TikTok is training its e-commerce partners on what's worked in China as it doubles down on live selling

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• TikTok just hosted its first summit for its US e-commerce partners.
• The company spent much of the event pushing TikTok Shop partners to test out live selling.
• It had attendees with expertise on its China-based sister app Douyin share insights.

TikTok is gearing up for the holiday season on its e-commerce platform TikTok Shop.

A couple of weeks ago, around the first anniversary of the product's US launch...