Daily intel for cross-border sellers — products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
Amazon confirmed Prime Day 2026 will run in June rather than its usual July slot — the first June timing in the event's history(Amazon, April 29). The earlier window compresses the pre-event prep calendar: deal-submission, AWD inbound, FBA shipment deadlines all rolling through l…
Effective May 11, TikTok Shop US imposed daily caps of 3 shoppable product videos per day and 3 shoppable LIVEs per week for all US merchants and creators, framed as content-quality(TTS Academy / Seller Center). Cap applies uniformly to Official + Marketing Creators. Seller insig…
US Census released Q1 2026 Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales May 18: $326.7B for the quarter, +9.8% YoY versus total retail at +3.9% — the widest ecommerce-vs-retail growth gap in 5 quarters. E-commerce share is now 16.9%, up from 16.1% YoY, +2.7% QoQ. Seller insight: The structu…
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…
