TikTok
TikTok’s Chinese Counterpart, Douyin, Is Courting American Designers
The app, owned by TikTok parent company ByteDance, has been promising to help emerging US labels get started selling in China at the same time that TikTok faces a potential ban by the US for its ties to China.
TikTok Ready to Fight US Ban With 170 Million Users at Stake
Four years ago, when the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok in the US, its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. worked out a preliminary deal to sell the short video app’s business. Not this time.
Who Is the TikTok Shopper?
The ByteDance-owned app’s e-commerce play has been met with mixed response from users. Still, sales seem to keep ticking up.
The US TikTok Ban Clears Its First Hurdle. What’s Next?
The US House of Representatives approved a bill that could ultimately lead to a ban of the app, but its path forward remains far from certain.
What Blink-And-You’ll-Miss-It Beauty Trends Mean in the Long Term
Beauty trends are getting more ephemeral, and much, much weirder. But behind these fleeting moments might be more macro movements.