30
August

The Best Places to Shop For Furniture That Won’t Break Your Bank

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If you’re a lover of home décor, you’re likely to get the itch to redecorate every now and again. It happens to the best of us, but sometimes we don’t have the time to physically shop around at different furniture and home decor stores to find the best pieces for our homes. That’s where these 24 furniture e-commerce sites come into play.

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No matter your schedule or ability to float from store to store, you can find everything you’d ever want to decorate your home online. Shopping for a new couch from your current couch is a bit meta, but we’re here for it. If it means not having to spend gas money and take off the sweatpants we’re wearing, sign us up.

Below, you’ll find 24 online furniture and home decor sites where you can shop ’til you drop. Some have brick-and-mortar counterparts if you really want to take a peek at an item before purchasing, but some are completely online. All of these sites, however, are chock-full of furniture and home décor pieces

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27
June

TikTok prepares ‘Project S’ plan to break into online shopping

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TikTok is expanding its online retail offerings, with its Chinese parent company selling products through the viral video app as the group seeks to challenge rivals such as Shein and Amazon.

In recent weeks, UK users have begun to see a new shopping feature within the TikTok app called “Trendy Beat”, a section offering items that have proven popular on videos, such as tools to extract ear wax or brush off pet hair from clothing.

All the items advertised are shipped from China, sold by a company registered in Singapore that is owned by TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company ByteDance, according to filings and people familiar with the operations.

The model, similar to how Amazon makes and promotes its own range of best selling items, represents a vast shift from TikTok’s existing shopping marketplace. It currently allows other vendors to sell items through the TikTok Shop, which then takes a small commission.

By contrast, ByteDance would take all the proceeds from sales made through the Trendy Beat feature on TikTok, four people familiar with its operation said.

TikTok said

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