shopping
TikTok is continuing to consolidate control of its US e-commerce operations under Chinese and global leadership.In the latest move, Nico Le Bourgeois, head of US operations for TikTok Shop, is getting pulled under Mu Qing, a former e-commerce VP for TikTok’s Chinese sister app, Douyin, three staffers told Business Insider.Mu…
While visiting Portugal several months ago, I noticed Lidl stores everywhere. When I finally entered one, I found that the German-owned grocery chain reflects a European sensibility with fresh bakery items, great cheeses, and large wine selections.The extensive and inexpensive wines immediately struck me. Portugal has a thriving wine industry,…
Last weekend, my roommate begged me to download a new app, Claim, which gives you money to spend at popular restaurants. She promised it wasn’t a scam — and showed me the Venmo payments to prove it.I was skeptical, so I investigated.Claim seems pretty simple: link your credit or debit…
Printemps, a French department store, is opening a location in New York City.I got a sneak peek at its FiDi store, which has marketed itself as “not a department store.”The store is ideal for luxury shoppers, but I’d also head there for a drink or dinner.In the years since e-commerce…
TikTok and AI are changing how we shop.Rodeo, a social commerce startup, says it wants to help people “shop the way they scroll.”Read the 11-page pitch deck that secured the startup a spot in an Andreessen Horowitz accelerator.Startups have been racing to crack social shopping.Lindsay Perper, a New York-based startup…
LTK is relaunching its app on Thursday to add new social features and expand beyond shopping.Other social-commerce apps like Flip have similarly moved into general entertainment.The companies are stepping up efforts to blend entertainment and shopping as they chase users.For social-shopping apps, commerce alone isn’t cutting it.LTK, a platform that…
