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Shein

Logistics & Fulfillment

APAC

News

Shein Learns Supply Chains Do Not Travel

Vietnam's tariff hedge could not cheaply reproduce the speed and coordination of Shein's southern China supplier network

Marketplaces & Platform Power

Europe

Insights

Italy Rents The Checkout

Marketplaces generate 71.4% of ecommerce GMV

Marketplaces & Platform Power

Europe

Insights

Central Europe Goes Marketplace-First

Platforms now control 60% of regional ecommerce revenue

Europe

Insights

Commerce Economics & Market Structure

Europe’s Retail Growth Splits In Two

Spain leads while France and Italy force retailers to abandon one-size regional plans

Marketplaces & Platform Power

eBay

Global

News

eBay Turns Auctions Into a Channel

Live selling connects seller expertise, product discovery and payment inside one marketplace surface

Americas

Retail Media & Advertising

OpenAI

News

ChatGPT Builds a Paid Product Shelf

Product carousels turn retailer feeds into platform-controlled comparison inventory

Americas

TikTok Shop

Logistics & Fulfillment

News

TikTok Wants the Warehouse Too

FBT multichannel fulfillment extends TikTok's control from product discovery into merchant inventory and off-platform delivery

Shopify

AI & Agentic Commerce

Global

News

Shopify Gives Storefronts Agent-Native Controls

WebMCP replaces guessed clicks with structured tools while Shopify keeps checkout on its rails.

Americas

Consumer & Category Trends

Insights

Beauty Bucked the Basket Boom

Eight categories spent more per order while health and beauty baskets quietly shrank

Marketplaces & Platform Power

Global

News

Other Companies

Etsy Cuts Layers to Chase Growth

A 12% workforce reduction turns Product and Engineering into a faster, flatter operating bet

Americas

Retail Media & Advertising

Insights

Advertising Outgrew The U.S. Economy

Performance media expanded faster than nominal GDP, raising harder questions about returns and rents

Marketplaces & Platform Power

Amazon

Insights

Global

Prime Grows Into a Slower Flywheel

Amazon adds 86 million households while annual membership growth nearly halves worldwide by 2028.

Archive

Shein Learns Supply Chains Do Not Travel

Italy Rents The Checkout

Central Europe Goes Marketplace-First

Europe’s Retail Growth Splits In Two

eBay Turns Auctions Into a Channel

ChatGPT Builds a Paid Product Shelf

TikTok Wants the Warehouse Too

Shopify Gives Storefronts Agent-Native Controls

Beauty Bucked the Basket Boom

Etsy Cuts Layers to Chase Growth

Advertising Outgrew The U.S. Economy

Prime Grows Into a Slower Flywheel

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MarketMaze

Archive

Shein Learns Supply Chains Do Not Travel

Italy Rents The Checkout

Central Europe Goes Marketplace-First

Europe’s Retail Growth Splits In Two

eBay Turns Auctions Into a Channel

ChatGPT Builds a Paid Product Shelf

TikTok Wants the Warehouse Too

Shopify Gives Storefronts Agent-Native Controls

Beauty Bucked the Basket Boom

Etsy Cuts Layers to Chase Growth

Advertising Outgrew The U.S. Economy

Prime Grows Into a Slower Flywheel

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MarketMaze

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