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…
Deep Dives
Jorge Callejo eBay Closes Its 1.2 Billion Depop Deal
The headline is a fashion acquisition. The story underneath is what happens to three million mostly-European Gen Z sellers when…
Amazon’s AI Recommender Ignores Your Organic Rank
A single analyst’s read of Alexa for Shopping suggests a third discovery shelf is forming on Amazon, one that does…
Rakuten France Is Shutting Down
A mid-tier European marketplace is dying in public. The numbers behind the closure are the clearest evidence yet of the…
TikTok Shop Europe Hits 498 Million in 90 Days
The first hard revenue number for continental Europe is finally here. It is smaller than the hype, and the way…
Amazon’s 90% Business Hour Delivery Rate: What FBM Sellers in the US, UK and Germany Face
Amazon has set a hard deadline that puts a new number at the centre of every seller-fulfilled operation aimed at…
EU Kills the De Minimis Loophole: the 3 Euro Per Item Duty Is Live
The single biggest European seller story of the cycle is not a platform feature or a fee tweak. It is…
TikTok Shop’s US Account Health Rating is now live
TikTok Shop has fully replaced its old Violation Points penalty counter with a US Account Health Rating this month, a…
Deadline watch: on July 27, Amazon’s AI starts rewriting your product titles
This is a calendar piece, not breaking news. Amazon announced the change on June 11, 2026. We are running it…
JD.com Opens Joybuy to European Sellers
China’s JD.com did something the other Chinese entrants into Europe did not do: it moved the warehouses first. Before it…