Daily intel for cross-border sellers — products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
The UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) and Department for Business and Trade launched two parallel 12-week consultations on March 31 proposing the largest overhaul of the UK product safety and market surveillance regime in 20 years. Online marketplace obligations a…
TikTok Shop Southeast Asia updated its deceptive-pricing policy, effective immediately: all creators must ensure promotional claims, flash-sale language, and coupon communications are accurate, transparent, and non-misleading. The rule specifically targets inflated "original pric…
TikTok Shop Vietnam's GMV surged 83% to $5.96B over the past year, lifting its share of Vietnam's four-platform ecommerce market from 33% to 44%. Total GMV across Vietnam's top four platforms reached $13.6B, +37% YoY — meaning TikTok Shop captured the lion's share of category gro…
A large-capacity PVC storage bag that launched May 21 cracked TikTok Shop US's weekly home-goods sales chart — nearly 22,000 units in 14 days for ~$260K, at roughly $12 ASP(via Chinese-language cross-border media)。Oversized storage (under-bed, seasonal-clothing, bedding) rides th…
Carriers including FedEx are now flagging that for the EU's July 1 removal of the €150 de minimis and €3 flat duty on under-€150 parcels, product-identifier data must be transmitted on shipments from June 15 onward to clear customs after July 1 — three identifiers required: Merch…
