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TikTok’s e-commerce effort, TikTok Shop, is no longer just a “dollar store” on the internet, Kurt Wagner reports in today’s Tech In Depth. The popular video app has hit a sweet spot for selling items from Rolex watches to Christmas turkeys directly to users in the app, he writes.

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