In 20 14, Meituan's annual turnover exceeded 46 billion yuan, an increase of over 180% compared with last year, and its market share exceeded 60%. 201565438+1October 18, CEO of meituan. Com, saying that Meituan has completed $700 million in financing, with a valuation of $7 billion. In the last two years, it has not considered listing. 2065438+051010.8, Meituan and Dianping jointly issued a statement, officially announcing the strategic cooperation. The two sides jointly established a new company, and the new company will implement a joint CEO system. 20 15 1 1, Ali confirmed his withdrawal from the US delegation.
2065438+In March 2008, Chen Xudong served as Senior Vice President of Meituan Dianping Group. 2065438+On April 3, 2008, Meituan acquired mobike with a total investment of US$ 3.7 billion. On June 22, the prospectus was submitted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In September, Meituan went to Hong Kong for IPO, and on September 20th, Meituan Review -W(03690) was officially listed.
Meituan is the earliest and most comprehensive group buying website in China. Com and Groupon have different values. Meituan. Com follows the principle of "consumers first, merchants second", while Groupon's values are "merchants first, consumers second".
Wang Huiwen, vice president of Meituan. Com, said that the ranking of Meituan is based on the business model of prepaid group purchase. "In the prepaid mode, when the consumer put money into the account of the group buying website, he didn't see the real thing and didn't get the service. Consumers are the first to generate costs, and he is the most risky. The risk for businesses is that only when consumers put money into our accounts and generate consumption will businesses have costs. We must put the most risky ones on the top to protect them and put the less risky ones back. "
As for why Groupon ranked merchants first, Wang Huiwen explained, "Groupon is considered as a platform to help merchants do marketing in the United States, so merchants are the first, and merchants are customers, but not in China. Domestic consumers are weak and American consumers are strong. "
This can also explain why Meituan.com is the first in the industry to launch the "overdue refund" consumer protection plan, while Groupon has not launched the overdue refund. 20 1 1, March 4th. On the first anniversary of its establishment, com officially announced the launch of the "overdue refund" plan. 3 1, before March 30th. Com will return more than100 million group purchases that have not been consumed in the past year to the corresponding Meituan users. This is the first time in the global group buying industry, enabling consumers in China to enjoy the best consumer protection that consumers in any other country can't enjoy.