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Jeroen Leenders

E-commerce Belgium: €8.2 billion in 2019
In Belgium, online stores generated a total turnover of €8.2 billion in 2019. This is an increase of 17% compared to 2018. Noteworthy is that more than 25% of all...
March 9, 2020
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Camaïeu closes 135 international stores
French women fashion retailer Camaïeu is planning to close 135 stores outside of its home market. A few markets seem to stay out of reach. Examples are the BeNeLux and...
March 9, 2020
eBay looking to sell South Korean unit Gmarket
eBay is looking to sell its South Korean unit. This includes Gmarket, one of the largest online marketplaces in the country. A Seoul-based newspaper reports the company is looking for...
March 6, 2020
Alibaba Group buys small stake in Klarna
Ant Financial, an affiliate of Alibaba Group, takes a small take in Swedish payment service provider Klarna. Klarna is Europe's most valuable fintech company. With this acquisition, the two companies...
March 5, 2020
[New dates]: eTail Australia 2021 -13th – 15th April
eTail Australia 2020 is landing in Sydney Harbour Marriott, from 16-18 June 2020 with an interactive, high-level platform for the exchange of ideas, best practices and timely perspectives among Australia...
March 5, 2020
Allegro: €230 million investment in logistics and IT
Polish retailer and marketplace Allegro invests around €230 million (PLN 1 billion) in its ecosystem, reports Internet Retailing. The investment particularly focuses on logistics and IT, as it seeks to...
March 4, 2020
TDC Global 2020 write-up
In its eleventh year, Metapack’s TDC Global 2020 (The Delivery Conference 2020) demonstrated its positioning as a premier networking and delivery insight event in the e-commerce and delivery industry. This...
March 4, 2020
DPD: 1.3 billion parcels delivered in 2019
DPD released its 2019 results. It generated total revenue of €7.8 billion, an increase of 6.7% compared to 2018. During the year, a total of 1.3 billion parcels were delivered...
March 3, 2020
Zalando: 4.6 million new customers in 2019
In 2019, German fashion platform Zalando welcomed 4.6 million new customers. This makes a total of 31 million, an increase of 17% compared to 2018. All of these customers purchased...
March 3, 2020
Turnover Klarna grows 31%
International payment service provider Klarna reached a turnover of €677 million, up 31% compared to 2018. More than 200.000 online and offline shops use the services of Klarna. Despite the...
March 2, 2020
Safety test: 66% of products from non-EU shops fail
Six European consumers' associations conclude that two-thirds of products bought on non-EU online marketplaces fail safety tests. The investigated marketplaces in this extensive research are AliExpress, Amazon, eBay, LightInTheBox and...
March 2, 2020
Amazon Business Prime launched in Spain
Amazon Business Prime has launched in Spain. Spain is the fourth market in Europe where this premium service can now be used by businesses. Customers can get unlimited free delivery...
February 28, 2020
PepsiCo buys Chinese Be & Cheery
PepsiCo, Inc. an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation agreed to buy Chinese snack brand Be & Cheery. It purchases the brand from local jujube maker Haoxiangni Health Food...
February 26, 2020
Zalando opens its third warehouse in Poland
German fashion platform Zalando has opened its third fulfilment centre in Poland. The new logistics location is meant to serve all of the online fashion platform's markets. In total, Zalando...
February 26, 2020
UK Top 500 E-commerce Report 2020
Annually, Internet Retailing publishes the UK Top 500 online and multichannel retailers in the United Kingdom, featuring the best-performing shops in the United Kingdom. The list focuses on both retail...
February 25, 2020
Rising US consumer expectations in 2020
A study by RetailMeNot amongst online consumers in the United States revealed that consumer confidence reached historic high levels in 2019. Alongside the rise of confidence, the consumer expectations of...
February 25, 2020
Most preferred payment method in Germany: PayPal
When shopping online, the German consumer prefers to pay with PayPal. More than half of the respondents (57%) in a survey said this payment method is their favourite when buying...
February 24, 2020
Digital Travel - 03 - 04 November, 2020 - London
Europe's biggest travel conference for Digital Marketing, E-commerce and Customer Experience leaders is back and 2020 is set to be even bigger and better! At Digital Travel you'll hear from...
February 21, 2020
The Netherlands: 23% pays with smartphone or wearable
Mobile payments are becoming increasingly popular amongst Dutch consumers. Almost 25% of the Dutch pays wireless with a mobile phone or wearable such as a smartphone. This is the result...
February 21, 2020
Germany: destroying products more difficult
The German cabinet launched a draft law aiming to improve waste avoidance and increase recycling. It is an amendment to the Circular Economy Act. For online retailers this means the...
February 19, 2020
Peak season: 20% of annual sales achieved in only eight weeks
In many markets, Black Friday is now bigger than Christmas, shows data from a GfK POS study. The combination of Black Friday, Christmas and post-Christmas account for one-fifth of all...
February 19, 2020
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