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Crocs is actively trying to convert social e-commerce by launching a seven-episode web series on TikTok, embedding product tags, which is seen as a new growth driver for the brand.
The first day of Amazon Prime Day showed strong performance, with U.S. online retail spending up 5.3% year-over-year, setting a new single-day e-commerce sales record for 2026. Electronics, appliances, and home tools were the main growth drivers, indicating robust consumer purchasing power during the promotions.
A study on cross-border e-commerce platforms shows that buyers of counterfeit luxury products are not limited to budget-conscious groups. Both high-income and low-income individuals are significantly more likely to purchase fakes than middle-income groups, suggesting that purchasing behavior is driven more by social status and psychological motives.
TikTok Shop has officially launched in Portugal, allowing users to discover and purchase products without leaving the app. The platform expands its social commerce footprint in Europe through short videos, live streams, and creator collaborations.
NielsenIQ data shows that vitamins and supplements have become the largest market segment in TikTok Shop's health and beauty category. This segment demonstrates strong user retention and repurchase rates, making TikTok Shop a key channel for brands to discover new products and engage in social selling.
Flexe has released the 'Spot Warehousing Index' at the Reuters Supply Chain Conference, indicating stagflation in the North American warehousing market characterized by a continuous increase in vacancy rates for 16 consecutive quarters, while rents rose by 22%. The index aims to provide supply chain managers with more transparent warehousing cost data.
Kuaijingtong reached the price limit on June 23 due to favorable factors such as AI digital layout (product selection, live streaming) and improvements in corporate governance (board appointments, winning a lawsuit), reflecting capital market attention towards the AI transformation in cross-border e-commerce.
In response to the consumer tightening caused by high inflation, Amazon is extending Prime Day to four days and adjusting its product selection strategy, focusing on grocery and essential items to meet consumers' demand for cost-effective products.
Vaseline has transformed TikTok beauty hacks into limited-edition products sold exclusively on TikTok Shop. This strategy has seen major success in Thailand and is expanding into Singapore and the Philippines, demonstrating social commerce's power in brand conversion.
China's growing demand for Southeast Asian tropical fruits has led Guangxi to expand the capacity of its fruit trading center. This hub serves as a cross-border logistics gateway between China and ASEAN, with an annual processing capacity of 2.42 million tons, making durian the most valuable commodity in bilateral trade.
A new report shows the rapid growth of Turkey's social commerce market, expected to reach $32.68 billion by 2026 and grow to $48.12 billion by 2031. The market demonstrates significant investment value and growth potential.
According to a report by Riskified, consumers are increasingly using AI tools like ChatGPT to write persuasive return requests, leading to increased pressure on retailers to handle returns. Additionally, consumer acceptance of behaviors like “Bracketing” (buying multiple items to return some) continues to rise, raising awareness of the risk of return policy abuse for sellers.
At the recent G7 summit, leaders issued a warning regarding dependency on supply chains, introducing the concept of 'China Shock 2.0' and committing to reducing dependency on a single supplier (particularly China) for key minerals and high-value industrial sectors to below 60% by 2030, which may trigger subsequent trade restrictions.
TikTok Shop shows strong performance in Thailand, with a revenue growth of 400% in 2025, successfully surpassing Lazada in market share, indicating the strengthening dominance of social commerce in the Southeast Asian market.
AliExpress US GMV surged 52% year-on-year in May. To further enhance competitiveness, the platform announced an increase in first-mile subsidies for US routes and optimized compensation rules to reduce seller fulfillment pressure.
Vaseline successfully promoted its Originals series in the Thai market via TikTok Shop, utilizing beauty hacks popular on social media to achieve high conversion rates and plans to expand to other Southeast Asian markets.
Traditional TV shopping channel QVC successfully attracted Gen X (women over 35) consumers in the UK through TikTok Shop, demonstrating the potential of social commerce platforms in the digital transformation of traditional retailers.
German retail giant Kaufland has announced it will enter the Spanish and Dutch markets by the end of summer, expanding its e-commerce platform coverage to nine countries and providing more opportunities for cross-border sellers in Europe.
TikTok Shop officially enters four new European markets in June, further expanding its global e-commerce footprint, offering live commerce and social e-commerce services to local consumers and cross-border sellers.
Walmart announced that its U.S. website is now officially open to international buyers, with Mexico being the first pilot market. Sellers on the U.S. site can reach Mexican customers without additional steps, as Walmart handles logistics and tariff processing, further expanding seller market space.