Minjun ParkE-Tailing
Facebook and Instagram Hit by Outage with over 22,000 US Reports
Downdetector recorded disruption reports peaking at 9.20am in Singapore on Monday (Sep 21) as users faced issues accessing platform websites.
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Rajiv MenonE-Tailing
TikTok Shop U.S. Gross Merchandise Value Hits $15.1B
ByteDance’s social shopping arm expanded U.S. Transaction volume by 68 per cent in 2025, while Southeast Asian content commerce targets $77.9 billion by 2026.
Rajiv MenonStartups
ByteDance Lines up $29.6 Billion Loan After Lenders Pile in
The TikTok owner boosted its credit facility from US$20 billion after receiving more than US$30 billion in total orders from lenders.
Maria SantosE-Tailing
TikTok Shop Doubles US Livestream Sales as Live Commerce Chases China Model
TikTok Shop expanded its US broadcast sessions by 60 per cent in the first half of 2026 as live commerce sales grew rapidly.
Wei ZhangResearch
Video Commerce Captures 20 per Cent of Southeast Asia E-Commerce GMV
Livestreaming now drives a fifth of regional online sales, pushing consumer brands to overhaul platform dependency and manage rising return rates.
Wei ZhangLiving
TikTok Shop Nears €500 Million in European GMV Led by Creator Affiliates
Short shoppable video clips drove 63.8 per cent of total European platform sales across four major markets.
Rajiv MenonGeneral
Indonesia Targets 6 Percent Economic Growth Backed by E-Commerce
Transactions across video commerce channels reached 2.6 billion as Indonesia aims for Rp40 trillion in sales during its year-end shopping campaign.
Sarah ChenStartups
Wishlink Secures $17.5 Million in Series B Led by Vertex Ventures
The creator commerce platform will direct the capital toward scaling brand integrations and expanding creator tools across major online marketplaces.
Maria SantosE-Tailing
Brandpay Logs 65 Million Impressions Turning Retail Shoppers into Ad Channels
Data across 250 brands shows everyday shoppers driving a 4.2 times return on reward spend while halving standard acquisition costs.
Sarah ChenE-Tailing
TikTok Shop Tracks Toward US$100 Billion in Global GMV by 2026
Rapid expansion across Southeast Asia and Western markets puts ByteDance’s e-commerce arm in direct competition with Shopee, Lazada, and Temu.
Minjun ParkE-Tailing
Tokopedia and TikTok Shop Lift Indonesian Merchant Sales 51 per Cent
Gross merchandise value rose 14 per cent across the joint #BeliLokal programme as nearly 700 million local products were sold in the first half of 2026.
Maria SantosE-Tailing
Social Commerce blossoms on mobile Taobao
On the way to becoming the world’s largest e-tailing market (US$590 billion in 2015), online shopping in China has become a highly social activity. Wary Chinese consumers don’t swallow advertising at face value and they don’t take vendors at their word – they…