Top 20 Shopping International News
2025-04-28 02:59:43
Here's a summary of recent international shopping news:
- Amazon and Walmart sellers hoard goods in Canada to wait out tariffs. Third-party vendors are betting that the White House will back down on steep China levies.
Source: www.ft.com - India under tariff pressure to give Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart full market access. Trade negotiators are set to discuss a level playing field for US e-commerce groups.
Source: www.ft.com - DHL suspends some parcel deliveries to the US amid the trade war. The German group is the first major commercial logistics company to take action after new tariffs came into force.
Source: www.ft.com - China tech groups lead a multibillion-dollar campaign to help exporters sell at home. Alibaba, JD.com and Tencent are among those aiding the switch to domestic sales in a national movement influenced by Beijing.
Source: www.ft.com - Temu and Shein slash US ad spending as the trade war hits. The Chinese retailers’ retreat threatens Big Tech advertising revenues.
Source: www.ft.com - EU warns over unsafe cosmetics imported from China. The bloc registers a steep rise in products purchased online not meeting safety standards.
Source: www.ft.com - Ecommerce start-up Meesho taps India’s second cities. Focus on thrifty populations has put platform on a route to a stock market listing.
Source: www.ft.com - US tripling of small-package duties delivers further blow to Shein and Temu. Ecommerce platforms were already facing closure of duty-free loophole for parcels from China.
Source: www.ft.com - US regulator backtracks on request to delay Amazon Prime trial. A Federal Trade Commission lawyer had initially cited an ‘extremely severe’ resource shortfall before changing tack.
Source: www.ft.com - Debenhams is back, but it is still boo hoo to UK homegrown fast fashion. Group is right to pin its fortunes to the storied British brand.
Source: www.ft.com - Amazon steps up use of robotics in warehouses. Machines are used to pick, sort and pack online orders.
Source: www.ft.com - China’s small exporters look for plan B as Trump quashes trade loophole. A tax exemption that provides a crucial lifeline to thousands of businesses is set to disappear.
Source: www.ft.com - Chinese importers’ tactic for beating US tariffs: pile it high. Warehouses have become buffers against political volatility.
Source: www.ft.com - Amazon bets savings from automation can help fuel AI spending boom. The US tech giant is expected to spend as much as $25bn on warehouse automation in a broader efficiency drive.
Source: www.ft.com - Tech’s grocery bros gear up to take on the supermarkets. This is a market that has swallowed up players and spat them out, but competition remains rife.
Source: www.ft.com - Alibaba shares jump 14% after pledge to invest ‘aggressively’ in AI. The Chinese tech group says it will spend more on artificial intelligence in the next three years than over the past decade.
Source: www.ft.com - Amazon accused by Italy of evading €1.2bn in VAT payments. The tech giant is hit by a total claim worth €3bn amid an investigation over the sale of goods from non-EU countries including China.
Source: www.ft.com - How a resurgent Walmart saw off the Amazon threat. A decade ago, its huge stores looked outdated as online sales grew. Now they are pulling in more customers than ever.
Source: www.ft.com - Shein IPO plans hit by Trump’s low-cost parcels crackdown. The fast fashion group was targeting a London listing in the first half of 2025.
Source: www.ft.com - Amazon’s logistics success is a mixed package for UPS. Its ability to make money has been constrained by the fact that Amazon is both its largest customer and competitor.
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