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spk05: Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the 1-1-1 Inc. third quarter conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's prepared remarks, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star 1 on your telephone. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Mr. Stephen Kilmer. Please go ahead.
spk07: Thank you, operator. Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us today for 111 third quarter 2021 conference call. On the call today from 111 are Dr. Gong Yu, co-founder and chief executive, sorry, and executive chairman, Mr. Jingling Liu, co-founder, chairman, and CEO, Mr. Luke Chen, CFO of our major subsidiary, Mr. Harvey Wan, COO, Tiffany Couture, SVP of Investor Relations and Business Development, Carter Hung, Finance Director, and Monica Moo, Investor Relations Director. As a reminder, today's conference call is being broadcast live via webcast. In addition, a replay will be available on our website following the call. The company's earnings press release was distributed earlier today, and together with our earnings presentation are available on the company's IR website at ir.111.com.cn. Before we get started, let me remind you that this call may contain forward-looking statements under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based upon management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions and relate to events that involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, all of which could cause actual results to differ materially. For more information about these risks, please refer to the company's filings with the SEC. 111 does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required under applicable law. Please note that all numbers are in RMB, and all comparisons refer to year-over-year comparisons, unless otherwise stated. Please also refer to our earnings press release for detailed information of our comparative financial performance on a year-over-year basis. With that, I'll now turn the call over to our CEO, Seemley Williams.
spk03: Good morning and good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining our 2021 third quarter earnings call. Before delving into performance, I would like to talk briefly about the regulatory environment. Next, I'll give a short summary of our business. For those who are new to our story, I'll then cover our recent operational performance before handing the call over to Luke to discuss the financials. We will conclude our prepared remarks with guidance for Q4 2021, after which we will open up the call for Q&A. We believe that current policies will continue to provide tailwinds to the healthcare industry and to our company. In 2016, President Xi announced the Healthy China 2030 initiative that emphasized public health as a precondition to future economic and social developments. This initiative is based on four core principles. First, put healthcare at the forefront of national development strategy. Second, encourage innovation. Third, develop new methods of care to focus on both prevention and the cure and the combined Chinese and the Western medicine. And fourth, ensure that rural areas of the country are given equal access to health care. In the latest five-year e-commerce development plan, the Ministry of Commerce has once again reinforced the importance of health care as a national priority and provided a blueprint for the future of China's health care industry, including telehealth services such as virtual registration, online consultation, and patient care management. In addition, the government is encouraging the integration of online and offline channels, as well as the development of B2B platforms with solutions that help solve the pain points of the healthcare industry. We are well positioned in the healthcare industry as our platforms are in alignment with the blueprint for the future of China's healthcare system. In addition, recently proposed policies aimed at curbing monopolistic and anti-competitive practices will hinder efforts by large companies to form closed-loop ecosystems that block out competition. Large platforms will become more open, leveling the playing field for all players, including one-on-one. New policies could also unlock new opportunities for one-on-one. For example, a key challenge that new policies seek to tackle is a lack of information symmetry within the healthcare industry, which can lead to healthcare decisions being made when only a portion of a patient's information is available. This push to integrate data between online and offline healthcare businesses as well as new compliance requirements for the certification of doctors and patients on virtual platforms will require innovative solutions, a void that we are well positioned to fill. 111 has been on the mission to transform and advance the healthcare services industry in China by leveraging technology and the power of the internet to connect patients with medicines and healthcare services. Our ecosystem seamlessly integrates supply, demand, and data to provide products and services to patients when and where they need the most. Our value proposition solves a key problem for the healthcare industry where decisions are made with incomplete patient data. Our patient-centric care platform directly connects patients with products and service providers, and is enabled by three unique technology platforms. One pharmacy, which is currently one of the largest online retail pharmacies in China, and it was also one of the first entities to receive an online pharmacy license. One clinic, which provides consumers with a myriad of cost-effective healthcare services, including e-consultations and doctor-patient management services over the web. And One Medicine, a one-stop shop for pharmacies. 