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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.

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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.
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.

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Breaking down the UK’s £9.1bn social commerce spend

2025-12-03T00:01:00+00:00By George Arnett

Selling via social media apps like TikTok Shop and Instagram will drive £9.1bn in revenue for non-food retailers in the UK over 2025, new research from Retail Economics and social commerce platform Unbox.

News

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 is expected to see a record-breaking Black Friday as retailers such as Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s and Clarks joined the platform in time for peak, Retail Week can reveal.

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
Christmas turkeys to be sold on TikTok Shop UK
2025-09-10T09:23:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
From scroll to sale: How TikTok drives commerce everywhere
2025-07-30T11:04:00+01:00Paid for post by TikTok

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