Daily intel for cross-border sellers — products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
President Lula signed MP 1.357/2026 the night of May 12, eliminating the 20% federal Import Tax on cross-border consumer orders up to US$50 routed through Remessa Conforme. Exemption took effect May 13. The tax collected R$5B in 2025 and R$1.78B in early 2026 (Agência Brasil; Inf…
Two weeks after Amazon opened its freight and parcel network to non-marketplace customers, three logistics giants are framing it as a different business. FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam told CNBC the two firms are "operating two different businesses entirely." Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc…
At TikTok World '26 on May 14, TikTok updated GMV Max to deduct affiliate commissions, coupons and platform fees from reported performance — previously measured against gross transaction value(TikTok Newsroom EU; The Keyword). For sellers running affiliate-driven campaigns where…
As of May 11, CBP has approved $35.46B in refunds for invalidated IEEPA tariffs across 8M+ liquidated or reliquidated entries through the CAPE portal,per CBP's court filing in Euro Notions Florida v. United States (Supply Chain Dive, May 13). Oshkosh, Basic Fun and Sarah Wells Ba…
An ultrasonic cleaner SKU from Looply hit ~10,000 units / ~$235K in its first 30 days, launched January 10, 2026. Demo videos do "filthy jewellery / glasses / retainer → instantly clean" before-after — visual-payoff content that converts on autoplay. Seller insight: Category is w…
