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The Entertainer and Boodles back 2% online sales levy to slash business rates

More than 200 business leaders, including bosses at The Entertainer, Boodles and F Hinds, have urged the Chancellor to introduce a two per cent online sales levy to fund sweeping cuts to business rates. The retailers are among the signatori

Brazilian Retailers Can Lose the Sale Even After Shoppers Enter the Store

The shopper standing in a Brazilian store may be looking at merchandise on the shelf, but the merchant no longer has that shopper to itself. PYMNTS Intelligence’s August 2026 “Global Digital Shopping Index: Brazil Playbook,” produced in col

Credit Unions Could Win Younger Members Through Payments

Credit unions could find a more receptive audience for digital currencies by offering members something they already recognize: a digital wallet. That’s the opportunity outlined in “Digital Currency at the Credit Union: The Gap Between Inte

AI Agents Are Going to Work at City Hall

Government services have always moved slowly. Long queues, paper forms and manual reviews define an experience most citizens dread. Tighter budgets and shrinking workforces are making that model harder to sustain. AI agents are arriving in

Why Insured Workers Still Skip Healthcare

Employers know exactly what their health plan costs. What they usually don’t know is what it costs them when an employee needs care and doesn’t get it because a credit check got in the way of the bill. That happens more often than most bene

AliExpress Double 11 official date announced! The biggest business growth opportunity of the year for cross-border merchants is here

Overseas Double 11 kicks off, cross-border merchants busy stocking up! AliExpress overseas stocking volume surges 146%

Yang Chen: From ships to ports – inside the Mærsk family’s infrastructure buying spree

Xinde Marine News’ Yang Chen writes on LinkedIn: Investment platforms associated with the family behind Maersk are extending their reach across the infrastructure that supports global trade. On 15 October 2026, A.P. Moller Capital announced

Benetton closes Oxford Street flagship after eight years amid restructuring

United Colors of Benetton has reportedly closed its flagship Oxford Street store after eight years. Its 16,000 sq ft London store, which opened in March 2018, was expected to shut its doors on Sunday with a closing-down sale offering discou

UK plans to tighten e-commerce VAT, with £90,000 in annual sales becoming the threshold!

Recently, the UK government plans to further expand the scope of VAT liability for online marketplaces, and large e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, eBay, and Temu are all drawing attention. According to the previously announced policy consultation proposal, platforms may in the future need to handle VAT collection a

Multi-State Income Tax Filing Series (1): If a US company sells goods to multiple states, does it need to file income tax returns in each state?

If goods are sold to multiple states, does the company also need to file income tax returns separately in those states?

A large number of cross-border sellers are shifting from 9810 to 0110: the pitfalls of advance tax refunds can no longer be hidden

Sephora shuts French stores as riots leave 1,500 retailers counting cost of damage

Sephora, Burberry and Louis Vuitton are among the retailers affected by widespread looting and vandalism across France, with an estimated 1,500 shops targeted during violent protests. The unrest erupted on Saturday as demonstrations over th

£1.2m Evri Group depot in Peterborough opened by MP

Evri Group has expanded its UK network with the opening of a new depot in Peterborough following the signing of a 10-year lease on a 95,950 sq ft unit at the logistics development Peterborough South. The depot, which began operation in Augu

What major events happened in the cross-border circle last week (10.12-10.18)

2026.10.12-2026.10.18 Cross-border News

Stop filling in List Price randomly! It is not just a strikethrough price, but also your underlying card for applying to BD and gaining traffic

The day before, the storefront was still properly displaying the strikethrough price and Save discount, and the next day the List Price suddenly "disappeared"

Peak season is not about gambling on a single day: a furniture listing used 3 rounds of Woot BD to clearly work out the rhythm before and after the major promotion

Overseas influencer marketing AI Agent: after a 73% penetration rate, the next question brands should care about

The penetration rate of AI in overseas influencer marketing has reached 73%, but more than 80% of practitioners believe that achieving returns on investment has become more difficult. The problem is not whether AI is used, but at which layer it is used. This article breaks down the essential difference between AI assis

Automatically recommended Google Ads optimization suggestions—which ones are suitable to adopt, and which ones may amplify waste?

Your Google Ads Optimization Score is low—should you adopt the suggestions with one click? Don't blindly trust platform recommendations! This article deeply breaks down the screening logic for Google Ads automated suggestions in foreign trade B2B scenarios, teaching you to avoid the traps of automated keyword expansion

Overseas influencer marketing | Zheng Qinwen's "practice partner" goes viral overseas, with a unit price of over $2,000 and more than 6,000 units sold

The U.S. Copyright Office plans to raise application official fees

The U.S. Copyright Office submitted the new fee schedule to Congress on 2026-07-14

UK profit warnings hit near two-year high as retailers brace for Budget

Profit warnings among UK-listed companies have climbed to their highest level since late 2024, putting further pressure on businesses ahead of the autumn Budget. New figures from EY-Parthenon showed 65 profit warnings were issued in the thr

Overseas influencer marketing | Raised over 1 billion in funding! With "glasses + drones," it wants a piece of DJI's pie!

Amazon makes a big move: Listings can keep selling even with violations! This new mechanism may change how sellers appeal

For Amazon sellers, a Listing suddenly being judged non-compliant often means an "emergency firefight." Especially for core listings that are steadily generating orders—once sales are restricted by the system, not only will orders be affected, but a series of operational metrics such as ad placements, keyword rankings,

Temu concedes hefty settlement over data privacy and product safety concerns

Temu has agreed to pay $3 million and tighten its data protection and product safety practices to settle a lawsuit brought by the US state of Texas. Temu will be required to store Texas shoppers’ personal information on American-controlled