Amazon says you can miss anything, but not your favorite show.
Prime Video now offers bite-sized visual summaries to catch you up before a new season.
- Can’t hit your FBA goals? 🧱
- TikTok is handing out cash for your sales 💵
- Big gains at Walmart come with a catch ⚠️
- Your price moves are no longer secret 🕵️♂️
SOCIAL PULSE
TikTok’s response to rising U.S. pressure? More incentives to keep Shop’s momentum intact.
The platform has dropped a Q4 rewards stack loaded with cash bonuses, ad credits, and creator-centered perks designed to keep cha-ching ringing all season long.
💵 Handing out real money
TikTok is basically saying, “Please sell more… on us.”
- $5K–$20K in cash for incremental daily GMV growth
- Up to $10K extra for climbing TikTok Shop Partner rankings
- $1K–$10K per creator for incubating priority creators
- $1K–$5K in monthly ad credits for hitting GMV targets
- Over $2K bonus for ranking in the top 15 all quarter
- Up to $1K in ad credits per seller for partner agencies managing creators, capped at 70 sellers
As if Q4 hadn’t been chaotic enough, TikTok added extra challenges for Black Friday.
- Creator matchmaking partners: up to $25K
- Partners already doing $20K+ daily GMV in October: up to $12K
- Smaller partners under that threshold: up to $2K
- Plus TikTok-funded BFCM coupons, discounts, and exclusive flash sales
🔎 What this signals
Despite regulatory drama, TikTok is all-in on Q4, paying generously to keep GMV growing.
True enough, their Black Friday was massive: #TikTokShopBlackFriday hit 4B+ views, a third of purchases went to SMBs. WARC predicts TikTok will capture 10.3% of social media ad spend in 2025, rising to 11.7% by 2027.
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BITES OF THE WEEK
- Safety Recall Alert: About 70 Anna Queen play yards sold on Amazon pose suffocation risks; consumers should seek full refunds immediately.
- Unboxing Ads, Simplified: Amazon Ads unBoxed 2025 introduces AI tools and interactive formats to streamline campaigns and boost ad performance.
- New Ad Benchmarks: Amazon Ads’ new benchmarks give advertisers category-specific insights, enabling smarter, data-driven campaign and investment decisions.
- Returnless Refund Control: Sellers can now set price-based FBA returnless thresholds, cutting return costs while preserving customer satisfaction.
ECOMMERCE NEWS
Retail red flag hiding in Walmart's big win
Walmart just posted a 34% profit jump to $6.1B as shoppers flock to low prices in a shaky economy.
On paper, it’s a win. In reality… it might be flashing a yellow light for the broader U.S. retail landscape.
🏷️ Walmart’s low-price pull
Walmart isn’t just riding the value wave—it is the wave. Even with fewer trips, shoppers are dropping more cash every time they walk through the doors (or hit “add to cart”).
- Comparable-store sales up 4.5%, driven by bigger baskets despite fewer visits
- Over 7,400 temporary rollbacks, mostly groceries; over 2,000 made permanent
- Ecommerce climbed 28%, helped by ads and marketplace sales
- Sam’s Club growth cooled to 3.8% (down from 7% last year)
- Annual sales forecast lifted to 4.8–5.1% as confidence rises
💎 Shoppers are prioritizing value
Inflation, tariffs, and government curveballs are keeping buyers cautious, and Walmart is soaking up that demand.
- Lower-income families are easing spending
- Higher-income shoppers are bargain-hunting too (because apparently no one is above a good rollback)
- Target and Home Depot cut profit outlooks while Walmart keeps gaining share
When every dollar counts, customers migrate to whoever stretches it farthest.
🔥 Amazon's not exactly chill
The ecommerce giant says its prices run 14% lower than other U.S. online retailers. So while Walmart is riding the value wave in stores, Amazon is tightening its grip online.
Two retail giants, one price war, and a holiday season that’s shaping up to be… spicy.
SELLER REFRESHER
Amazon shoppers can now see your price history
Amazon just rolled out a built-in Price History feature right on product pages. Shoppers can now check 30- and 90-day pricing trends before hitting “Buy Now.”
A tiny UI tweak? Sure. But it’s carrying big marketplace energy.
🔍 What it means
Shoppers can now instantly see whether a ‘deal’ is truly a deal or just the usual retail theatrics.
This is where things get… interesting. The curtain just got pulled back on your pricing tactics.
- Pre-sale price bumps? Much easier to spot
- Jumpier competition in categories with inconsistent pricing
- More pressure to keep margins steady and strategies tight
On the flip side, Amazon strengthens its position as the platform that “has nothing to hide.”
So, were you able to check out the new feature?
