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Amazon Prime Day: Medicube out-searched the iPad, K-beauty sets records
At Amazon Prime Day (June 23–26), K-beauty set new records again. Highlights APR's Medicube was No. 1 in overall Amazon US search terms, ahead of iPad, Lego and AirPods. Its Zero Pore Pad topped beauty for a second strai
0 0TikTok Shop beauty neared $1B a quarter, yet half of shops sold nothing
US TikTok Shop beauty sales are booming, but an analysis shows the winners are very few. The numbers Q2 2026 TikTok Shop beauty GMV: $980M, up 82% year on year The top 5 brands took more than half of tracked sales Medicu
0 0Qoo10 Mega Wari: great deals, or just a growing stash of sets and freebies?
When Qoo10 Japan's "Mega Wari" sale opened on 28 August at 5 pm, a "What are you buying?" thread went up on Girls Channel, a large Japanese women's forum. It passed 200 comments, mixing wish lists with the question of wh
0 0How far do you trust beauty YouTubers' recommendations?
A post titled "Stop watching cosmetics YouTubers" went up on DC Inside's perfume and cosmetics gallery. Dermatologist YouTubers are better, it argued, because cosmetics YouTubers are ultimately in it to launch their own
0 0TikTok’s K-beauty formula: bring creators in at the idea stage
TikTok's global product marketing lead explained to Korean press why K-beauty works so well on the platform. Examples from TikTok Shop US Medicube (APR): No. 1 with $16.77M in sales over 30 days Dr. Melaxin (Brand501): N
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