revenues of restaurant and beverage KAs grew by nearly 80% as to a significant growth in the number of new stores, which more than doubled year over year. In terms of beverage KAs, we deepened our cooperation with brands such as Luckin Coffee and Char Ji. For restaurant KAs, we continue to increase penetration of top customers such as EON China, more than doubling the number of fulfilled orders and revenues of the subcategory. This concludes our operational updates for the 2 platforms. Overall, during the quarter, we remained committed to our high quality growth strategy. Speaker 200:18:59The continuous enhancement of user experience and the supply of the JD now resulted in increased consumer engagement and direct order of growth on the JD app. Meanwhile, Dada now saw further gains in the market share and a strong revenue growth momentum, thanks to increased penetration of restaurants and beverage KAs. Going forward, we will continue to focus on high quality development. Enhanced user experience across the board, strengthen our efforts to increase the share of our on demand retail business and further leverage synergies between the on demand retail and the on demand delivery platforms. With that, I will now go over the financials for the quarter. Speaker 200:19:52Before we go over the numbers, just a few housekeeping items. We believe year over year comparisons are the most useful way to evaluate our performance. And as a result, our percentage change that I'm going to give will be on year over year basis and all figures are in RMB otherwise noted. In addition, please note that we changed the presentation of the disaggregation of our net revenues this quarter to better reflect our business lines with prior period financials retrospectively recast to confirm to current period presentation. Net revenues from JD Now include 3 line items namely commission fee revenues, online advertising and marketing services revenues and fulfillment services and others. Speaker 200:20:50And net revenues from Daida Now also include 3 line items, namely intra city delivery services revenue, last mile delivery services revenue and other revenues. The total net revenues in the Q2 was RMB2.3 billion. Net revenues from JD Now was RMB912 1,000,000 mainly due to a decrease in online advertising and marketing services revenue and a decrease in fulfillment services and other revenues as a result of the full rollout of our delivery fee waiver program for orders exceeding RMB29 since February 2024. Net revenues from data now increased by 47 percent to RMB1.4 billion mainly driven by an increase in order volume of intra city delivery services provided to various chain merchants. For the first half of twenty twenty four, net revenues from data now increased by 51% to RMB2.6 billion. Speaker 200:21:59Specifically, revenues from intra city delivery services and revenues from last mile delivery services increased by 51% 64% in the first half of twenty twenty four, respectively. Moving over to cost and expense side. Operations and support costs in the Q2 were RMB1.7 billion. This increase was primarily due to an increase in rider costs as a result of increased order volume of interested delivery services provided to various chain merchants, partially offset by decrease in online advertising and marketing services costs. Selling and marketing expenses decreased to RMB782 1,000,000 primarily due to a decrease in promotion activities initiated by us on the JD Now platform. Speaker 200:23:03General and administrative expenses decreased to RMB48 1,000,000 as a result of a decrease in amortization of intangible assets arising from the acquisition of JD Now in 2016. Research and development expenses decreased to RMB85 1,000,000, mainly attributable to a decrease in research and development personnel costs. Non GAAP net loss was RMB142 1,000,000 and non GAAP net loss margin was 60.1%, sequentially narrowing by 1.8 percentage points. As of June 30, 2024, we had RMB3.6 billion in cash, cash equivalents with free cash and short term investments. And pursuant to our US40 $1,000,000 share repurchase program announced in March 2024, we had repurchased approximately US9.8 million dollars of ADSs as of June 30, 2024. Speaker 200:24:14This concludes my prepared remarks. Operator, we are now ready to begin the Q and A session. Thank you. Operator00:24:23Thank you. Our first question is from the line of Thomas Chong with Jefferies. Please go ahead. Speaker 300:24:51Hi, good morning. Thanks management for taking my question. My first question is about consumer sentiment. Can management update about the trend in recent months? And my second question is about competitive landscape. Speaker 300:25:08How we should think about it over the next couple of quarters? And can management comment about the business trend for JD Now and Datanao in the second half? Thank you. Speaker 200:25:24Thank you, Thomas, for your question. As we shared on our previous calls for JD Now, we focus on the overall consumption willingness and trend. On the willingness front in the Q2, online sales of physical goods grew by 6.4% year on year on last year's high base and the year on year growth rate in July slightly increased to 8.1 percent reflecting the continuous and stable recovery of the overall consumer confidence