111 also uniquely delivers a holistic healthcare platform that integrates medicine with healthcare services, benefits to all parties within the broader healthcare ecosystem of pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, doctors, healthcare providers, and patients. We are a differentiated company because we offer cohesive online and offline solutions. Unlike traditional B2B players that only distribute products across their service area, our S2B2C model provides tools that enables businesses to achieve their goals. For pharmacies, we can help them operate more efficiently, train employees, expand into online channels, attract and retain customers, and integrate data and service across their online and offline channels. For pharmaceutical companies, we are a commercialization partner that can help sell their products outside of the hospital system while providing services such as data analytics, digital education, and patient feedback. For doctors and patients, we provide a telehealth platform that improves the patient care experience. Our competitive advantage is demonstrated by a vast network of healthcare players. We can connect pharmaceutical companies to over 65% of China's retail pharmacies nationwide, and connect patients to over 20,000 doctors with expertise in chronic diseases such as diabetes, neurology, dermatology, et cetera. Moving on to recent performance, we had another strong quarter with net revenue increasing 42% year-over-year to 3.3 billion RMB, marking the 13th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth since our IPO. The B2B segment remains the core part of our revenue and continues to deliver impressive results, accounting for 3.2 billion RMB of total revenue, up 46% year-over-year. The market continues to show strong demand for our diverse portfolio of service offerings. And overall service revenue grew 106% year-over-year, with B2B service revenues totaling 16.1 million RMB, representing a 336% year-over-year increase. Non-GAAP net loss as a percentage of net revenues decreased from 4.1% in the third quarter of 2020 to 3.8% in this quarter. Net loss for Q3 2021 was primarily attributed to an increase in R&D and technology expenses and expenses attributed to the expansion of our fulfillment center capacity. We expect these expenses to grow at a slower pace going forward. Revenue for the B2C segment totaled 124 million RMB. a 23% decrease from Q3 2020. The B2C segment remains an important pillar of our patient-centric mission. We are pivoting the B2C towards profitable and positive margin contribution. To that end, we saw a managed revenue slowdown in the last few quarters. We will continue to invest in new initiatives in our B2C business segment, and we will report on this further going forward. In addition to strong top-line growth, our gross margins grew twice as fast as our revenue in the third quarter. Gross margins grew by 85% year-over-year, and as a percentage revenue, our gross margins improved to 5%. We're especially pleased with the margin improvement for our core business, which grew 145% from Q3 2020. As a percentage of revenue, the gross margins for the B2B segment grew from 3.6% in Q1 to 3.8% in Q2 to 4.4% in Q3. As mentioned in our Q2 call, we are laser-focused on margin improvement, and this is just the beginning. As our business continues to grow, we will realize further benefits from the economies of scale such as steeper discounts and cross-selling our technology and service offerings. We will also continue to optimize product categories, improve supply chain, and increase efficiency. For example, using our proprietary technology, we have identified areas of pricing inefficiency and made the appropriate adjustments. We have also improved our product selection as compared to last quarter. We almost tripled the number of SKUs for products with higher margin profiles, and we will strive to double that number over the next 12 months. In addition, the expansion of our service offerings will generate margin-attractive revenue. Our efforts should allow us to double our margins, putting us on a clear path to profitability. As the healthcare industry in China maintains its path towards digitization, it is important that we continue to invest in a robust technology infrastructure for our 111 platform. To support this requirement, our technology expenses in Q3 totaled 56 million RMB, a 155% increase year-over-year. On quarter-over-quarter basis, technology expenses increased at a much more modest pace of 6%. We continue to improve upon our smart supply chain infrastructure, and in order to meet the growing demand for our products and services, we have more than doubled our fulfillment capacity since the beginning of the year. The additional capacity will position us for future growth by increasing the number of businesses selling products through our platform and growing the number of partnerships with businesses looking to commercialize in China. In the third quarter, we expanded the number of direct sourcing partnerships with domestic and global pharmaceutical companies to over 400, up 33% from a year prior. Today, there are over 5,000 pharmaceutical companies globally, and we will look to form partnerships with at least 20% of these companies. 