Watch What Is Next for TikTok

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TikTok has been intensifying competition with Meta and other rivals, luring younger users as well as popular influencers.  Now it appears to be deepening its foray into e-commerce with plans to operate its own warehouses in the United States — the kind of packing and shipping facilities more associated with Amazon or Walmart than the social media platform best known for addictive short videos.

Check out how job listings offer a clue on what moves TikTok will be making next on US e-commerce.

What To Do When Your Business Grows Beyond One Market or Country

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Shopify announced that it is enhancing its Shopify Plus platform to include global capabilities aimed at enterprises.

The enhanced SP suite will include new global capabilities surrounding currency support and a low-cost e-commerce fulfillment network -- all available later this year.

Here's the coolest part:  Shopify Plus is designed to meet the needs of larger businesses when they grow beyond just one market or country.

Discover more on how SP will enable all merchants to sell in multiple currencies and get paid in their local currency, too.