and willingness to expand. In terms of consumption trends, we continue to observe growing consumer demand for convenience across various categories. As an on demand retail platform, we are actively expanding high quality supply across a wide range of categories to provide consumers with an increasingly rich selection. Speaker 200:26:27On the other hand, we continuously optimize the fulfillment experience and reinforce the mindset of quality and speed. Therefore, we firmly believe that the penetration rate of on demand retail in the overall social retail will continue to increase. And as you may know since the beginning of this year when we started to fully embrace the jd.com ecosystem and drive the upgrade of user experience as JD Now has maintained rapid growth in GMV and the user base within the JD App channel. We believe that our competitive edge lie in the richness of offerings on the supply side and a deep integration with jd.com on the demand side, driving us to increase our market share with the on demand retail industry as we ride on the industry growth. On the supply side, we've continually expanded cooperation with a wide range of local merchants across all categories such as chain supermarkets, convenience stores, brand authorized stores, etcetera. Speaker 200:27:44Our extensive partnership with merchants ensures a rich supply of high quality products on our platform, which is the foundation of gaining the trust of continuously attracting and retaining customers. And on the demand side, our quarterly paying users currently account for only a middle single digit percentage of JD's overall user base, leaving ample room for further penetration among JD dotcom users. Given that JD dotcom users inherently have clear shopping purpose and are more demanding in terms of product quality and delivery speed, which fits the profile of on demand retail users well, We believe that converting JD.com users into on demand retail users is more efficient as we remain confident in long term continuous improvement of our penetration rate among JD.com users. And for Pananao, I think you can see in terms of order volume and revenue growth in the first half of twenty twenty four, Pananao significantly outperformed the on demand delivery industry and the major third party on demand delivery platforms, meaning that we are continuously gaining market share. Add on now has significantly advantage in terms of network coverage and delivery costs, giving us confidence in maintaining above industry growth rate in the long run. Speaker 200:29:24In terms of the network coverage, LiNao has already covered more than 2,600 cities and counties with an annual active rider count approaching 1,300,000 and the cumulative number of the registered riders in the tens of millions. So this ensures sufficient delivery capacity in both high tier and low tier cities. And in terms of the delivery cost, next to the crowdsourced delivery model, the average delivery cost per order for NetAdao is lower than that of other major third party on demand delivery platforms on a like for like basis. And JD Now has always been committed to providing users with on demand retail shopping experience of quality merchandise and instant delivery in order to lead the development of the on demand retail industry. So as I mentioned earlier at the beginning of the year, there were a comprehensive review and adjustment of the business. Speaker 200:30:30We have established a strategy of focusing on user experience, fully embracing with the jd.com ecosystem and further deepening our strategic partnership with jd.com. To this end, for the first half year, we have been optimizing the user experience and enriching supply through a series of measures such as the delivery fee waiver program and the brand upgrade with the aim of accelerating the penetration among gg.com's best user base and further enhancing the user mind share and brand influence of JD Now. In this quarter, we see a strong channel of improvements in core operational metrics as introduced our average monthly transacting users and orders through the JD app grew by over 100% on a year over year basis, accelerating by over 30 percentage points from Q1 2024. So in the long term, we believe that there is significant room for the on demand retail industry to increase its penetration rate, which is still in early stage of development with huge upside and we are firmly committed to investing in our business. And for Dananao, over the past 2 years, we have made continued significant progress in increasing market share and improved profitability. Speaker 200:32:01In particular, our year over year revenue growth for the first half of over 50 percentage significantly outpaced the industry growth. So for data now we are currently in the process of brand upgrade. So data now will be renamed as Tata Lau Catalyze Now to strengthen our brand image as a high speed, high quality delivery service provider. Speaker 300:32:42Thank you. Operator00:32:48Thank you. Our next question is from the line of Alicia Yap with Citigroup. Please go ahead. Speaker 400:32:57Hi. Good morning, management. Thanks for taking my questions. Two questions here. One is for your JD Now order demand, can management share with us how the user consumption pattern in terms of the