TikTok

TikTok is video-based social media site with a growing ecommerce business, TikTok Shop. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about TikTok and the online retail sector.

Latest news and insight on TikTok from Retail-Week.com

Interview
Q&A: TikTok retail director Paul Mears on leveraging AI and preparing brands for peak
2026-06-23T13:35:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
While we might only be halfway through the year and the country is experiencing a heatwave, retailers are sorting out plans for peak trading.
Analysis
QVC UK: How the original live shopping channel is taking on social commerce
2026-06-17T09:27:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
QVC has been a live shopping staple since its launch in 1993, and it now has a presence in its native US, UK, Japan, Italy and Germany.
News
Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram will fall foul of government’s under-16s social media ban
2026-06-15T14:51:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
The government has confirmed that apps like Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram will all be covered by the social media ban for under-16s that the prime minister announced this morning (June 15).

More on TikTok

Opinion

‘As boundaries collapse, retailers and brands face a challenge’

2026-06-10T05:30:00+01:00By Steve Ricketts

The rise of social commerce, livestream shopping and creator-led retail experiences signals something bigger than the launch of a few new formats or platforms. It reflects a broader shift towards cultural commerce, believes Publicis’ Steve Ricketts

News

George at Asda explores TikTok Shop launch

2026-06-08T09:53:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan

George at Asda is considering joining the grocer in launching on TikTok Shop, Retail Week can reveal.

Boots reveals launch date for second beauty-only store
2026-05-21T13:08:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
Shoe Zone joins TikTok Shop in social push
2026-05-15T11:11:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan
TikTok Shop UK’s spring sale event delivers double-digit growth
2026-04-08T14:47:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
Superdry joins TikTok Shop
2026-03-26T15:51:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan

TikTok Shop gears up for ‘Spring Sale’ and beauty pop-up store
2026-03-20T14:40:00+00:00
Q&A: Kaiia The Label marketing boss on being more than a TikTok brand
2026-03-18T10:54:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan
John Lewis heralds ‘new era’ with AI shopping investment and TikTok Shop launch
2026-03-09T07:18:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Partnership update: Argos’ marketplace venture, Temu’s test and inspection services collaboration, and more
2026-02-17T07:00:00+00:00By Megan Robinson

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