Daily intel for cross-border sellers — products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
A WateLves TikTok Shop has scaled rhinestone-embellished women's water shoes to 16,500+ units sold in a single month,generating $483,700 in GMV growth. The brand differentiates a previously utility-only SKU(quick-dry, no-slip outsole)with fashion-forward rhinestone treatment — co…
A 6cm-diameter mini Bluetooth shower speaker category has spiked on TikTok Shop US. Past 28 days: 80,000+ units sold at roughly $18.75 ASP for ~$1.5M GMV. Demo videos lean into "shower karaoke + bathtub party + travel-pack" multi-context framing — the small size enables impulse p…
Reported May 7: GMV $19.0B (+42% YoY), revenue $8.85B (+49% YoY) — the fastest top-line growth in nearly four years. Brazil GMV +38% on a currency-neutral basis with items sold +45%; the company added 17M new unique active buyers in Brazil YoY, a record. Mexico GMV +35%, items so…
At the 4th EU–Japan Digital Partnership Council in Brussels on May 5, the European Commission services responsible for DSA enforcement signed a cooperation arrangement with Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan's platform regulator under the Informa…
BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor (released May 12): total UK retail sales fell 3% YoY in the four weeks to May 2, 2026 — against +7% in April 2025 and a 12-month average of +1.8%. Food -2.5%, non-food -3.3%, online non-food -2.3% YoY (vs +7% April 2025). Online penetration nudged up…
