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Mexico Peak Prep Guide: Get Set Up Before 2026 Peak Season

Mexico Peak Prep Guide: Get Set Up Before 2026 Peak Season

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If you want Mexican shoppers buying from you during El Buen Fin, your setup needs to be finished by the end of October. The 2026 edition runs Friday 13 November to Tuesday 17 November, and product compliance checks can take longer than the shipping itself.

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Growing Your Shopify Store's International Sales: October 2026

Growing Your Shopify Store's International Sales: October 2026

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The average global brand earns 10-20% of its revenue internationally. Brands running FlavorCloud's Commerce Intelligence earn 40 to 60%. In August we said the back half of the year is where most of that gap closes. October is when the setup work has to be finished. Two EU rules ...

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It's Law: EU Customs Code Reform Published in the Official Journal

It's Law: EU Customs Code Reform Published in the Official Journal

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Summary The EU Customs Code reform is now enacted law. Regulation (EU) 2026/2108, establishing the new Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, was published in the Official Journal on 19 September 2026 and entered into force on 20 September 2026. That is 17 ...

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Australia Peak Prep Guide: Get Set Up Before 2026 Peak Season

Australia Peak Prep Guide: Get Set Up Before 2026 Peak Season

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If you want Australian shoppers buying from you in November, you need to have your ducks in a row by mid-October at the latest. Promotions there now start with Singles' Day and Click Frenzy in the first half of November, and transit from the US and other origin countries can ...

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No Threshold Applies to the EU PID Requirement

No Threshold Applies to the EU PID Requirement

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If you sell into the EU, two significant changes will impact your customs declarations this year, and they are easy to conflate. One is the removal of the de minimis duty exemption. The other is the new Product Identifier (PID) requirement. Because both arrived in the same ...

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Market Intelligence Is Now Live in the FlavorCloud App

Market Intelligence Is Now Live in the FlavorCloud App

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Shoppers from dozens of countries are already visiting your store, and if you're like most brands, the majority of them leave without buying. That's why we created Market Intelligence and made it available directly within the FlavorCloud app. We can tell you which markets are ...

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How Cross-Border Merchants Can Cut Chargebacks Before They Happen

How Cross-Border Merchants Can Cut Chargebacks Before They Happen

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International revenue is where the growth is. It's also where disputes multiply. Cross-border orders make up roughly a fifth of global ecommerce and carry about twice the chargeback rate of domestic transactions, driven by currency confusion, delivery delays, and fraud. For ...

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Breaking down the EU’s

Breaking down the EU’s "Responsible Person" Requirement

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When a shipment gets held at an EU border because there's no "Responsible Person" on file, it looks like a customs problem. However, it’s not. It's product law, and customs is just where you feel it first. The exact shape of it depends on the product category: cosmetics, medical ...

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The EU's Withdrawal Button: What It Is and What Merchants Selling Into the EU Need to Do

The EU's Withdrawal Button: What It Is and What Merchants Selling Into the EU Need to Do

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Since June 19th, 2026, merchants selling to shoppers in the EU through an online store have been required to give those shoppers a digital way to cancel their orders. The requirement comes from Directive (EU) 2023/2673, which adds a new Article 11a to the EU Consumer Rights ...

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The NS-PID Problem: Why Your Suppliers Are the Weak Link in EU Compliance

The NS-PID Problem: Why Your Suppliers Are the Weak Link in EU Compliance

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Of the three EU Product Identifiers you need on every SKU by November 1, 2026, two are within your control. The merchant PID lives in your storefront and the standardized PID is typically the EAN barcode associated with the product (the 13-digit number you may already have in ...

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