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Beauty, athleisure, wellness, pet and resale are no longer trends — they are the operating cores of online retail across the West. Here is where the money is actually moving.
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In under three years, TikTok Shop has gone from experiment to one of the fastest-growing commerce surfaces in U.S. history. The growth is real — and so are the risks.
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Both promise scale and demand. The differences in fees, fulfilment, advertising and competitive intensity make them very different businesses for third-party sellers.
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