111 is an attractive partner for pharmaceutical companies because we can help them establish and manage an out-of-hospital channel that connects them with the majority of the retail pharmacies. Our value as a commercialization partner will continue to increase as we grow. enabling us to offer even more services to companies commercializing their products in China. We launched our One Health membership program in Q2, and I'm pleased to report that it continues to gain strong momentum with our customers. The One Health membership program allows members pay an annual fee to unlock exclusive benefits And in the third quarter, we have over 11,000 participating stores, exceeding our internal target of 10,000. With this program, we have also seen an increase in purchases amongst participating stores who are not only attracted to our vast selection and competitive prices, but also in having access to the valuable tools we offer to help them better manage their businesses. Currently, Over 2,000 stores are using our proprietary systems to help them manage inventory, optimize their procurement and product selection, improve customer experience through our CRM system, and provide product education to their customers and employees. Going forward, we will build upon the early momentum this program has achieved and continue to offer new products and technology solutions to help pharmacies improve their operations and build more robust businesses. Before I conclude, I want to spend a moment and touch on our ESG efforts. To date, we have provided approximately 400,000 free online consultations, including to patients in Henan province faced with severe flooding conditions. and we have partnered with local hospitals to provide medical services for underserved populations. We have also continued to support areas experiencing COVID outbreaks through PPE donations. As a company committed to helping people living healthier lives, ESG is very much embedded in our core values, and going forward, we will continue to support our community and help realize our collective goal of a healthy China. Beyond these highlights, we'll continue to strengthen our team, develop new technology, and improve our capabilities as our business grows. We're confident, going into the balance over the year, that our leading position in the healthcare services sector, along with industry tailwinds, position 111 well for continued growth as we transform medical services in China and ultimately deliver excellent value to our shareholders. Finally, I would like to thank our shareholders for their continuing support. With that, I will hand the call to Luke to walk through our financial results. Thanks.
spk08: Thank you, Jimmy. Moving to the financial sections on slide 18, You can see the details of the third quarter 2021 results from slide 19 to 21 of our presentation. I would like to highlight a few key business and the financial matrix, and I'll focus on year over year comparisons. All numbers are in RMB unless otherwise stated. Total net revenues for the quarter grew 41.6% to 3.35 billion. which was within the range of our guidance. We already had two consecutive quarters with quarterly net revenues exceeding 3 billion mark, which will place us into 10 billion revenue club this year. Our B2B segment revenue grew 46.3% to 3.2 billion, reaching a new record high for segment revenue in a quarter. Our B2C segment revenue was down 22.9% to $124 million year-over-year. We expect this downward trend will be reversed as we launch several initiatives to accelerate the growth of this segment. Our B2B gross margin was 4.4%, up from 2.6%, while our B2C gross margin remained stable at around 20%. The improvement in gross margin of our B2B segment reflects our ability to continuously improve the margin while maintaining substantial top-line growth. Overall, our gross profit grew by 84.6% to $166.1 million, and the combined gross margin was 5% up from 3.8% a year ago. Total operating expenses for the quarter were up 61% to $341.4 million. As a percentage of net revenue, total operating expenses for Q3 2021 accounted for 10.2% compared to 9% in the same quarter last year. Fulfillment expenses as a percentage of net revenue for the quarter was 3%. up from 2.5% in the same quarter last year. This was mainly attributable to costs associated with upgrading and expanding our existing facilities to support our growth. As these expanded facilities reach full capacity, we expect the fulfillment expenses to decrease. Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of net revenue for Q3 2021 was 3.9%, down from 4.4% in the same quarter last year. Excluding the share-based compensation expenses, G&A expenses as a percentage of net revenue were 1%, as compared to 0.9% in the same quarter last year. Technology expenses accounted for 1.7% of net revenue, up from 0.9% in the same quarter of last year, This was primarily driven by an increase in the number of personnel in the IND and IT teams. We believe that continuing to invest in our team and technology and service offerings in the area of digital health, big data, and smart supply chain will strengthen our market leading position. As a result, the gap net loss in Q3 2021 was $126.3 million, as compared to 97 million in the same quarter last year, which accounted for 3.8% of net revenue, down from 4.1% a year ago. The gap net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders was IMB 213.4 million, compared to 94.4 million in the same quarter of last year. As a percentage of net revenue, the gap net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders, increased to 6.4% in the quarter from 4% in the same course of last year. The increase was mainly caused by accretion for probable redemption of redeemable non-controlling interest in the future. A quick note on our cash position as of September 30, 2021. We had cash and cash equivalents restricted cash, and a short-term investment of 1.1 billion RMB. As to the guidance for the fourth quarter 2021, on slide 23, the company expects total net revenue to be between 3.44 billion and 3.7 billion, representing a year-over-year growth of approximately 30% to 40%. In addition to grow our top line, we are later focused on growing our margins. We expect the turn of margin growth outpacing revenue growth to continue as we keep making strides toward becoming profitable. It should be noted that this outlook is based on current market conditions and reflects the company's current and preliminary estimates of the market and operating conditions. as well as consumer demand, which are subject to change. Please refer to slide 25 to 27 of the appendix sections of our selected financial statements. Operator, we are now ready to begin the Q&A session.
spk05: Certainly. As a reminder, to ask a question, you will need to press star 1 on your telephone. to withdraw your question by hash key. Once again, to ask a question, hit star and the number one on your telephone keypad. Your first question comes from the line of Shi Pengfeng of CICC. Please ask your question.
spk09: Hi, this is Shi Pengfeng from CICC, and thank you for taking my questions, and congratulations on the company progress.
spk08: Your voice is very low. We cannot hear you clearly.
spk09: Oh, sorry for that. Can you hear me now?
spk03: Yes, much better. Yes, please.
spk09: Okay, that's fine. Okay, I have two questions, actually. And my first question is about the policy. As you may notice, the National Health Commission of China has just released a draft document detailing the regulations for online medical services. So could you please share some more colors on the impact of this policy or document, both to the industry or to the company? And my second question is, well, I see B2B segment has delivered a strong growth in the past several quarters. So what's the reason behind it? And will the B2B segment maintain the growth momentum in the future? Thank you.
spk03: Thank you, Xipeng, for the question. I'll take on the first question about the policy. I spent a little time in my speech talking about policy. I had some keywords like Healthy China 2030, health has become a national priority, and other keywords include online plus offline. And the recent MOFCOM policy clearly stated supporting B2B internet players and the integration of a digitization of finance, of logistics, warehouses, etc. And I think overall those policies are all tailwinds and it's all very good for the industry and also very good for 111. And I noticed you're referring to the latest consultation paper. It's not a policy yet. And our interpretation, and it's not a final policy, it's at the moment that we're still guessing how the final document is going to be. But as a first read, obviously it is going to be very clear that digitization is the future. And internet is going to play a key role in the overall healthcare industry. However, there has to be a strict compliance. And that kind of sealed the position of digitization in the industry. And we actually embrace that policy change. And, you know, I think with the much more strict compliance, there are calls for innovative solutions. And the 111 is very well positioned in that space not to even talk about. We have always had a very high standard when it comes to compliance.
spk06: Yeah, Xifeng, I will take the question regarding B2B. And B2B revenue has reached 3.2 billion in Q3 of 2021. Furthermore, which is even more important is that our B2B margin growth rate is much faster than our revenue growth rate, in which the margin growth rate is 3.15 times of our revenue growth rate. So we are very excited to see our core business This B2B business is getting more and more healthy. We will continue to strengthen our competence on our B2C model, especially on the S side. As we are creating value for our upstream and downstream partners and customers, we are offering more services to these customers and partners. So we are getting more services revenue from these customers and partners, which you can see in our financial report. So our S2B2C model is getting robust. We are confident that we will maintain a fast revenue growth rate. And meanwhile, with a margin growth rate even faster than our revenue growth. Thank you.
