Daily intel for cross-border sellers — products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
A new Japan survey finds over 26% of consumers frequently use generative AI to assist product search, and 54.1% have completed a purchase based on an AI recommendation. Seller insight: Agentic/AI-assisted discovery is moving from theory to purchase behavior in a major market. For…
Indonesia now requires ecommerce platforms to reject seller registrations that lack a business license or at minimum a Business Identification Number (NIB). Seller insight : If you sell into Indonesia via TikTok Shop, Shopee, or Tokopedia, factor NIB registration into your market…
CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor released June 9 shows May core retail sales (ex-restaurants, autos, gas) up 0.39% MoM and 6.98% YoY — the eighth straight monthly increase. Total retail (ex-autos and gas) +0.42% MoM, +7.19% YoY. Category leaders: electronics & appliance stores, clothi…
USTR issued a Section 301 determination on June 1, 2026 proposing a flat 25% tariff on all goods of Brazil, with carve-outs for Section 232-covered articles (steel/aluminum/copper) and ~1,600 HTSUS subheadings on the exemption Annex (incl. ~430 civil-aircraft lines) ( ustr.gov ).…
Trump signed an Executive Order on Strengthening Customs Enforcement on June 3, 2026 ( whitehouse.gov ). The order directs DHS/CBP to raise importer-of-record bonding requirements, restrict informal entry filing to U.S. IORs only, impose a "good standing" requirement on all IORs,…
