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General Administration of Customs: Cross-border e-commerce reached 2.06 trillion yuan in the first three quarters.

According to the latest data from the General Administration of Customs, my country’s cross-border e-commerce import and export volume reached approximately RMB 2.06 trillion in the first three quarters of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 6.4%. Cross-border e-commerce exports performed particularly well, totaling approximately RMB 1.63 trillion, an increase of 6.6%; while imports reached approximately RMB 425.54 billion, an increase of 5.9%. Against the backdrop of overall pressure on foreign trade, cross-border e-commerce continued to maintain steady growth, highlighting its important role as a new driving force for foreign trade.

Walmart partners with Wiliot to launch passive IoT applications

Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, recently announced a partnership with Wiliot, a passive IoT technology company, to deploy Wiliot passive IoT sensors on a large scale throughout its global supply chain.

This move marks the first large-scale application of passive IoT technology in the retail industry. This technology enables end-to-end visual tracking of goods and dynamic environmental awareness, and is expected to completely transform the traditional supply chain operation model, improving logistics efficiency and inventory management accuracy.

TikTok Shop officially launches Black Friday promotions in seven countries.

TikTok Shop has officially launched its 2025 Black Friday Global Sale, spanning seven major markets—the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan—for the first time. The event runs from late October to the end of December. The platform is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies and billions of impressions, and has launched the “PEAKS Peak Preparation Plan.” In terms of logistics, US and European FBT merchants can receive tens of millions of dollars in warehousing and distribution subsidies, and advertising spending can be rebated by up to 60%.

Alibaba.com’s buyer search is fully AI-powered, leading to a 30% increase in orders during peak season.

Alibaba.com recently implemented a fully AI-powered e-commerce search system for overseas buyers, with AI technology significantly improving the efficiency of foreign trade. During the peak season for foreign trade in September, the platform’s order volume increased by 30% year-on-year.

Meanwhile, the latest data shows that 140,000 sellers worldwide conduct business through Alibaba.com’s AI Agent every day. These AI tools cover the entire process, including product listing, customer service, and marketing, accurately matching supply and demand, optimizing the search experience, and significantly reducing the barriers to entry and communication costs for foreign trade.

AliExpress Announces Overseas Double 11 and Black Friday Event Dates

On October 14th, AliExpress, a subsidiary of Alibaba, announced its overseas Double 11 and Black Friday promotional arrangements. The pre-sale period will begin on November 8th, with the Double 11 sales period running from November 11th to 19th, followed seamlessly by Black Friday promotions from November 20th until December 3rd. This month-long promotional window aims to provide cross-border merchants with ample sales opportunities, covering peak shopping seasons in major global markets.

AliExpress 2024 Double Eleven and Black Friday Promotion Schedule

Shopee Vietnam is standardizing product categorization and cracking down on misleading listing practices starting October 16th.

Recently, Shopee Vietnam announced that it will strictly enforce product categorization guidelines starting October 16, 2025. Sellers are required to ensure that product names and descriptions are consistent with the selected categories, and that different options for the same product can only differ in attributes such as color and size. Unrelated categories must not be mixed in in order to lower the displayed price.

The platform explicitly considers behaviors such as “categorization not being directly related to product function” or “misleading consumers by using low-price categorization” as violations, and stipulates that different categories of goods cannot be sold in the same link.

Yahoo Shopping launches AI-powered conversational product recommendation feature

Yahoo Shopping and Yahoo Search have launched new features based on generative artificial intelligence: AI-powered conversational product recommendations (beta) and a shopping AI assistant. The AI-powered conversational product recommendations in Yahoo Shopping allow users to search for products through conversation. This feature uses AI to understand users’ natural language needs, such as “capacity,” “design,” “features,” and “materials,” enabling more efficient product filtering.

European e-commerce consumption trends: Fashion items account for 70%

According to the latest research data from Ecommerce Europe, fashion products lead the European e-commerce market with a 70% purchase rate, far exceeding multimedia products (56%) and streaming subscription services (46%). Fragrances and cosmetics, and sporting goods follow closely behind with 31% and 26% online purchase rates respectively. Despite the rapid growth of international platforms such as Shein and Temu, 83% of European consumers still prefer to shop on local e-commerce platforms, demonstrating continued loyalty to local retailers.

German delivery speed becomes a key factor in e-commerce platform selection.

According to the latest research data from Yougov, two-thirds of German online shoppers consider delivery speed a key factor when choosing an e-commerce platform, and 42% of respondents are willing to pay extra for faster delivery, with this figure reaching as high as 54% among Generation Z and Millennials. Despite the increasing importance of fast delivery, free shipping remains the most influential purchasing decision factor, accounting for 79% of respondents.

It is worth noting that 65% of consumers admitted to overspending to reach the free shipping threshold, reflecting the significant effect of free shipping policies on increasing average order value.

Chinese CZUR scanners achieve annual overseas sales exceeding 60 million units.

The global scanner market is experiencing robust growth, with The Business Research Company projecting it to exceed $10.4 billion by 2029, representing a CAGR of over 4%. Chinese brand CZUR has seized this opportunity to expand overseas, achieving annual sales exceeding $60 million. CZUR’s technological breakthrough lies in its ET series scanners, which utilize “curved surface flattening” technology to solve the problem of blurry text on book spines in traditional devices. With a page-to-scan speed of 1.5 seconds and OCR functionality in 180 languages, CZUR is well-suited for educational, document management, and other applications.