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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

Advertising & Retail Media

Ecommerce News

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

Advertising & Retail Media

Ecommerce News

eBay widens access to Custom Store ads

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

Amazon Opens Seller Central to Rival Channels

Americas

Marketplaces & Platforms

Amazon

Ecommerce 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

Ecommerce 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

Ecommerce 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 & Platforms

Europe

Ecommerce Insights

Other Companies

Vinted Scaled Product Leadership After Reset

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

Europe

Ecommerce Insights

Ecommerce Markets & Economics

Europe’s E-commerce Growth Resets

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

Marketplaces & Platforms

Europe

Ecommerce Insights

Other Companies

Germany Becomes Vinted’s Growth Engine

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

Google

APAC

Ecommerce News

Payments & Checkout

Other Companies

Google Tests Flipkart Checkout in Gemini

A limited India experiment takes selected shoppers from AI answers to a Flipkart-branded checkout without leaving Google's interface.

Americas

TikTok Shop

Consumer & Category Trends

Ecommerce Insights

TikTok Shop Outgrows Its Stereotype

Spending grew above 60% across incomes, while affluent shoppers remain the clearest whitespace.

Marketplaces & Platforms

Europe

Ecommerce Insights

Other Companies

Vinted Compounds While Depop Contracts

UK cohort data shows Vinted winning shoppers, frequency and ticket while Depop loses activity.

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Shein's European sales fall as parcel costs rise