It’s only midweek, but the trade war’s already boiling over. China’s slamming Trump’s tariff moves as ‘a joke,’ and the tension’s only going to rise from here. 🚒
- Prime Day 2025 preparation deadlines 📅
- 15% off + FREE reviews 🎯
- 245% China tariff—how’s it hitting you? 💸
- 5 AI visual tips for your brand 🎨
- China calls Trump’s tariffs ‘a joke’ 😂
AMAZON NEWS
The countdown to one of the biggest shopping events of the year is already underway—and while we still don’t have the exact dates for Prime Day 2025, there’s no reason to wait to start preparing.
Amazon shared key dates and deadlines you won’t want to miss.
⚡ Deal deadlines
- March 18: Deal scheduling opens in Seller Central for Prime-Exclusive Best Deals and Lightning Deals.
- May 5: Prime-Exclusive Price Discounts submissions open, closing six hours before the event wraps up.
- May 23: Last chance to schedule deals for Prime-Exclusive Best Deals and Lightning Deals.
🚚 Inventory deadlines
- June 9: FBA shipments with the "minimal shipment splits" option selected need to arrive by this date.
- June 18: FBA shipments with the "Amazon-optimized shipment splits" option need to arrive by this date.
Quick tip for partnered carriers: If you’re using Amazon’s Partnered Carrier Program (PCP), be sure to have your inventory ready for pickup at least 14 days before the listed deadlines.
This allows enough time for transportation to Amazon’s fulfillment centers.
🧠 Plan smart, sell big
Prime Day 2025 might still be a mystery on the calendar, but that’s no excuse to be caught off guard. As they say, forewarned is forearmed—so use this time to get ahead of the game.
Consider this your nudge to get geared up and ready to win big this Prime Day.
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- Best of the New: Check out these latest launches on Amazon from top brands and learn what's trending.
- Amazon Promotes Dads: Amazon's latest Father's Day promotion is live, curating items for dedicated dads.
- Excellence in Ecommerce: Winners of the 2025 BigCommerce and Feedonomics Customer and Partner Awards in the Americas region have been announced!
- From Shein to My Shop: Actowiz Solutions helped a client scale through automated Product Sourcing in Shein and Temu.
TRENDING TOPIC
Are your products affected by the 245% tariff on China?
If you saw the “245% tariff on China” and felt your heart skip a beat—take a breath. ABC News reported it’s not a blanket policy.
🧾 The fine print
Before you overhaul your entire sourcing strategy, the White House clarified that this isn’t a blanket tariff on all China-based imports.
The figure only applies to select product categories, absolutely not your average seller’s catalog.
Here’s what’s actually going on:
- The U.S. is layering a new 145% product-specific tariff on top of the existing Section 301 tariffs. That’s how we get to these numbers:
- Electric vehicles: Already under a 100% tariff (Biden), now hit with an additional 145% (Trump) = 245% total 🚗
- Syringes and needles: 245% 💉
- Lithium-ion batteries: 173% 🔋
This move is part of a tit-for-tat escalation with China over trade policies. The goal? Respond to what the U.S. calls unfair retaliatory measures.So, no need to slam the brakes on your sourcing strategy—just don’t drive blind.
TECH MARKETING
5 ways to blend AI-generated visuals into your brand
Generative AI is revolutionizing the way brands scale, but there’s a delicate balance between embracing innovation and preserving authenticity.
While AI-generated visuals can be incredibly powerful, they sometimes risk feeling inconsistent, off-brand, or even inauthentic. Sales & Marketing Management pointed how to strike that balance:
- Lock down your brand’s visual rules. Define your colors, lighting, fonts, and layouts to avoid mismatched content.
- Augment, don’t replace. Use AI to enhance real photography, think background swaps, upscaling, and color correction.
- Keep humans in the loop. Have a human quality control team ready to ensure everything feels right. 🧑🤝🧑
- Personalize with limits. Tailor content for different audience segments, but stay true to your brand’s staples. Use AI within a system that allows for controlled variations.
- Make it feel real. Blend AI-generated visuals seamlessly with your real-world content. Make them feel as authentic as the rest of your brand.
⚠️ Bonus: Be honest about AIIf you’re showing AI-generated photos, they need to match what customers will actually get. Be transparent about your AI use—enhance images, don’t distort them, and never let it replace the human touch.
HOT TOPIC
China just called Trump's billion-dollar tariffs ‘a joke'
We’re not making this up—China really called Trump’s billion-dollar tariffs “a joke.”
According to Al Jazeera, China’s Ministry of Finance brushed off the U.S. tariffs as economically meaningless. And now, they’re making it clear: they’re done playing along with Trump’s “tariff numbers game.
🎭 China’s not laughing
China is shrugging off the erratic policies. Moving forward, they’re acting in their own best interest.
- China’s tariffs on U.S. goods are sitting at 125%
- Beijing is also pulling non-tariff levers—like limiting the release of Hollywood blockbusters
- And while U.S. tariffs (some as high as 245%) are making headlines, China’s response is mostly: meh
🌍 Global ripple effects
But while China shrugs, global markets aren’t exactly chill.
- The World Trade Organization (WTO) says global trade could dip 0.2% in 2025—or nearly 3% lower than it would in a low-tariff world
- If paused tariffs resume this July, we could see a 1.5% drop in global goods trade
- Export-reliant developing nations are likely to feel the squeeze the most
Meanwhile, the UN's Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has already lowered its global growth forecast from 2.5% to 2.3%, warning that anything below 2.5% starts to flirt with global recession.
