Tiktok news and trends

Apple Reportedly Keeping TikTok in Store Following AG’s Reassurance
Social Commerce // April 06, 2025

Apple has reportedly decided to keep TikTok in its App Store for at least 75 more days. This decision came after the tech giant got a letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi telling the company it should adhere to President Donald Trump’s executive order that...

Walmart Takes Pricing Fight to Suppliers as Amazon Mulls TikTok Bid
Retail // April 04, 2025

As global economic conditions grow increasingly complex, major retail players like Walmart and Amazon are making strategic moves to secure their footholds and expand their influence. From navigating supplier negotiations to forging partnerships and exploring new technological frontiers, the marketplace’s largest retail and eCommerce companies...

Amazon Makes Eleventh-Hour Bid for TikTok
Social Commerce // April 02, 2025

Amazon has reportedly placed an eleventh-hour bid to acquire video app/social commerce platform TikTok. The offer, as reported Wednesday (April 2) by The New York Times (NYT), comes just days ahead of a deadline that requires TikTok’s owner ByteDance to divest the platform or face...

Report: Andreessen Horowitz May Join Leading Bid to Take Over TikTok
Investments // April 01, 2025

Andreessen Horowitz is reportedly in talks to invest in TikTok as part of a bid by Oracle and other American investors that has emerged as the frontrunner among those aiming to acquire the social media app from its Chinese owner. The venture capital firm is...

Interviews & Exclusives
Walmart Takes Pricing Fight to Suppliers as Amazon Mulls TikTok Bid

April 04, 2025
As global economic conditions grow increasingly complex, major retail players like Walmart and Amazon are making strategic moves to secure their footholds and expand their influence. From navigating supplier negotiations to forging partnerships and exploring new technological frontiers, the marketplace’s largest retail and eCommerce companies appear to be constantly reshaping their strategies to maintain a […]

CE 100 Index Gives Up 2.2% as MongoDB and Adobe Slip on Earnings

December 16, 2024
What goes up must come down — and after three straight weeks of rallies, the CE 100 wound up snapping a long streak of wins, declining 2.2% in the penultimate...

Walmart Hopes In-Person Advantage Can Shrink Amazon’s Fashion Lead

September 13, 2024
As Amazon outstrips Walmart in clothing sales, the latter is using its brick-and-mortar expertise in an attempt to close the gap. The big-box retailer announced Friday (Sept. 6) the launch...

@Girls Host: Social Commerce Is Influencing More Personal Content

August 12, 2024
As consumers increasingly look to social media to inspire their shopping, the social commerce space is becoming more and more about individual creators’ personalities. Jillian Lenna, content creator at 10PM...

Quick Reads
Trump’s ‘Warm Spot’ for TikTok Could Extend Ban Deadline Again

May 04, 2025
President Donald Trump is willing to give TikTok more time to find a new owner. “So perhaps I shouldn’t say this, but I have a little warm spot in my heart for TikTok,” the president told NBC’s “Meet the Press” in an interview that aired Sunday (May 4).  “TikTok is — it’s very interesting, but […]

Apple Reportedly Keeping TikTok in Store Following AG’s Reassurance

April 06, 2025
Apple has reportedly decided to keep TikTok in its App Store for at least 75 more days. This decision came after the tech giant got a letter from Attorney General...

Amazon Makes Eleventh-Hour Bid for TikTok

April 02, 2025
Amazon has reportedly placed an eleventh-hour bid to acquire video app/social commerce platform TikTok. The offer, as reported Wednesday (April 2) by The New York Times (NYT), comes just days...

Report: Andreessen Horowitz May Join Leading Bid to Take Over TikTok

April 01, 2025
Andreessen Horowitz is reportedly in talks to invest in TikTok as part of a bid by Oracle and other American investors that has emerged as the frontrunner among those aiming...