Sandie Hawkins led e-commerce at TikTok before joining Teikametrics. She said social commerce and AI have changed online shopping forever.

Discover how TikTok's ongoing legal challenges are disrupting the e-commerce industry and what it means for online retailers.

TikTok Shop creators and customers are wondering what will happen if the social media app goes dark on Sunday. What to know.

A strange phenomenon is sweeping through social media as the last days of TikTok in the US begin to unfold. As most of the 170 million American TikTok users await its ever-encroac

Chinese apps have made social shopping mainstream, in contrast to Western social networks which focus on advertising. Experts say the logic of the TikTok ban could outlaw many Chinese apps, media outlets, and websites, creating a “Great Firewall” of the U.S. over time.

YouTuber MrBeast, X owner Elon Musk and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison are names that have floated around in the past week.

The "Three Leading Live Streaming e-Commerce Platforms in China and Their Key Strategies" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.In recent years, both domestic and international e-commerce giants have recognized the monetization potential of live streaming e-commerce,

Live streaming, unconventional beauty and tactile hedonism are among the top opportunities to watch for on TikTok Shop in 2025. This is according to a report by TikTok and consumer trend forecast WGSN, which launched a white paper analysing shopper behaviour on the social media platform.

TikTok, one of the world’s most popular social media platforms, has found itself at the centre of controversy in the United States, facing potential nationwide bans due to its ownership by the Chinese company ByteDance.

TikTok's expected Sunday shutdown poses the biggest threat to the universe of small- and medium-sized firms and so-called influencers who depend on the short-form video site for their livelihood, while big brands are expected to move to other sites.

Elon Musk is being eyed by Chinese authorities as a potential buyer of TikTok. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Amazon is gearing up to report its latest quarterly financial results next Thursday, Feb. 6. Investors will be focused on the Amazon Web Services cloud segment, which is developing several artificial intelligence (AI) projects.