: retail business conducted online via the Internet
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Next Friday, the country’s government will ask a Paris judge to suspend the e-tail leviathan’s French marketplace for three months, a finance ministry official said Tuesday.
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 25 Nov. 2025
That could be applicable to e-tail giant Amazon, which is actively engaged in legal action against Perplexity over its agentic shopping experience, Comet, and has actively worked to prevent third-party technology companies’ large-language models (LLMs) from accessing its product catalogue.
—Meghan Hall, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
But don’t count them out of the U.S. e-tail scene, experts say
On Friday, the de minimis rule — a policy that had exempted U.S. imports worth $800 from trade tariffs — officially closed for shipments from China.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 6 May 2025
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 25 Nov. 2025
That could be applicable to e-tail giant Amazon, which is actively engaged in legal action against Perplexity over its agentic shopping experience, Comet, and has actively worked to prevent third-party technology companies’ large-language models (LLMs) from accessing its product catalogue.
—Meghan Hall, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
But don’t count them out of the U.S. e-tail scene, experts say
On Friday, the de minimis rule — a policy that had exempted U.S. imports worth $800 from trade tariffs — officially closed for shipments from China.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 6 May 2025
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“E-tail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/e-tail. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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