Discount retail continues to gain momentum. Since entering the sector in December last year, HUITONGDA NET (09878) has accelerated the upgrade of product offerings and services in its stores to meet pre-Chinese New Year consumer demand and the needs of local community residents. Categories such as festival gift sets, cooking oil and staples, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and baked snacks have seen strong sales. The store upgrades are reportedly focused on product assortment, shelf layout, and business models. On one hand, the upgrades aim to cater to the essential demand of the festival gift market, with comprehensive enhancements from product selection to display, ensuring community residents can conveniently purchase New Year goods at favorable prices. On the other hand, within the first month of operation, the stores have quickly integrated with food delivery, live-streaming e-commerce, and community group-buying platforms, using more O2O integrated operations to achieve seamless online-to-offline customer acquisition and promotion. As HUITONGDA deepens its presence in the discount retail sector, the optimization of its community hard discount supermarkets is expected to become more dynamic and routine. Industry analysis indicates that leveraging its extensive experience serving retail stores in lower-tier markets, HUITONGDA possesses a deep understanding of the diversity and personalization of community consumption. Combined with digital systems and management tools, the company can more accurately identify changes in consumer demand across different regions and time periods, enabling highly tailored operations for individual stores. This approach is expected to help build scale and efficiency barriers swiftly in a competitive landscape. Furthermore, with the advancement of HUITONGDA's AI+ strategy, future plans may involve integrating more AI hardware devices, such as intelligent store inspection robots, into the store operations system. These tools would provide real-time data on shelf displays, product movement, and customer flow heatmaps, driving operational decisions toward full algorithm-based optimization and further enhancing personnel efficiency, sales per square meter, and inventory turnover. Besides community hard discount supermarkets, HUITONGDA is also simultaneously expanding into other segments like discount snacks, lifestyle supermarkets, and convenience stores. Through broader market and consumer scenario coverage, coupled with more efficient supply chain operations, the company aims to establish discount retail as a new growth driver.