Inside Finance | Feb 2026
Top-line growth is forecast to slow due to fragile demand, but there could be some margin tailwinds.
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday were blowout days for TikTok Shop.
In app purchases saw a 165% increase in shoppers year-over-year. Fueled by both familiar and new creators within TikTok’s extensive community, there were over 4 billion #tiktokshopblackfriday views and 3.5 billion #tiktokshopcybermonday across the platform to help inspire shoppers, according to TikTok’s data.
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