category? Speaker 400:33:14So whether you have seen cutback on the non FMCG category versus the FMCG category, just wondering are there any pressure for the take rate across the different categories given the macro situation? The second question is a follow-up. So thank you for giving a lot more disclosure starting this quarter. So besides the revenue, just wondering if management can also remind us the gross profit trend for each of the segment for the data now, for example, the KA customer, the SME in terms of the last mile customer. So wondering if you can provide some of the segment and if you see any of the segments that actually have a bigger macro headwind? Speaker 400:34:04Thank you. Speaker 200:34:08Thank you, Alicia, for your question. So I just want to highlight that starting from the beginning of this year, our company has proactively undergone business streamlining and adjustments, concentrating on the core businesses and the channels, while terminating some inefficient operations in the channels. So consequently, JD Now has faced challenges in terms of overall GMV and the revenue growth in the short term, not less we anticipate that this adjustment will pave the way for sustainable high quality growth in the long run. While we are encouraged to see the rapid growth of users and all the volume on the JD App channel. So to your question, with years of experience to the supermarket category, we have firmly established our brand in the minds of consumers. Speaker 200:35:12Compared to other categories, the supermarket category is more mature and stable. Within this category, we've noticed a growing appeal of retail models like club warehouse stores and convenience stores among consumers. So in response, we are actively seeking collaborations with these models to fulfill consumer needs. For example, in the convenience store category, we continue to deepen and expand our cooperation with top brands in the Q2, bringing on more than 5,000 Meiji stores and more than 10,000 Lawson stores in July. The improvement in supply also led to incremental orders for JD Now. Speaker 200:36:03And in recent years, non supermarket categories have seen a consistently higher growth rate than supermarkets largely due to the rising on demand retail penetration rate in these sectors and evolving consumer mind share. This trend has continued into this year. For instance, our emerging categories such as flowers and beverages registered rapid growth during Q2, that's to our supply expansion efforts and a series of festival themed marketing campaigns, which resonated well with consumers. So we are confident that as consumers increasingly value convenience across all categories and the merchants prioritize on demand retail channels, every category holds significant growth potential in the future for JD Now. And to your question regarding the UE for data now, I think in terms of business development trend of data now, KA business is still the focus of this year. Speaker 200:37:13So for the KA business, we will meet the needs of our customers with high caliber fulfillment services to increase our market share. And for both the KA and SME business, we will closely monitor the development of the industry and our industry peers and balance top line growth and profitability improvement. As the demand and on demand delivery service remains fast growing across restaurants and beverage, supermarkets and other categories, Adai Now's performance has been resilient. Hope that answers your question. Speaker 400:37:59Thank you. Operator00:38:02Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Ozulu Lee with CICC. Please go ahead. Speaker 500:38:14Hi, good morning, management. Thanks for taking my question. I think I have 3 questions here. The first one is about financial guidance. As we see Datanao has a relatively higher growth, JD Now revenue growth may face some pressure here. Speaker 500:38:30From the financial perspective, can we share more color about our like growth target or financial guidance also by business? And then the second one is about like cooperation with JD. Hello. Do we have any some new developments in our cooperation and understand that in long term, we still aim to penetrate like 50% of JD users. In addition, what are the short term, mid term and even long term growth idea and how to quantify them? Speaker 500:39:05And also the third one is about the management change. We noticed management change this month. Are there any change to the company's strategy? And can we share more about it? Yes. Speaker 500:39:17Thank you. Speaker 200:39:22Yes. Thank you, Xiaolu for your question. So regarding the outlook or the business plan, I think as I mentioned repeatedly earlier like starting from this year, we have been through the business review and adjustment which has posed a challenge on JD Now's GMV and emission revenue growth in the short term. But we have seen some fruitful results with the focus of embracing more with jt.com ecosystem and the user base and the order volume growth on JDF has partially offset the impact of our business streamlining. So especially for this for the second quarter, excluding the impact of business adjustment, our GMV was largely flat on a year over year basis. Speaker 200:40:27And also the GMV from JD App channel