Shein’s Localization Never Arrived, and the IPO Filing Finally Put a Number On It
Shein spent two years telling regulators, journalists and shoppers it was becoming a local business: local marketplaces, local sellers, local…
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Jorge Callejo Amazon Paid Units Grew 17 Percent and Sellers Carried 61 Percent of Them: The Marketplace Is the Store
Amazon sold 17 percent more paid units worldwide in the second quarter of 2026 than it did a year earlier,…
Amazon Ads Hits 19.8 Billion Dollars: The Storefront Is Leaving the Search Bar
Amazon has just put a price and a performance number on the thing sellers have been watching nervously for two…
TikTok Shop Plus Is TikTok’s Answer to Amazon Prime: A $6 To $15 Test In The US
TikTok is testing a paid shopping membership called TikTok Shop Plus, and the price it is testing tops out within…
Dutch Consumer Group Accuses Amazon and Bol of Fake Discounts
The two largest marketplaces in the Netherlands have been sent a cease and desist letter over the way they display…
TikTok Shop Will Run Your Shop For You: $10,000 Plus 10-20% Of Sales
In August, TikTok Shop starts selling sellers the one thing it never sold them before: the work itself. A managed…
Amazon Will Override Your Handling Time From September 1
Handling time has always been the one delivery lever that belonged entirely to the seller. Amazon sets the fees, the…
Amazon Makes Sellers Tag AI Generated People in Listing Images
A single state law in New York has just rewritten how every Amazon seller on the planet has to handle…
AliExpress Hit With Record EU DSA Fine
Brussels just put the largest Digital Services Act penalty ever on a low-cost Asian marketplace. The number is big, but…
The World Cup Turned TikTok Shop UK Into a Memorabilia Machine
A tournament summer put sports collectibles into TikTok Shop’s UK feed at scale. For operators, the lesson is less about…