Daily intel for cross-border sellers — products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
Everlane's board approved a sale to Shein on May 16 at roughly $100M — covering ~$90M total debt liabilities, with common stockholders receiving nothing(Business of Fashion / Puck / PYMNTS / Just-Style). Private-equity owner L Catterton exits. Seller insight: Brand built on "radi…
Shopify shipped 4 operationally relevant features in May: Agentic Storefronts admin home(5/11)for measuring ChatGPT/Copilot channel traffic; market-scoped discounts(5/7)targeting by country, B2B vs retail, online vs POS; per-channel variant publishing(5/7)to hide SKU variants by…
Two member states moved ahead of the July 1 EU-wide €3/HS code duty with their own per-parcel fees. Romania: ~€5/parcel logistics fee since Jan 1, 2026. France: ~€2/unique item category since March 1, 2026. The Council also confirmed a separate €2 EU handling fee per HS code, liv…
Drewry's composite WCI rose 6% to $2,712/40ft for the week ending May 21 — its third consecutive May increase (gCaptain, May 22). The standout move was Asia-Europe: Shanghai → Rotterdam +15% to $2,773, Shanghai → Genoa +10% to $4,082, against just 3 announced blank sailings for t…
TikTok Shop SEA will restrict and remove listings of certain brands that have sustained heavy negative buyer feedback. Effective May 22, listings carrying these flagged brands will no longer be sellable and will be removed from the platform. Seller insight : This is the first exp…