spk09: Okay, that's very clear. And congratulations again on the company progress. Thanks.
spk03: Thanks, Yipeng.
spk05: Your next question comes from the line of Zoe Byan of Citi. Please ask your question.
spk04: Good evening, management. This is Zoe Byan from Citi. And congrats on that strong growth. of 111 again this quarter, and thank you for taking that question. I have three questions. The first is for the collaboration with pharmaceutical companies. Can you share any updates on the number of pharmas you work with and any new forms of collaboration? Could you give us a few examples of digital marketing and relative achievements? The second is, can you share more updates of the One Health membership program? How do you differentiate your services to the members versus other pharmacies? And the third one is, when do you expect to break even? Thank you.
spk10: Let me take the first question. You might notice that we... increased our direct sourcing relationship with pharmaceutical companies to over 400. This is very important to us, very remarkable. This means that we are accelerating our sourcing, accelerating the upgrade our sourcing to the origin. If we direct source from the pharmaceutical companies, you reduce all the middle layers, how we reduce our procurement cost, also improve the availability of our products. We're also forming various, we call, specialized internet hospitals with pharmaceutical companies. We have partnerships with Eli Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, Bayer, Zalgir, many. We started this initiative only as of last March, and now we have more than six specialized hospitals. Let's take the recent announcement we made for the partnership with a renowned hospital company, Tsuge Pharma, from Japan. This is the first e-commerce company in China to have the so-called omni-channel commercialization relationship with 2B Pharma. This partnership will allow cardiovascular patients to conveniently access educational materials regarding their diseases, treatment options, effective disease management tools. It will also improve patients' quality of life. use costs, and provide doctors with additional tools to better manage, better help patients. So we have formed various partnerships with different pharmaceutical companies aside from direct source relationship.
spk03: Okay, I'll... I'll address the One Health program, Zoe. I appreciate that question. Before I answer that One Health program, let's look at the marketplace. Today in the pharmacy space, we have about 580,000 stores across the country. There are a few very big players. If we look at all those big chains, They are all very centralized in terms of the organization, i.e. they have firm control of all those pharmacies. They build their own chains, etc. 111 is trying to build a new model with a federation model. So with our model, we're going to have a lot more stores joining our platform. With digital franchising, the smaller guys can enjoy the same benefits like the big guys in terms of procurement, in terms of access to good assortment, in terms of access to systems, to digital technology, etc. Now, if you look at... The progress we have made today, we have already covered more than 28 provinces and there are more than 300 medium to small chains joining us and we have 11,000 stores. Obviously, our objective is to have more and more stores joining us and because this is A federation model, there's very little barrier. And what we're going to do is to continue to leverage our digital technology to help those pharmacists to improve their competitiveness, especially when it comes to the systems, the procurement, and also managing their assortment and the prices, etc. We are looking forward to providing more updates in future quarters.
spk08: Let me answer your third question on the break-even timeline. I think all investors are seriously looking at us when we're going to make profit. I believe we are now in a much clearer position to project that. with the scale we built up and the margin improvement. We expect to be profitable in 12 months' time. And our confidence level of achieving this target is pretty high. So you look at our margin now, it's like 5%. And it will continue to grow to 6%, even 7% and even higher. So with that view, together with the scale we built up, and we're introducing more higher margin product into our portfolio. Of course, we continue to build a lean organization and optimize our investment. So we think this gain profitable is very close in the corner in the near future.
spk04: Thanks a lot, management. That's very good, and we are very looking forward to the business development in the future. Thanks again.
spk08: Thank you, Zoe.
spk05: Your next question comes from the line of Fergus McPherson. Please ask your question.
