BEIJING, July 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Secoo Holding Limited (“Secoo” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SECO ), Asia's largest online integrated upscale products and services platform, today announced a partnership in Shanghai with Emotionally Unavailable, a lifestyle brand designed by the well-known Hong Kong entertainer and artist Edison Chen. Furthermore, the Company announced applying the block chain technology for the authentication of certain items sold on the Secoo platform. With this new technology, Secoo becomes the first e-commerce company to utilize block chain technology in the luxury industry in China.
Utilizing strengths of block chain technology including decentralization, non-modification and traceability, the product’s unique identification profile, complete with full authentication and anti-counterfeiting information, can then be accessed and reviewed by customers online, including through Secoo’s customized mobile application.
“We are excited to collaborate with Edison’s signature brand,” said Mr. Richard Li, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Secoo. “As a cutting-edge entertainer and visual artist, Edison not only provides significant name recognition for our platform, but also brings his unique sense and taste in lifestyle and art, including in the area of conceptual art. We believe this partnership will significantly enrich Secoo’s lifestyle product offering.
“We are also excited about the development in our block chain technology, which is based on Secoo’s solid authentication and counterfeit detection capability. After ten years of tireless effort, Secoo has accumulated a wealth of experience in the field of luxury product authentication. We already own Asia’s largest luxury product authentication center with over 100 appraisers around the world. We believe the application of block chain technology will further increase our consumers’ trust,” Mr. Li concluded.
About Secoo Holding Limited Secoo Holding Limited (“Secoo”) is Asia’s largest online integrated upscale products and services platform as measured by GMV in 2016. Secoo provides customers a wide selection of authentic upscale products and lifestyle services on the Company’s integrated online and offline shopping platform which consists of the Secoo.com website, mobile applications and offline experience centers, offering over 300,000 SKUs, covering over 3,000 global and domestic brands. Supported by the Company’s proprietary database of upscale products, authentication procedures and brand cooperation, Secoo is able to ensure the authenticity and quality of every product offered on its platform. For more information, please visit ir.secoo.com .
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In China: Secoo Holding Limited Jingbo Ma Tel: +86 (10) 6588-0135 E-mail: ir@secoo.com
The Piacente Group, Inc. Jenny Cai Tel: +86 (10) 5730-6200 E-mail: Secoo@tpg-ir.com
In the United States: The Piacente Group, Inc. Brandi Piacente Tel: +1-212-481-2050 E-mail: Secoo@tpg-ir.com
