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Temu

Marketplaces & Platform Power

Europe

Insights

Other Companies

Temu Climbs Eastern Europe's Uneven Ladders

Four national rankings reveal why challenger relevance and incumbent distance demand different country plans.

Shein

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

Insights

Global

Shein Still Relies On Western Sales

The United States and Europe remained the majority of revenue despite growing sales elsewhere.

Europe

Consumer & Category Trends

Insights

Gen Z Retains Less but Reactivates More

Four European markets reveal why retention and win-back need separate targets.

Europe

Shein

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

News

Shein's European sales fall as parcel costs rise

A pre-fee sales decline and higher fulfilment costs put its cheap-import model under pressure.

Americas

Amazon

News

Retail Media & Advertising

Amazon puts sponsored prompts inside shopping chats

Branded Conversations brings paid product guidance into AI shopping, with limits on what brands can control.

Americas

eBay

News

Retail Media & Advertising

eBay widens access to Custom Store ads

Eligible Store sellers can choose featured products and themed destinations for paid clicks.

Americas

Amazon

Marketplaces & Platform Power

News

Amazon Opens Seller Central to Rival Channels

The phased U.S. rollout brings listings and orders from eBay, Shopify, TikTok and Walmart into Amazon's merchant console.

Shopify

Global

News

Payments & Checkout

Shopify Opens Checkout to Browser Agents

New WebMCP tools let supported agents update the live checkout, with the buyer retaining confirmation and authentication.

Americas

Walmart

Consumer & Category Trends

News

Walmart Combines Fashion, Home and Beauty Teams

The new Style Strategic Business Unit puts related merchandising and private-brand decisions under Denise Incandela.

Vinted Scaled Product Leadership After Reset

Marketplaces & Platform Power

Europe

Insights

Other Companies

Vinted Scaled Product Leadership After Reset

A lean product team became the operating layer behind Europe’s recommerce growth machine.

Europe

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

Insights

Europe’s E-commerce Growth Resets

A slower normalisation now gives way to a marketplace-led €600bn forecast

Marketplaces & Platform Power

Europe

Insights

Other Companies

Germany Becomes Vinted’s Growth Engine

Consumer Edge data shows Vinted growing across Europe, with Germany accelerating toward 200%.

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