experiencing a year over year growth of over 20%. So the channel focus shift also temporarily affected our advertising monetization rate. Advertising revenue for JD Now was primarily generated from the independent JD DJ app previously. However, since the beginning of the year, we have been strategically pivoting to the JD app channel. So as a result, the traffic and GMV of the independent JDDJ app have shown a continuous decline obstructing advertising monetization. Speaker 200:41:20On the other hand, although the traffic and the GMV in the JD app channel have significantly increased, We are still focusing on cultivating user mind share and penetration. So at the same time, there is room for improvement in the sophistication of location based technology advertising products and marketing solutions within the JD App channel, which require further refinement and merchant education. However, in the long run, we are fully confident in advertising monetization potential of on demand retail within the JDF channel and believe that a healthier business structure following our business adjustments will pave the way for the long term sustainable growth. And for data now, next to the strong momentum of our restaurants and beverage KAs, our order volume and revenue achieved direct growth continuously gaining market share in the on demand delivery industry. Adai now has significant advantages in terms of network coverage and the delivery cost giving us confidence in maintaining above industry growth rate in the long run. Speaker 200:42:38So overall, I think currently management are prioritizing user and order volume growth with a focus on penetrating more JD users and enhancing their mind share of on demand retail. In the long run, the improvement in users' repeat purchase and the growth of order volume along with the GMV will contribute to commission revenue and a better monetization of advertising business. And on the bottom line front is our confidence in the industry's potential and our competitive advantages. We remain optimistic about achieving breakeven and profitability in the long term. And speaking of the cooperation with JD dotcom, this quarter we continued to fully embrace with JD Ecosystem accelerating our user penetration and mind share growth. Speaker 200:43:41In May, a new JD Now section was launched on the homepage of JD App initially covering 39 cities and it focuses on high frequency essential categories such as coffee and milk tea, convenient stores, fresh produce markets and emergency digital products offering consumers on demand shopping options across all categories with delivery as fast as 9 minutes. In June, the average 80 paying users of the JD Now section had approached 10% of the overall users of JD Now through the JD dot com app and the 30 day repurchase rate of users in the JD Now section exceeded 60%, which is also higher than that of users through the JD dotcom app. So we think it is a sign of initial results that JD Now section has achieved in terms of user penetration and cultivating consumer habits. And as of yesterday, we further expanded the geographic coverage of JD Now section to nationwide, providing more jd.com users with their on demand retail service. Next to the increase in exposure brought about by the newly launched JD Now section as well as the continuous optimization of CTR and conversion rates at various entry points. Speaker 200:45:09So in this quarter, the penetration rate of JD Now's quarterly paying users among the JD user base reached middle single digits with both year over year and quarter over quarter growth. So we are also confident in the further improvement of user penetration in the future. And then Dana and I also supported JD Logistics is mostly handling the order peak during the June 18 shopping festival providing flexible delivery capacity for 1st mile pickup and then last mile delivery services. And to your question regarding the company's strategy, as you can see the announcement regarding the management change, so Mr. Kevin Wu has become the Chair of the Board of Directors of the company providing high level strategic planning and consultation to the company. Speaker 200:46:11But the strategy of both JD Now and the Dyna Now has never changed. JD Now has always been committed to providing users with on demand retail shopping experience of quality merchandise and instant delivery in order to lead the development of the on demand retail industry. And also at Andao, we continue to focus on providing customers with stable and efficient on demand delivery services. And also, as I mentioned, the restaurant and beverage KA's business is top priority of this year. Operator00:47:11Ladies and gentlemen, we have lost the line for Ojulu. And as there are no further questions at this time, I will now hand back to Caroline for closing remarks. Caroline? Speaker 100:47:24Thank you, operator. In closing, on behalf of Styla's management team, we'd like to thank you for your participation in today's call. If you require any further information, please feel free to reach out to us directly. Thank you for joining us today. This concludes the call. Operator00:47:40Thank you. That concludes our conference for today. Thank you for participating. You may now disconnect your lines.Read moreRemove AdsPowered by