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Switzerland is Thinking of Introducing the Fee on Low-Value Parcels just like Europe Did

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Switzerland is Thinking of Introducing the Fee on Low-Value Parcels just like Europe Did

Ivana Soldat

Switzerland is geographically surrounded by the European Union. It is connected to it through more than 100 bilateral agreements. It ...

A Japanese Mask Brand Posted a Romantic Valentine's Day Ad on the Wrong Date in China. The Date Was July 7.

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A Japanese Mask Brand Posted a Romantic Valentine’s Day Ad on the Wrong Date in China. The Date Was July 7.

Ivana Soldat

There is a version of this story that is about history and national sentiment. That version is being told extensively ...

Amazon and Flipkart Expanded Into Quick Commerce. Now India's Distributors Are Asking If That Was Even Legal.

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Amazon and Flipkart Expanded Into Quick Commerce. Now India’s Distributors Are Asking If That Was Even Legal.

Ivana Soldat

India’s foreign direct investment policy for ecommerce is not complicated on its face. Foreign-funded companies are permitted to operate marketplace ...

Friendly Fraud Is Now So Common That 38% of Merchants Have Raised Their Prices Because of It. You Paid for That.

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Friendly Fraud Is Now So Common That 38% of Merchants Have Raised Their Prices Because of It. You Paid for That.

Ivana Soldat

There is a specific kind of theft that does not feel like theft when you are doing it. You bought ...

TikTok Shop Just Hit 49.5 Million Monthly Users in Japan

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TikTok Shop Just Hit 49.5 Million Monthly Users in Japan

Ivana Soldat

Japan was supposed to be a hard market for TikTok. Culturally conservative, privacy-conscious, dominated by deeply entrenched domestic platforms like ...

USPS Is Charging $50 Starting July 12 for a Mistake Most Sellers Do Not Know They Are Making

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USPS Is Charging $50 Starting July 12 for a Mistake Most Sellers Do Not Know They Are Making

Ivana Soldat

Most sellers who ship nail polish do not think of themselves as shipping hazardous materials. They think of themselves as ...

China Is Rewriting Its Ecommerce Law to Police Its Own Platforms and Protect Them From Everyone Else

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China Is Rewriting Its Ecommerce Law to Police Its Own Platforms and Protect Them From Everyone Else

Ivana Soldat

There is a pattern in how large economies regulate their biggest tech companies that is worth understanding before reading China’s ...

Hostinger Launches Brand-New Ecommerce Platform

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Hostinger Launches Brand-New Ecommerce Platform

Kale Havervold

Omnichannel selling is a major challenge for all types of sellers, as things like decentralized inventory, data silos, and tech ...

New Customs Duty May Be Behind Large Freight Capacity Reduction

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New Customs Duty May Be Behind Large Freight Capacity Reduction

Kale Havervold

It appears that the new customs duty implemented by the EU is achieving its goal of reducing cheap ecommerce imports ...

Etsy Is Finally Working on Appeals for Listing Policy Violations

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Etsy Is Finally Working on Appeals for Listing Policy Violations

Ivana Soldat

Etsy says it plans to give sellers more ways to appeal listing-level policy violations, a change that could matter for ...