Daily intel for cross-border sellers — products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
Drewry's June 11 WCI reading shows Transpacific and Asia–Europe rates rising for a second consecutive week. Shanghai–New York +7% to $5,870/FEU, Shanghai–Los Angeles +3% to $4,683/FEU, Shanghai–Rotterdam +5% to $3,768/FEU (Drewry via gCaptain, June 12). This builds on the prior w…
NRF and Prosper Insights forecast Father's Day 2026 spending at $27.9 billion — up from the 2025 record of $24 billion — with the average shopper planning to spend $226.58, up from $199.38 (NRF press release, June 10). 77% of consumers plan to celebrate. Greeting cards (60%), clo…
The 2026 Mexico Soccer Jersey with Chichén Itzá Aztec graphic from shop Token Mold moved 6,195 orders at +1,229% 7-day order growth in the World Cup's opening week, priced $11.99–$12.49 (FastMoss, June 12). Soccer products category-wide posted +527% average order growth on TikTok…
Gross margin +540bps to 57.4%. Duluth Holdings reported Q1 FY27 (quarter ended May 3, 2026) on June 8: net income improved by $5.2M YoY, adjusted EBITDA rose $6.4M YoY, and gross margin expanded 540 basis points to 57.4% (Duluth Holdings 8-K, June 8). Management credited inventor…
A TikTok-commissioned survey of 17,000 Brazilian users found 57.8% purchase directly after discovering a product on the platform — "discovery shopping" is displacing search-and-compare behavior, with over 70% of users spending 80+ minutes daily on TikTok(via Chinese-language cros…
