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TikTok Shop UK has rolled out new regulations to clean up and restrict long-term inactive stores. This move aims to purify the platform ecosystem and enhance traffic weighting for active shops, requiring sellers to maintain regular account activity to avoid penalties from long-term inactivity.
Amazon US has announced that starting July 8, all imported consumer goods regulated by the CPSC, such as children's products, clothing, and electronics, must complete electronic certificate declarations before customs clearance to avoid delays or refusals.
French regulatory authorities have imposed a €22 million fine on SHEIN, primarily related to violations of consumer rights protection and environmental information disclosure. This reflects a tightening of EU scrutiny on compliance by cross-border e-commerce platforms.
French regulators have fined SHEIN €22 million due to violations regarding order confirmations, return policies, and environmental information disclosure. The EU’s scrutiny on cross-border fast-fashion platforms continues to tighten.
Vietnam's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has issued new regulations prohibiting the use of absolute terms like 'first' and 'only' in advertising starting July 5, with violators facing fines of up to 20 million VND, requiring sellers to immediately review their store content.
Starting July 1, 2026, the EU will impose a 3 euro tariff on low-value goods below 150 euros, ending long-standing tax exemptions.
TikTok Shop has recently updated its compliance policy, explicitly banning sellers from using gambling-like marketing tactics such as raffles and lucky spins in live broadcasts or short videos. Violating sellers will face strict penalties.
TikTok Shop has further strengthened its enforcement against creators and sellers’ violations, including account bans, fund freezes, and an automatic penalty mechanism for violations occurring within 90 days, with some milestone violations potentially being non-appealable.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has officially initiated an antitrust investigation into eBay's acquisition of Depop.
TikTok Shop collaborates with ERGO NEXT to provide embedded insurance services for platform merchants.
TikTok Shop has strengthened seller compliance management, introducing an account review mechanism. If high-risk signals (such as a spike in negative reviews or violations) are detected, sellers must complete identity or qualification reviews, or face operational restrictions.
Walmart's marketplace department has updated its product claims guidelines, imposing strict limitations on exaggerated or misleading representations in product listings. Sellers must self-check their product pages to ensure all claims comply with new regulations, or face the risk of delisting.
China Customs is promoting a nationwide model for the return of 9610 export goods, greatly simplifying the return process for cross-border e-commerce sellers and reducing logistics and compliance costs.
The UK competition regulator has officially launched an investigation into eBay's $1.2 billion acquisition of the second-hand fashion platform Depop. This move aims to assess whether the acquisition would weaken competition in the online second-hand market. Sellers relying on such platforms for cross-border sales should closely monitor potential regulatory impacts on platform policies, fees, and market access.
The UK competition regulator has launched an investigation into eBay's acquisition of Depop, which may potentially impact eBay's market share and operational strategy in the second-hand e-commerce sector.
The upcoming EU regulations on low-value goods tariffs will eliminate long-standing tax exemptions, compelling cross-border sellers to reassess their pricing and logistics strategies in the European market.
As Prime Day approaches, sellers need to focus on the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the unsold goods ban while adjusting their sales tax compliance strategies in the U.S.
TikTok Shop Southeast Asia has released an updated pricing compliance policy that strictly prohibits deceptive promotional practices in live broadcasts and short videos. The platform clearly bans false limited-time pricing, fake coupons, and fictitious pricing errors, with severe penalties for violators.
Cross-border e-commerce service provider Linkage Global received a compliance notice from Nasdaq due to its stock price being below $1 for 30 consecutive trading days. The company now has a 180-day window to recover its stock price or take necessary actions (such as a reverse stock split) to regain compliance, or it will face delisting risk.
TikTok Shop has updated its brand avoidance policy, defining behaviors that conceal brand names through symbols, spaces, or spelling errors as violations. The platform is ramping up enforcement on intellectual property protection.