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Temu has reportedly stopped shipping products from China directly to U.S. consumers due to the elimination of the de minimis exemption that had shielded small packages from U.S. tariffs. “This shift is part of Temu’s ongoing adjustments to improve service levels,” a Temu spokesperson told...
The new Saks on Amazon storefront offers the curated shopping experience and luxury fashion and beauty items associated with Saks Fifth Avenue together with the convenience and fast shipping offered by Amazon, Amazon said in a Thursday (May 1) blog post. This new offering is...
Fast fashion retailer Shein is reportedly considering ways to restructure its American business. This effort is a way to deal with ongoing tariffs on Chinese imports, which have threatened Shein’s plans to go public, the Financial Times (FT) reported Wednesday (April 30). As the FT...
Etsy CEO Josh Silverman is advocating against policy changes that he says will hurt the 8 million Etsy sellers on his platform, appealing to an administration that has pledged to protect the American worker. In the Trump administration’s rush to protect American industries and assess...
Shein has increased the prices of several products in response to pending tariffs. As Bloomberg News reported, most of those U.S. price hikes by the eCommerce retailer happened Friday (April 25), with some increases markedly higher in specific categories. Data compiled by the news outlet...
In the current environment, no matter what the country, consumers are keenly aware of the pressures of inflation, of how far their spending can stretch, and where they may have to pull back. For a merchant to have a fighting chance, to convert browsing into...
Shoppers in Brazil are increasingly mobile-first: 61% made their most recent retail purchase using a mobile device. Moreover, the typical Brazilian consumer window shops from their mobile phone 16 days per month, well above the global average. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest research finds that Brazil is...
Shopify is facing a data privacy class action lawsuit in the U.S. The proposed class action had been dismissed by a lower court judge and a three-judge 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel but was brought back to life Monday (April 21) in a 10-1...
Last week, popular eCommerce retailers Shein and Temu announced plans for tariff-related price hikes. So far, it’s not clear if these increases — scheduled to go into effect April 25 — have caused the companies’ traffic to spike, Ars Technica reported Friday (April 18). However,...