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title: "Daily News: Suguo Opens 11 Stores; Walmart Launches Voice Shopping; AI Brewing Emerges; AB InBev Partners with Diageo..."
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# Daily News: Suguo Opens 11 Stores; Walmart Launches Voice Shopping; AI Brewing Emerges; AB InBev Partners with Diageo...

> On August 29, 2017, Suguo opened 11 stores, Moutai discussed price control, Yanghe reported revenue of 11.53 billion yuan, Walmart partnered with Google for voice shopping, Kirin and IntelligentX used AI for brewing, AB InBev partnered with Diageo for Guinness distribution in China, and Modern Dairy faced a market gap due to handover.

**August 29, 2017 Tuesday (Lunar July 8)**
**1F Today's Headlines**
**1. Suguo Not to Be Outdone: 11 Stores Open at End of August!**
In early July, Suguo announced plans to accelerate the development of convenience stores, aiming for 1,000 Suguo convenience stores in the Nanjing market within five years, bringing the total to 1,800. It is reported that in August, Suguo will go all out, opening 11 stores including lifestyle supermarkets and convenience stores in Nanjing and other markets.
**2. Moutai Group Discusses Price Control to Ensure Healthy Development**
On August 28, the highly anticipated Moutai market seminar was held in Beijing, focusing on how to control the price of Moutai liquor for the current and future period to ensure its healthy and sustainable development.
**3. Yanghe's Interim Report: Revenue of 11.53 Billion Yuan, Up 13.12% Year-on-Year**
On August 28, Yanghe disclosed its 2017 semi-annual report, with operating revenue of 11.53 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.12%; net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company was 3.908 billion yuan, up 14.15%.
**4. Walmart Partners with Google to Launch Voice Shopping Service in Late September**
Recently, Marc Lore, head of Walmart's e-commerce division, announced that Walmart will partner with Google to launch a voice shopping service. Starting late September, consumers will be able to order Walmart products via voice on the Google Assistant platform.
**5. AI Brewing: What's the Psychological Shadow Area for Brewers?**
Recently, Japan's Kirin Beer announced it will use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to produce beer, speeding up product development and shortening brewer training time.
According to Jiemian News, earlier this year, Kirin Group began collaborating with Mitsubishi Research Institute to develop an AI brewing test program. The program ultimately generates a recipe including taste, aroma, color, and alcohol content. The test data comes from over 20 years of market research and development materials, equivalent to a brewer with more than 20 years of experience.
A Kirin Group spokesperson believes AI can discover more effective solutions. As consumer preferences for beer flavors become more diverse, the beer market has become fragmented, and Kirin wants to quickly identify niche markets.
IntelligentX, the first to "eat the crab," said the same. They innovatively used Facebook's chatbot, based on consumer feedback and machine learning algorithms, making the world's first AI-brewed beer possible.
Their Automated Brewing Intelligence system can converse with all consumers and provide feedback to optimize beer recipes. In simple terms, beer enthusiasts can tell the AI whether the beer is "good" through ratings, single-choice, and multiple-choice questions. The AI then decides how brewers should adjust the recipe and flavor.
The company's founder believes AI will not replace human jobs in the future but will enhance human technical capabilities. Their AI will give brewers superhuman skills, helping them test beer faster and collect feedback. This means they can cater to consumer tastes and preferences more quickly than traditional brewers.
**6. AB InBev Partners with Diageo to Target China Market**
On August 28, AB InBev and Diageo officially launched a distribution partnership for Guinness beer in mainland China. As the exclusive distributor of Guinness in mainland China, AB InBev will exclusively sell the full range of Guinness beers in mainland China for the next five years. Both parties hope to jointly develop China's high-end beer market through this cooperation.
**7. Handover Causes Short Market Gap for Modern Dairy**
Recently, Beijing Business Today reporters found that Modern Dairy products have "disappeared" from retail terminals. Mengniu told reporters that they are currently handing over the market with Modern Dairy, placing Modern Dairy products under their management, recombining products, and handling subsequent sales. Due to the time needed for product withdrawal and re-entry, there is a short-term gap in the market.
**2F Weather Alert**
**Central Meteorological Observatory continues to issue a blue rainstorm warning at 18:00 on August 28:**
From 20:00 on August 28 to 20:00 on August 29, heavy rain or rainstorms are expected in parts of western Guangdong, southern Guangxi, western and southern Hainan Island, southern and eastern Yunnan, southwestern Guizhou, and southern and northwestern Sichuan Basin, with some areas in coastal western Guangdong, coastal southern Guangxi, and southwestern Sichuan Basin experiencing heavy rainstorms (100–200 mm). These areas may also see short-duration heavy rainfall, with maximum hourly rainfall of 50–80 mm. In addition, heavy rain is expected in parts of southern Ningxia, northeastern Gansu, northern and southwestern Shaanxi, southwestern Henan, northwestern Hubei, and southern Jiangsu and Anhui, with local rainstorms.
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