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Japanese Marketplace app Mercari brings cross-border C2C sales to over 100 countries
Mid-November, the Japanese marketplace app Mercari began offering cross-border sales through its consumer-to-consumer (C2C) marketplace app. It did this in partnership with Buyee, a proxy service for cross-border e-commerce. Mercari is...
December 5, 2019
Amazon: 3 million active sellers
Amazon is close to 3 million active sellers on all its marketplaces worldwide, reports MarketplacePulse. This is an increase of 17.7%. A seller is defined active if they have products...
November 29, 2019
Amazon opens pop-up store on China's Pinduoduo until the end of 2019
Amazon.com on Monday said it will open a pop-up store on Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo. This store will run until the end of December and carry a selection of about...
November 26, 2019
AliExpress offers click-and-collect at El Corte Inglés in 2020
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will boost its partnership with El Corte Inglés. The large department store group will offer click-and-collect for AliExpress customers early next year. From that moment, customers...
November 20, 2019
TheMarket.com unveils new subscription model, free Xmas trial
TheMarket.com, backed by New-Zealand retail giant The Warehouse Group, unveiled a new subscription model set to further up the game for e-commerce in New Zealand. Referred to as ‘TheMarket Club’, customers who...
November 13, 2019
Amazon: Black Friday 2019 lasts more than a week
On Amazon UK, this year's Black Friday sale will be longer than ever. The marketplaces announced that this year's Black Friday will last for over a week, running for a...
November 8, 2019
Alibaba Group Announces Q3 2019 Results
The Alibaba Group announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. The Chinese marketplace giant reported a better-than-expected 40% rise in revenue, powered by strong growth in its...
November 5, 2019
Bol.com curates 6,500 ecologically friendly gifts
The largest marketplace in the Netherlands, Bol.com, launched a curated sustainable assortment of products in time for the Black Friday and Christmas season. Whilst it’s a relatively small selection of 6,500...
November 4, 2019
Zalando Goes Carbon Neutral
Fashion platform Zalando commits to carbon neutrality in its own operations and all deliveries and returns as of October 30th. This includes self-operated properties, parcel transportation and packaging. The pledge is...
November 1, 2019
ASOS faces disappointing financial and operating performance in 2019
ASOS presented its financial and operating results, which did not live up to expectations this year. The company undertook a huge investment in transitioning itself into a business with a...
October 28, 2019
Amazon launches Amazon.sg
Amazon announced the launch of Amazon.sg, introducing a local Amazon shop in Singapore on desktop, mobile browser and as a shopping app. Customers can buy millions of products from categories such as books,...
October 11, 2019
Four marketplaces launch pan-European marketplace
In Europe, four leading marketplaces launched a pan-European marketplace platform, reports Tamebay. The European marketplace alliance includes Cdiscount (France), real.de (Germany), eMAG (Romania) and ePrice (Italy).  It will create a unique...
October 4, 2019
German marketplaces: dealers, get a VAT certificate
Starting next week on October 1st, European based online retailers that sell to German consumers must provide any marketplaces they are active on with a German VAT certificate. They can...
September 27, 2019
Amazon FBA repackaging service can no longer be disabled
Amazon has made its Amazon Fulfilment by Amazon (FbA) Repackaging service, which used to be an option, mandatory, reports Tambay. The service is designed by Amazon to take care of...
September 20, 2019
Alibaba: luxury push with buy of Netease e-commerce arm
Alibaba Group agreed to buy e-commerce business Kaola from Chinese gameplay company NetEase for $2 billion. With the buy, the Chinese e-commerce giant adds a platform that specialises in supplying...
September 19, 2019
Zalando: pilot reusable packaging in the Nordics
Zalando and Finnish startup RePack are testing with reusable packaging in the Nordics. For a period of four weeks, 10.000 customers living in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden will receive...
September 17, 2019
Green light to free returns on AliExpress in eight countries
Alibaba Group started to allow merchants who are trading on AliExpress to offer their shoppers free returns in eight countries. When the pilot is successful Alibaba Group might rollout this...
September 12, 2019
Amazon launches Prime service in challenging Brazil market
Amazon.com will launch its Prime subscription service in Brazil as it seeks to broaden its footprint in Latin America’s largest economy. Up to now, the marketplace giant has struggled against...
September 11, 2019
Effect of new German tax-law on Amazon sellers
A new German law obliges cross-border sellers in Germany that sell on marketplaces such as Amazon to take action before 1st October, 2019. Sellers who did not take action to...
September 10, 2019
MediaMarkt offers its customers in-store smartphone navigation
Since the end of July, MediaMarkt is testing applications in in-store navigation and location-based services for the first time in Germany: In Gründau-Lieblos in Hesse, customers can use their smartphones...
September 6, 2019
TheMarket: new marketplace platform in New-Zealand
The Warehouse Group has launched a new e-commerce marketplace called TheMarket in New-Zealand, an online shopping platform that brings local, international and niche brands together in one place, offering Kiwis...
August 23, 2019
Lady Gaga and Amazon were born to collaborate
Amazon will be launching Lady Gaga’s new makeup line, Haus Laboratories. Celebrities launching a new makeup line is not shocking news- what did stand out is that the new line...
July 19, 2019
The power of Alibaba
China's consumers are the driving force behind the economic growth of the country in 2019. Alibaba is one of the fastest growers and is the undisputed number one in online...
July 16, 2019
Russian SPUTNIK marketplace set to launch this autumn
New Russian marketplace SPUTNIK is set to launch this autumn. According to the platform, it aims to sell "trustworthy" goods to Russian consumers. The product range will consist of a...
July 11, 2019
Zalando adds 50 private pick-up and drop-off points in Denmark
European fashion marketplace Zalando collaborated with PostNord to open up to 50 private pick-up and drop-off points. The pilot is managed by Zalando’s Dutch partner, Homer. The pick-up and drop-off...
July 10, 2019
Amazon leads online grocery market, but remains a modest player
Amazon is currently leading the online shopping market in the United States. According to Bloomberg, the online retailer’s turnover of 2018 was worth at least 25.4 billion dollars. However, Brick...
July 5, 2019
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