On January 10, in response to the incident of "Zhongtong Express employees live broadcast to sell other people's express delivery at a low price", Zhongtong Express responded to the surging news reporter that on January 9,The Zhongtong outlets involved have reported to the police and will actively cooperate with the investigation, and will actively negotiate with the customer.
According to ** report, on January 8, Wenling shoe merchants in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province revealed that the internal employees of Zhongtong Express Company sold express delivery normally delivered by merchants at low prices in the live broadcast room. The owner of the shoe store said that he found that there were often goods that were fed back by the express company, and he didn't care about it at first, until he saw on the Internet that the goods he sold were actually sold for the second time in the live broadcast room, from the color of the outer packaging, the express order number, the name of the consignor and the store, and the color of the shoe style were consistent with his own goods. Later, at the home of the courier employee involved, the shoe store owner found a large number of couriers, among which the courier number showed that it had been sent out on December 30, but it was sold by him in the online live broadcast room on January 4. The police of the Daxi Town Police Station said that they had intervened to investigate the matter.
An industry insider told the surging news reporter that if this matter is true, not only the merchants will suffer losses, but the Zhongtong outlets involved will also face a large number of customer compensation and e-commerce platform penalties.
According to the official website, Zhongtong Express was founded on May 8, 2002, is a comprehensive logistics service enterprise with express delivery as its core business, integrating cross-border, express, commercial, cloud warehouse, aviation, cold chain, finance, intelligence, Tuxi community life services, fast digital marketing and other ecological sectors. It was listed on the New York ** Stock Exchange on October 27, 2016 and in Hong Kong on September 29, 2020, becoming the first express delivery company to be listed in both the United States and Hong Kong, China.
Zhongtong Express is also a leading enterprise in the "Tongda Department" franchise express delivery company. According to the official website, Zhongtong took the lead in the industry to open an inter-provincial network shuttle, implement and improve the paid delivery mechanism, optimize the secondary transfer fee settlement system, and launch a national network joint-stock system; It took the lead in setting up the Network Mutual Aid Association, Zhongtong Dajia and implementing welfare policies such as "Family Affection 1+1". By the end of 2022, there will be more than 3 service outlets in the whole network10,000, 98 transit centers, more than 5,900 direct network partners, the network reaches more than 99% of the districts and counties, and the township coverage rate exceeds 94%.
According to the unaudited financial results of ZTO Express in the third quarter of last year, it achieved revenue of 90 percent in the third quarter of last year7.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15%；Net profit attributable to the parent company was 234.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2119%。Gross margin increased from 27.2 percent in the same period in 20223% to 298%。In the first three quarters of last year, it achieved revenue of 2779.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 899%；The net profit attributable to the parent company was 655.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4113%。According to the financial report, the volume of Zhongtong parcels increased by 18 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of last year1% to 7.5 billion pieces, and the market share increased to 224%。
As of January 10**, ZTO Express (ZTOn，2057.HK) Hong Kong stock price 150HK$6 shares, down 04%；U.S. stocks pre-market at 19$5 shares, down 076%。
*: The Paper.