spk02: Hello. Kudos to you for your performance this quarter. I have four questions, if you don't mind. The first question is that I see that your company has continued to strengthen the technology capabilities. So, in what areas do you envisage erecting various entry? Second question, regarding your revenue from services rising rapidly, to what factors can this be attributed and how will you maintain such growth momentum? A third question is regarding the market sectors you're seeking to enter. Query what are their sizes and what's the outlook as it relates to these market sectors? And the final question is I'd like to ask about the status on your Star Market IPO class.
spk03: Okay. I think, Gang, can you address the first question about the technology part?
spk10: Let me address the service revenue part. I didn't hear the first question. Let me address the service revenue. We are very happy to see that our service revenue increased rapidly and continued to increase. The increase of the service revenue reflects the value creation by our platform and by our technology capabilities. Many come from the following areas, as you may see. First is service media for marketplace sellers, the three platforms, one pharmacy, one clinic, and one medicine. The second part is services for enabling services to pharmacies, such as the SAS, CRM, e-prescription services, and others. The third part is the services for our enabling services to pharmaceutical companies, such as we mentioned about digital marketing, patient education, patient management, all those services. And the fourth part is the supply chain services for our ecosystem participants. We have several very important projects, such as G-Bal, GBP, Another one is called . These are the management services we provide to our ecosystem . Go ahead, Junyi.
spk03: OK. So I might as well cover the first question and the third question. So with regards to the technology investment we have made, Obviously, it was a 155% increase compared to the same period of last year. This is an area which we believe we can establish a competitive advantage. Our technology is really structured in a way to address the challenges that are faced by like pharma companies, like pharmacies in terms of supply chain and to doctors and to patients. So we believe that investment in this area will give us the necessary advantage. I'll give you an example. In our One Health program, We have a pretty big team in terms of technology to really code every day. And today we have already digitally connected over close to 3 million consumers. And those consumers have various disease tags and we have a very clear profile and we have digital tools to interact with them. In the past, those pharmacies were never in that position, so we believe the continued investment in this area will yield good results. If you look at what we have achieved so far, we've already got 19 patents in the areas of digital health, big data analytics, and in our supply chain. We have more than 30 proprietary systems to really power our backend operations. When it comes to your question three, the size of the market. Based on our intelligence, today the farmer market is about 2 trillion yuan. And by 2030, the outside of hospital channel alone is going to account for more than 2 trillion yuan. So we anticipate this is going to be one of the most attractive markets in the world. So with the aging population in the world, so this is going to be the space we're going to play in. We already laid a very solid foundation to position 111 as one of the key players in this space. And we define our space as the out-of-hospital care space. So from patient's perspective, they can actually have a holistic care if they actually step out of the hospital, let's say even if they're from a rural, lower tier city, even if they left home, they left the hospital, they go home, we're still in a position to help them. So we actually love the pharmacy space, given the coverage we have had, This is a clear advantage we have managed to build. I am of the opinion that we are able to really redefine the supply-demand relationship with our platform. There are many other initiatives we have. put in place so far. There's nothing material as yet, but I'm looking forward to providing updates moving forward in due course.
spk08: Let me answer the question on the status of the stock market IPO. The domestic IPO preparation is still in progress. Based on our internal assessment, actually we are meeting all the requirements. However, there are new rules coming out by the stock market, and we are evaluating. We are very optimistic about the China market to be further opened up. There's news that the China stock market will adopt those restoration system versus approval system maybe next year, and we believe we should get ready for that. So we will keep the street informed or posted according to the SEC rules. Thank you.
spk02: Okay. Thank you for the enlightening response. I look forward to your results next quarter. Thanks. Thank you.
spk05: Your last question comes from the line of Jesse Liu of HSBC. Please ask your question.
