Daily intel for cross-border sellers — products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
Medicube's US TikTok Shop store generated $22.2M GMV across ~624,000 units in the April 15–May 12 window, driven almost entirely by the AGE-R device/skincare range (FastMoss store-detail report, via Chinese-language tracker). Korean skincare device-led routines remain the highest…
Shein's two-week copyright trial against Temu opened at the UK High Court on May 11, with Shein alleging Temu used roughly 2,300 product photographs created by Shein employees to advertise look-alike clothing (Bloomberg, Law360, May 11). Temu has effectively abandoned its defense…
Despite February's Supreme Court ruling against IEEPA tariffs and the May 7 CIT strike-down of the Section 122 global surcharge, online merchants are not rolling list prices back (Modern Retail, May 18). Brands are leaning on rapidly adjustable digital and social discount stacks…
The Colored Clay CC Undereye Correctors are Tarte's top TikTok Shop seller in May, generating roughly $683,000 in monthly GMV at a $30 retail price — bundled with a free makeup brush in the TikTok Shop listing (WWD, May 18). Creator content leans on the "no-bake one-step under-ey…
