📦 The Order : Weekly Roundup - M&A multiples plus TikTok & Shein marketplace moves

Issue #121

Happy Sunday,

Here’s a quick roundup of last week’s news :

Chart of the week 📈

Light M&A rebound? Sellside Partners published their updated eCommerce M&A multiple report.

Movers & Shakers 🙌

• The story of athleisure brand Jack Archner: “How DTC aggregator OpenStore scaled one of its brands from $1M to $10M in sales” [Modern Retail]

• Guaranteed buyback options for DTC checkout: “Fintech Platform Croissant Launches with $24 Million in Initial Funding and a Mission to Change the Future of Commerce” [Business Wire]

Strategy 📈

• Is Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) Significantly Undervalued? A Comprehensive GF Value Analysis [Yahoo Finance]

• TikTok Shopping Center starting in August? “TikTok Launching E-Commerce Business Competing With Shein And Temu, Report Says” [Forbes]

• More on the TikTok story: “TikTok Wants to Sell Made-in-China Goods to Americans” [WSJ]

• Shein’s transformation to the everything store: “Shein Makes an Aggressive Pitch to Woo U.S. Amazon Sellers” [The Information]

• Shopify Sidekick is like ChatGPT, but for e-commerce merchants [TechCrunch]

• TikTok won't launch cross-border e-commerce services in Indonesia amid concerns [Reuters]

• For the SaaS-y folks among you: “How Shopify builds product” [Lenny’s Newsletter]

Events 🎤

• Amazon Accelerate, Sep 12-14, Seattle, US

• eClimb Summit, Sep 21, London, UK

• Seller Velocity Conference, Oct 11-12, New York, US

• Amazon Ads unBoxed, Oct 24-26, New York City, US

Have a successful Prime Day week 🙌

Christian