This week, Temu’s global play is localization under heavier scrutiny. In Europe, policymakers are moving faster on low-value parcel fees / customs handling costs, explicitly impacting ultra-cheap cross-border flows; Temu is therefore leaning harder into EU local warehousing and in-region fulfillment to reduce clearance and delivery volatility. In Türkiye, Temu also showed a “local-only” pivot (domestic sellers/domestic shipping) amid regulatory pressure—another sign that pure China-direct arbitrage is narrowing.

Midnight finds me passionately replying to Russian customers’ order reviews. New-order email notifications keep pouring in, and the order volume has hit a new high again. During the Spring Festival break, I’m planning to write an automation program to handle some routine reviews—while I’ll still personally respond in Russian to the more advanced, high-touch ones.

Temu’s latest global playbook is “localization under tighter compliance + forward-deployed logistics.” As U.S./EU customs and low-value parcel rules tighten, Temu is scaling local warehouses and in-region fulfillment (especially in Europe) to reduce the risk of China-direct shipping.

Impact on China-based merchants: fulfillment shifts toward overseas stock/local-ship or hybrid, raising inventory & cash-flow pressure; compliance costs (tariffs, declarations, product/IP controls) climb and squeeze low-price margins; localization expectations (standards, after-sales, returns) increase—making supply-chain stability and consistent quality the key to sustained volume.

Meituan announced a proposed acquisition of Dingdong Maicai’s China operations (excluding overseas businesses) for an initial consideration of about US$717 million to strengthen its on-demand retail and fresh supply chain capabilities.

Recently, I’ve been using Trae’s Solo mode for web development, and the results have been excellent. It provides clear guidance and implementation ideas, while generating code with impressive speed. In addition, the output can be packaged and compressed directly for plugin upload, which is highly efficient.

Late at night, I find myself switching between writing code and responding—almost like a dedicated Russian-speaking support rep—to every review on our orders from customers in Russia. Most of them leave five-star ratings along with photos. It’s a genuinely positive experience for both buyer and seller, and it makes the midnight hours feel a little less lonely.

Today, VANCOMS GROUP Suzhou Office has officially relocated to the Technology Industrial Park, with its office and warehouse space expanded by more than double. The upgrade introduces an intelligent logistics system and a multilingual customer service team. This simultaneous enhancement of facilities and team capabilities will strengthen cross-border supply chain responsiveness, empowering high-quality domestic products to “reach global markets with one click.”

集团正式更换域名，从vancom.hk更换成vancoms.com国际域名，VAN词根来源于“Vanguard”（先锋），COM是“Commerce”（商业）、“Company”的缩写。Vanguard Commerce代表前沿商业，适用于电子商务和零售企业；Van Company代表运输和物流公司，适用于物流和运输行业；VancomS涵盖投资、控股、物流、商业等业务领域，与万创甄选集团多元化发展战略相符合，S也涵盖了VANCOM下各运营子公司。

今天正式上线宠物独立站，启用新的国际域名：www.txpet.com(天下宠物、特享宠物、特选宠物…)，主营宠物玩具、清洗清洁用品等，愿天下宠物都被深深宠着！ Today, the pet independent station was officially launched, and a new international domain name was launched: www.txpet.com (world pets, special pets, special pets…), mainly pet toys, cleaning supplies, etc. May the pets in the world be deeply spoiled!

今天正式入驻SHEIN平台，进行产品发布和规则研究。打通后，陆续会将数个公司和联营公司悉数入驻，进行差异化品类上架SHEIN卖全球。 Today, we officially entered the SHEIN platform to conduct product release and rule research. After opening up, several companies and associated companies will be settled successively, and differentiated categories will be put on SHEIN to sell globally.