On January 20, 2019, Pinduoduo reported to the police theft by hackers that exploited a loophole in his system and stole tens of millions of Yuan worth of vouchers. On June 7, 2018, Legal Evening News reported that Pinduoduo investigated and shut down stores and removed listings that violated its platform policy against pornography and violence, following an earlier report by the newspaper. The company also disclosed that it had removed 500,715 items and closed more than 40 stores as of February 4, 2020, to protect consumers from counterfeit and substandard masks being sold by merchants hoping to profit amid the pandemic. The company responded with an open letter stating that it had, in a single week in August, shut down 1,128 stores, taken down more than 4 million listings, and blocked 450,000 suspected counterfeit goods listings from being published. ![]() In 2018, Pinduoduo came under scrutiny following a spate of negative press calling the company out for inferior and imitation of products. In September 2022, Pinduoduo's sister's company, Temu, was launched in the U.S. Pinduoduo also worked with rural communities to sell unsold produce directly to consumers after traditional wholesale markets closed due to the outbreak. The service was created in response to the changes in consumer behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. This logistics system was the basis for the launch of a next-day grocery shipping service, Duo Duo Grocery, in August 2020. In 2019, Pinduoduo invested in developing an agriculture-focused logistics system that uses algorithms to optimize transportation routes. Initially, it operated as an online agricultural retailer but later transformed into a third-party platform that connects merchants and consumers across various product categories. Pinduoduo is a Chinese e-commerce company that was founded in 2015 by Colin Huang. It generated RMB 2.44 trillion (US$383 billion) gross merchandise value (GMV) in 2021. The company is the flagship product of PDD Holdings, which also owns Temu. It's an e-commerce platform that connects farmers with consumers directly. ![]() ( Chinese: 拼多多 Pinyin: Pīn duōduō) is a Chinese online retailer with a focus on the traditional agriculture industry.
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