Dada Group to continue offering one hour service during Spring Festival

Dada Group, one of the country's largest local on-demand delivery and retail platforms, said its Dada Now and JD Daojia platforms will continue to offer one-hour on-demand shopping service to consumers across the country during the Spring Festival.

The platform will partner with more than 150,000 offline physical stores, well-known chain retailers and brand owners, integrate online and offline omni-channel resources, and launch multiple rounds of promotion activities in over 1,700 cities and counties.

Dada Group operates JD Daojia, one of China's biggest local on-demand retail platforms for retailers and brand owners, and Dada Now, a leading local on-demand delivery platform open to merchants and individual senders across various industries and product categories.

Consumers can stay home, place orders online and receive their products such as festive gifts, dairy products, personal care, beverages, mobile phones, flowers and cakes, within one hour during the Chinese Lunar New Year, according to the company.

Dada Now also announced its upgraded on-demand warehousing, picking and delivery services would not be shut down during the festival. The platform has rolled out measures, including recruiting new deliverymen, offering holiday subsidies, scheduling riders and personal care, to expand its delivery force.

In addition, Dada's autonomous delivery operation open system, which was officially unveiled in the second half of 2021, would participate in the on-demand delivery during the Festival for the first time.

The autonomous delivery platform will continue to support last-mile delivery service of large supermarket chains such as Seven Fresh and Yonghui Supermarket.

The autonomous delivery vehicles will support riders and help alleviate capacity constraints, especially during peak periods or extreme weather conditions.