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President Trump has vowed not to extend social media giant TikTok’s sell-by date of September 15.

Trump says he will not extend TikTok sell-by date

September 11, 2020

President Trump has vowed not to extend social media giant TikTok’s sell-by date of September 15. Speaking to reporters on Thursday night, Trump said the deadline for TikTok to sell…

Walmart has agreed to purchase a 7.5 per cent stake in TikTok as a complex deal to keep the social media giant operating in the US is receives President Trump’s “blessing”.

TikTok owner announces bonuses for staff after US labels app a security threat

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September 8, 2020

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TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. has announced it will pay out a rare half-month’s salary bonus for its employees, hoping to assuage its workforce as questions mount over its sale…

Apple is set to start reopening its retail stores across the US after being forced to close them for a second time due to a spike in coronavirus cases.

Apple to begin reopening stores for a second time as US cases begin to decline

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August 25, 2020

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Apple is set to start reopening its retail stores across the US after being forced to close them for a second time due to a spike in coronavirus cases. The…

TikTok users will soon be able to purchase items as they scroll through the app as the social media giant makes its biggest push yet into ecommerce.

Microsoft confirms plans to buy TikTok despite imminent US ban

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August 3, 2020

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Microsoft is in talks to buy social media giant TikTok in the US just days after President Trump threatened to ban the app over security concerns. Microsoft confirmed yesterday that…

Amazon has warned US sellers that it will be re-imposing restrictions on the quantity of goods they can sell via its Fulfilled By Amazon (FBA) service.

Amazon to reimpose limits on sellers as coronavirus cases surge throughout “most of the US”

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July 15, 2020

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Amazon has warned US sellers that it will be re-imposing restrictions on the quantity of goods they can sell via its Fulfilled By Amazon (FBA) service. From August until the…

Amazon has been embroiled in a bribery scandal which has now seen six individuals charged in connection to a scheme worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Amazon will now require its sellers to make their names and addresses public in the US

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July 9, 2020

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Amazon is imposing new rules which will require third-party sellers to make their business name and address public to customers in the US for the first time. The rule will…

Apple begins reopening stores across the world

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May 18, 2020

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Apple has become one of the first retailers to start reopening its doors for business following months of closure during lockdown. The iPhone maker will open 25 of its branded…

Thousands of extra stores could be forced to close due to the two-week delay in opening up non-essential retail stores, according to new research.

110 retailers shut their doors in the US amid contagion fears

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March 19, 2020

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More than 110 retailers have now closed all their stores to limit the spread of the coronavirus as fears grow that all non-essential stores will shut their doors for weeks.…

Ebay has appointed Walmart executive Jamie Iannone as its new chief executive as it continues to undergo significant changes.

Ebay calls for nationwide internet sales tax in the US

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January 30, 2020

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Ebay is calling for a nationwide US internet sales tax after warning that individual state sales taxes were harming “small businesses and consumer sellers”. Thirty-three US states have now implemented…

Amazon is set to establish a new ‘Counterfeit Crimes Unit’ to crack down on unlawful sales of fake and counterfeit products amid increasing pressure.

Amazon, Alibaba and Ebay told to tackle counterfeits as China-US trade deal looms

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January 17, 2020

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Amazon, Alibaba, Ebay and other ecommerce giants have been warned that the upcoming US – China trade deal will dramatically clamp down on counterfeit goods. Peter Navarro, the White House…

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