Cross-border intelligence

Lakrids By Bülow celebrates 50th store launch at Battersea Power Station

Danish liquorice brand Lakrids By Bülow has opened its 50th store worldwide at Battersea Power Station in London.

Topshop collabs with Talia Byre for new capsule collection

Topshop has unveiled a new limited-edition capsule collection with designer brand Talia Byre, as part of the retailers efforts to “champion emerging British creative talent”. The collection is designed to bring the BFC/Vogue Desginer Fashio

Selling supplements on EU marketplaces from the UK: why your stock location matters more than your listing

UK supplement brands spend weeks on their EU listings. They translate titles, test images and research keywords for Amazon.de, bol or Allegro. Then the order leaves a warehouse in England, and the buyer waits for a parcel that must clear cu

Visa Debuts Tools to Keep Fraud Out of Virtual Commercial Card Payments

Visa has introduced new capabilities designed to keep commercial virtual card payments safer. Visa Commercial Fraud Solutions are part of a series of new capabilities designed to bring “trust and control” to business payments, Visa said in

Checkout footer visibility now applies to merchant-configurable content

The visibility fields on CheckoutBrandingFooterContent and CheckoutAndAccountsConfigurationBrandingFooterContent now control only merchant-configurable footer content. Checkout can display Shopify-provided transaction information in the foo

Set product categories on custom line items in draft orders and order edits

Starting with GraphQL Admin API version 2027-01, you can assign a category from Shopify's Standard Product Taxonomy to custom line items in draft orders and order edits. The category controls the item's tax treatment in the same way it does

Google Images & Discover Previews Don’t Support JPEG XL via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Chrome and Firefox now display JPEG XL, but Google says it isn't currently supported in Google Images or Discover previews. The post Google Images & Discover Previews Don’t Support JPEG XL appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Google Crawls Raw And Encoded Bracket URLs Separately via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google's John Mueller says raw and percent-encoded brackets are different URLs and recommends using one form across links, canonical tags, and sitemaps. The post Google Crawls Raw And Encoded Bracket URLs Separately appeared first on Search

SHEIN pop-up store enters northern Brazil for the first time, 15 events held in the past 5 years

Cross-Border eCommerce Strategy: 8 Steps to Sell Globally From India

A home decor brand in Jaipur gets a few Instagram DMs from buyers in New York and London. They ship... The post Cross-Border eCommerce Strategy: 8 Steps to Sell Globally From India appeared first on Shiprocket.

JPMorgan Gets Closer to Clinching Nigerian Banking License

J.P. Morgan Chase is reportedly getting closer to obtaining a banking license in Nigeria. The largest U.S. bank has deposited 50 billion naira ($37.5 million) with the Central Bank of Nigeria, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Oct. 20), citi

Details Emerge About Google Discover’s SDF Freshness Algorithm via @sejournal, @martinibuster

New details on Google Discover's SDF gives publishers insights into planning the right mix of content that will rank better. The post Details Emerge About Google Discover’s SDF Freshness Algorithm appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Amazon to recruit over 300,000 US workers for holiday season

Amazon plans to recruit more than 300,000 seasonal, part-time, and full-time staff across its US core operations network for this holiday season. The post Amazon to recruit over 300,000 US workers for holiday season appeared first on Retail

DJI, Insta360, and Anker people team up to go overseas and do manicures

The huge contradiction between growing demand and supply shortage in the US nail salon industry.

AG1 CEO Tim Harrington on taking on the highstreet and the booming interest in health

As AG1 enters Holland & Barrett, CEO Tim Harrington discusses creators, credibility and the challenge of justifying £3 a day… AG1’s latest marketing experiment comes in a five-pack. For a business accustomed to sending a month’s supply of i

36Kr Global · Events | Registration Opens for Dubai Airport Freezone 2026 Beijing Exchange Meeting

On November 18, the Dubai Airport Freezone 2026 Beijing Exchange Meeting will be held to help Chinese companies understand the Dubai market and local business environment, and to answer questions about setting up operations in the freezone. Chinese companies interested in expanding into Dubai and the Middle East market

Amazon Alert! IOR Verification Upgraded — Your Shipments May Be Stuck in the US

Urgent Self-Check Recommended!

Qianfeng Interview with Wang Yueneng of Baijiahui: The Modal Evolution of B2B Cross-Border Trade Is Moving from "Product Going Global" to "Capability Going Global"

Costs Halved, Order Volume Up Several Times! Domestic Trade Merchants Going Cross-Border Achieve Both Cost Reduction and Volume Growth Through Full Managed Service

Want to Go Global but Afraid to Invest? An Existing Brand Distributor Leveraged Shopee's Full Managed Service to Deploy High-Value Products, and Daily Orders Soared 300%!

2026 Double 11 Campaign Sales Playbook: 4 Phases x 10 Feature Applications to Help Brands Grasp Trends and Select Products!

The campaign page is ready and ads are running, but only after the sale launches do you discover that too many discounts have stacked up, popular items are out of stock, and customer service is busy handling order cancellations. In fact, the most challenging part of the Double 11 campaign is often a lack of preparation

GUEST COMMENT Will Vinted’s new rules drive the fight against fakes offline?

IP lawyer Daniel Fletcher from Forbes Solicitors explains why Vinted's updated Terms and Conditions, designed to deter the sale of counterfeit goods, could have unintended consequences for retailers. The post GUEST COMMENT Will Vinted’s new

Chinese Robotic Lawn Mowers Go Global in a "Race for Speed": Who Will Have the Last Laugh?

Kylie Jenner’s Victoria’s Secret debut: industry reacts to the power of celebrity casting

Victoria’s Secret returned to the runway on October 18, bringing its annual fashion spectacle back to Los Angeles with a mix of established models and celebrity star power. Among the headline moments was Barbara Palvin’s return just six wee

After copying the "Savvy Mode," the Hong Kong company's "books" are the real minefield

Cross-border e-commerce platform data reporting raises tax compliance risks; Hong Kong company bookkeeping must match platform data, and the Savvy Mode is no longer compliant.