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Sep 3, 2026

💄 Sephora Gives TikTok First Access to Beauty Drops

Americas

Social Commerce & Creator Economy

TikTok Shop

News

Other Companies

💄 Sephora Gives TikTok First Access to Beauty Drops

A U.S. pilot turns exclusive monthly launches into live shopping events, with selected products reaching other channels later.

Sep 3, 2026

Google Keeps AdX As Antitrust Remedies Await Details

Americas

Regulation, Policy & Risk

Google

News

Google Keeps AdX As Antitrust Remedies Await Details

The U.S. court preserves ownership while leaving publishers and advertisers waiting for the operating rules.

Sep 3, 2026

Marketplaces & Platform Power

eBay

Europe

News

eBay Moves Fees To The Buyer

France and Italy gain free private selling as buyer charges and retained balances reshape transactions.

Sep 3, 2026

Europe

Consumer & Category Trends

Insights

Europe’s Ecommerce Rhythm Hides Market Value

Similar ordering cadence masks huge differences in buyer scale, baskets, and market opportunity

Sep 3, 2026

AI Recommendations Split Action From Research

Google

AI & Agentic Commerce

Insights

OpenAI

Global

AI Recommendations Split Action From Research

One answer drives more action, yet broader lists keep more buyers actively researching

Sep 3, 2026

Social Commerce & Creator Economy

Insights

Global

Other Companies

Human Posts Still Win the Feed

AI scales output, but original human ideas earn more likes and saves

Sep 2, 2026

Social Commerce & Creator Economy

TikTok Shop

Europe

Insights

TikTok Shop Europe Finds Its Core

Three creator-friendly categories capture two-thirds of GMV across five very different European markets

Sep 2, 2026

Shein

Insights

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

Global

China Owns the Cross-Border Shelf

Five major markets reveal extreme import concentration just as tariff economics start tightening.

Sep 2, 2026

AI & Agentic Commerce

Insights

Global

AI’s Global Gap Is Mostly Offline

Connected users adopt generative AI similarly; unequal internet access creates the headline divide

Sep 1, 2026

Americas

Amazon

Retail Media & Advertising

News

Amazon's Ad Auction Is Now on Trial

The FTC and 22 states say a hidden reserve pushed sponsored-search prices toward advertisers' maximum bids

Sep 1, 2026

Marketplaces & Platform Power

Amazon

Europe

News

Amazon Turns Pan-EU FBA Into an Assortment Deal

Sellers keep cross-border fulfilment economics by opening Dutch and Belgian offers, while Amazon widens its Benelux shelf.

Sep 1, 2026

Temu's Creator-Ad Machine Has an Identity Problem

Regulation, Policy & Risk

Europe

Temu's Creator-Ad Machine Has an Identity Problem

Partnership ads can scale cheap creative faster than brands and platforms verify the person carrying the message.

💄 Sephora Gives TikTok First Access to Beauty Drops