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: Kaiia The Label marketing boss on being more than a TikTok brand
2026-03-18T10:54:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan
Kaiia The Label is one of the biggest fashion brands on TikTok Shop. Between running 18-hour livestreams and a strong affiliate network, it has become the go-to athleisure brand among Gen Z on the platform.
News
John Lewis heralds ‘new era’ with AI shopping investment and TikTok Shop launch
2026-03-09T07:18:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne
John Lewis has said it will turbocharge its approach to AI and social shopping as it aims to become one of the first UK retailers to “fully embrace the new era of retail”.
Analysis
Partnership update: Argos’ marketplace venture, Temu’s test and inspection services collaboration, and more
2026-02-17T07:00:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Welcome to the Solutions Spotlight partnership update: Retail Week’s round-up of the latest innovative technology and supply chain tie-ups in retail.

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Opinion

‘There are powerful signs that the social media tidal wave is ebbing’

2026-01-14T06:30:00+00:00By Charlotte Hardie

Retailers have poured resources and expertise into social media, but the prime minister’s announcement this week on a consultation over a ban for under-16s is another sign the mood is turning against such networks. What will happen if that route to customers closes, asks Charlotte Hardie

News

TikTok Shop reports ‘best-performing’ Christmas trading yet

2026-01-12T11:55:00+00:00By Megan Robinson

Online platform TikTok Shop has reported its best-performing Christmas trading period to date as appetite for discovery commerce continues to grow, Retail Week can reveal.

Breaking down the UK’s £9.1bn social commerce spend
2025-12-03T00:01:00+00:00By George Arnett
TikTok Shop to see ‘record-breaking’ Black Friday sales as more retailers join platform
2025-11-26T14:18:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
TikTok Shop predicts record-breaking Christmas after ‘breakout year’
2025-11-13T12:58:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
Live shopping: Bambuser CEO on why the future of ecommerce looks like Netflix
2025-11-07T06:00:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne

Where will people watch Christmas ads this year?
2025-11-05T14:42:00+00:00By George Arnett
Marks & Spencer launches on TikTok Shop
2025-11-04T12:16:00+00:00By George MacDonald
AI-powered shopping in the US forecast to increase by 520% this holiday season
2025-10-06T13:31:00+01:00By George Arnett
What to expect from TikTok Shop as it prepares for its biggest Black Friday yet
2025-09-10T12:00:00+01:00By Megan Robinson

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