spk00: Thank you for taking my question. This is Jessie from HSBC on behalf of Shaolin. I have three questions, if I may. The first question is to follow up on the gross margin of your B2B segment. We saw a very good improvement from last quarter. And you just mentioned that the margin can grow from 5% to 7% or even higher. I'm wondering if we think in a longer time period, say in 10 years, how high would the B2B segment margin could achieve? And my second question is on your fulfillment capacity, because I think it has been growing at a faster rate than previously guided in your Q2 results. which is very impressive. So I was wondering in terms of timeline and your target, what is your end goal for these fulfillment capacity enhancements? And when will you finish? And in terms of fulfillment centers, will you be building more? And what will be the capex expectation on that? And last but not least, the question is on your pharmacy clients, because you mentioned you're already connected to 75% of overall pharmacies in China. So can you share with us your strategy in terms of further enhancing your relationship with existing pharmacies and then how to reach out to the other 35% pharmacies? Thank you. Okay.
spk06: Jesse, I will take the first question regarding B2B margin. So we are excited to see in Q3 our B2B margin is year-over-year growth has reached 145%, which is 3.15 times faster than our revenue growth, which means our B2B business is getting more and more healthy. And the margin improvement of B2B comes from following actions. First is introduction of more high margin products. Internally, we call them gold label products. And secondly, we are seeing a more effective use of our price intelligence system, the PIS system. to optimize our pricing. And as Dr. Gang Yu just mentioned, we have more direct sourcing, over 400 plus pharmaceutical companies. We're upgrading our sourcing towards the source. And last, we are seeing improvement, like our continuous improvement on our supply chain efficiency. Talking about next steps, with the launch of the following phases of our S2B2C, we are creating more value for our upstream and downstream partners and customers. So we are confident that there will be enough room for us to further improve margin. We definitely can see Even the margin growth rate in the next quarter should be faster than our revenue growth rate. And our B2B business should be getting more and more healthy.
spk10: Thank you. Let me take the fulfillment center capacity issue, the question. In the past, we have observed that the fulfillment center capacity and throughput has been a very important bottleneck of our growth. So we, as you can see, have expanded our capacity and approval during the past year. And we believe that efficient, optimized supply chain and its corresponding back-end systems form our core competence. So it certainly ensures our first-rate customer experience, quality of the products we offer, and the rapid turn of our inventory and positive cash flow. I would believe these are all very, very important. So the fulfillment center capacity and throughput is a very critical part of our supply chain. So the lack of it will directly impact our operations and even our growth. So we are continuing to optimize and automate our supply chain while expanding capacity. And not only expanding our capacity through our own open centers, we are also creating new business models. In the future, we'll announce that some new business models will use the capacities of our partners. And these all different new initiatives will help us to gain not only capacity, but also raise the barrier of entry.
spk03: Jesse, I want to take on the third question. I appreciate it. That's a great question, by the way. When it comes to the pharmacy customers, in obviously the first few years, we made it an operational imperative to really cover as many pharmacies as possible until we get to the 50% market coverage. And obviously, we have successfully implemented that, achieved that mission. And now we cover approximately 65% of the market with 370,000 pharmacies also. So that is really mission accomplished. And moving forward, that will not be our first priority anymore. Instead, we will be continuing to really grow our loyalty, grow our share wallet, and of course, we're going to continue to add more customers, but it's not going to be the first-tier priority. And we will also be having other initiatives to really help the already signed-up pharmacists that we have been servicing. We just spoke about the One Health. That is an example of one of the initiatives we offered to bring in value-added services to those pharmacies who are already on our platform. And, of course, we still welcome new customers to join in the future. Thank you.
spk00: Thank you. That is very clear. Looking forward to hearing from you in the next quarter. Thank you.
spk08: Thank you.
spk05: As there are no further questions, I'd now like to turn the call back over to Mr. Stephen Kilmer for closing remarks.
spk07: Thank you, operator. In closing, on behalf of the entire 111 management team, we would like to thank you for your interest and participation in today's call. If you require any further information or have any interest in visiting 111 in China, please let us know. Thank you for joining us today. This concludes the call.
spk05: You may now disconnect your lines. Thank you.
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