Five hundred cities are on the verge of collapse for mass layoffs

Abstract: Comprehensive category of network business Jingdong Mall, where the customer prudential product New Year's high-profile, silhouetted against the vertical network of the slightest frustration. Reporters yesterday learned that 500 cities on the verge of collapse for the massive layoffs. In fact, 500 cities have been the third surviving crisis in one months.

Comprehensive category of network business Jingdong Mall, where customers prudential products New Year's high-profile, silhouetted against the vertical network of the slightest frustration. Reporters yesterday learned that the "500 City" to the brink of collapse by large-scale layoffs. In fact, "500 City" has been the third in one months to encounter a survival crisis of vertical network operators. These vertical networks of goods sold in a particular area have a close relationship with the financing difficulties.

"500 City" big layoffs

Yesterday, according to a person familiar with the situation, "500 City" to close to collapse for a large number of layoffs and non-payment of compensation, more than "500 City" staff on this matter formed an activist alliance, denounced the "500 City" and recover claims for their own interests. Activist employees said the company's various departments have laid down plans for layoffs, is mandatory layoffs. When it comes to the issue of compensation, the company is looking for a lack of qualifications and an excuse for not having enough experience. If the resignation agreement is not signed, the company will be hard to detain the employee's wages, and the employees who do not sign the separation agreement are now not allowed to go to work. The employee said.

To this, "500 City" official response said the company is strategic adjustment, the specific content is still inconvenient to disclose, to the rumor not to respond. "Hope that the media do not seize the job, to the entrepreneurial enterprises more support." "500 city," said in a response.

Many times yesterday, the reporter dialed "500 City" Beijing area telephone, but has been unable to connect; Beijing's head of the mobile phone has been unattended. An employee who took office in "500 city" revealed that the real reason for the "500 City" layoffs was that the company's mismanagement resulted in a broken capital chain.

Data show that "500 City" on the line last year, is the first city-centric professional 3C Electric Online mall, has been the angel investor Shire (micro-bo) investment. Subsequently, it was reported that the company also received the financing of Tencent, but was not confirmed.

Vertical network business Crisis frequency

Operators of the vertical network of household appliances "500 City" was exposed big layoffs in the industry is not a case. Previously, a number of well-known network operators have similar situations, and even some are on the verge of collapse.

Last month, 5th, the luxury vertical network of internet business "was black," according to the previous report, the founder of the Lian in the company after the crisis was "swept out", 90% employees resigned, the site into a standstill. Yesterday, when the reporter tried to enter the website, found that the site page has been unable to display. Subsequently, NetEase's luxury shopping website, "NetEase still goods" issued a notice, from January 1 this year from 0 o'clock to stop service, officially opened less than a year of luxury sites were killed in the cradle.

January 9, the product gathers the net to hang out "regarding the company to carry on the liquidation, suspends the related business announcement", officially announces the company because the fund chain break cannot continue to operate. Product Poly Network officially online last November 11. Only 3 months later, it was shut down because the funds were not in place.

In the past one months, four well-known network business crisis, of which three are vertical network operators. Although the industry has been generally optimistic about the vertical e-commerce, but in the context of financing difficulties, the relatively small scale of vertical network operators often because of capital problems can not be fully developed.

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As the founder of the vertical category of home textile and daily necessities, elegant 100 Shopping Network CEO Chen Tenghua (Micro-blog), the medium-sized vertical category of Web site redundancy is a normal phenomenon. "A lot of companies are spending money to buy growth, but this year VC companies are more cautious, especially in the medium-scale electric dealers." "Chen Tenghua that financing difficulties are the most important problem for enterprises," before, net business cash flow is too dependent on financing, so long as the external financing investment later than planning will have problems.

Li Chengdong, a network analyst, also believes that financing is one of the main causes of the ups and downs. "These companies are too tied to capital. "Li Chengdong that large enterprises with sufficient funds, even if the rhythm of some problems, there will be no immediate serious problems, and small and medium-sized enterprises are not" first loss after the profit "eligibility.

He also believes that this year is the year of electronic business failure, but also an accelerated year. This is the net business enterprise polarization result. According to statistics, E-commerce enterprise financing over 4 billion yuan this year, more than 2005-2010 years of total financing, most of the investment in warehousing and logistics. In these two areas of large investment in enterprises will usher in rapid development this year.