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Taclia gets over €6 million investment from Cusp Capital
Taclia announced its successful investment round of over €6 million from Cusp Capital and Stage 2 Capital. The startup in Barcelona offers small and medium-sized businesses a free management platform...
May 3, 2023
TikTok Shop invites selected vendors to test its beta
TikTok Shop was originally tested with selected brands last year in the United States and is now expanding access to its in-profile product display option for selected users.  As such,...
May 2, 2023
Amazon plans to keep its European expansion during 2023
Amazon plans to keep its European expansion with Amazon Business expanding in Europe during 2023.  Bezos company plans to expand its B2B division - Amazon Business - although it remains...
May 1, 2023
Italian E-commerce reached a turnover of 76 billion euros in 2022
Italian e-commerce had a turnover of 76 billion euros in 2022, according to data published by Ecommerce in Italy 2023 report from Casaleggio Associati, a digital strategy consulting business in...
April 28, 2023
E-commerce in Norway – a highly developed market!
By Direct Link - Norway, with a population of 5,4 million, is the smallest country in the Nordic region in terms of number of citizens. But certainly not small in...
April 27, 2023
Shein becomes a marketplace in Brazil
Shein has become a full-fledged marketplace in Brazil, from which it will begin to offer, in addition to items from its collections, products from third-party brands. Shein had been preparing...
April 26, 2023
Ranpak to Exhibit Latest Sustainable End-of-Line Packing Solutions at LogiMAT 2023
By Ranpak - CONCORD TOWNSHIP, Ohio – April 13, 2023 – Ranpak Holdings Corp. (“Ranpak”) (NYSE: PACK), a global leader of environmentally sustainable, paper-based packaging solutions for e-commerce and industrial...
April 25, 2023
Walmart sells its online plus-size brand Eloquii
Walmart is selling the online apparel brand Eloquii to FullBeauty Brands, marking the retailer’s third divestiture of a direct-to-consumer brand this year. The big-box retailer sold Bonobos to WHP Global...
April 24, 2023
Google is no longer the preferred search engine for consumers in the USA
According to Jungle Scout's Q1 2023 Consumer Trends Report, consumers are increasingly turning to Walmart, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok in the USA, for information and online shopping.  In contrast, Google...
April 21, 2023
Google shipping information
Google will display expanded shipping and returns information
Google will display expanded shipping and returns information in search text results for commercial sites. This is done by aggregating content using structured data markup, like how you have marked up...
April 20, 2023
In Spain, 3 out of each 10 people want to be an entrepreneur
In Spain, 3 out of each 10  people want to be an entrepreneur. This is the result of the Entrepreneurship Study Spain, a report presented by the Spanish delivery company...
April 18, 2023
Spain could ban ChatGPT
ChatGPT, OpenAI's artificial intelligence tool, is in the spotlight again, as Spain could ban ChatGPT for copyright infringement.  After being banned in Italy a few weeks ago for not complying...
April 14, 2023
Google is preparing to include conversational AI
Google is preparing to include conversational AI features in its search engine, the company's CEO Sundar Pichai has said. The advances in AI will boost Google's ability to answer search...
April 13, 2023
E-commerce turnover in Spain has increased to 18,933 million euros
E-commerce turnover in Spain has increased in the third quarter of 2022 by 28.8% year-on-year to reach 18,933 million euros, according to the latest e-commerce data available on the CNMCData...
April 11, 2023
ChatGPT blocked in Italy
Italy has ordered to block "with immediate effect" the Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool, ChatGPT, of the US technology company OpenAI, accusing it of not respecting the law on protecting users'...
April 6, 2023
Glopal raised 20 million euros in funding
E-commerce support software for international expansion, Glopal raised 20 million euros in funding, during a Series A round.  The startup will expand its operations in Europe, the United Kingdom, and...
April 5, 2023
Great expectations – here’s why you should attend the InternetRetailing Expo in May at NEC Birmingham
By IRX - Thousands of industry professionals will gather for the UK’s premier digital retail show, IRX – which is free to attend The InternetRetailing Expo (IRX), considered the UK’s premier...
April 4, 2023
EU Parliament increases the protection for online shoppers and vulnerable consumers
The EU Parliament reached a provisional political agreement to increase the protection for online shoppers by updating the EU’s rules on product safety of non-food consumer products. The new regulation...
April 3, 2023
Meta Data Center in Talavera de la Reina will be a 1,000 million dollars investment
Meta has confirmed that it will continue with the project to create a data center in Talavera de la Reina, Spain, despite the numerous layoffs in the company.  🔥Do you...
March 31, 2023
The Spanish CNMC initiates disciplinary proceedings against Google and Alphabet
The National Commission for Markets and Competition from Spain (CNMC) has initiated a disciplinary proceeding against Google and its parent company, Alphabet, for abuse of Google's dominant position concerning publishers...
March 31, 2023
Alibaba reorganizes
Alibaba will reorganize its business into six companies
Alibaba will reorganize its business, including its spin-off, into six companies, each with the flexibility to raise external capital and consider an IPO. This is the most significant transformation in...
March 30, 2023
21% of Spaniards plan to buy online during Easter
According to the Cetelem Observatory, 21% of Spaniards plan to spend more during their online shopping at Easter this year than the year before. The average spending forecast by Spaniards...
March 29, 2023
UK inflation rises to 10.4%
UK consumer prices rose by 10.4% in February compared with a year ago. The inflation was more acute in food, hitting its highest level in more than 45 years. Official...
March 28, 2023
Canva enters the world of AI
Canva enters the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The simplified graphic design platform has recently held its virtual event Canva Create 2023, where they have presented all the new features...
March 27, 2023
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Instagram will increase the number of ads
Instagram is introducing two new marketing tools to offer businesses new ways to add advertising to the social network. These tools work via reminder ads and by adding ads in...
March 23, 2023
Shein opens a new round of financing to raise 2,000 million dollars
The Chinese company specializing low-cost fashion Shein opens a new round of financing to raise 2,000 million dollars.  The objective will be to consolidate its entry into the stock market,...
March 22, 2023
Dutch online sales reached over 33.3 billion euros during 2022
Dutch online sales reached over 33.3 billion euros in 2022. This represents a 9% increase year over year in comparison with 2021. Still, even when the gross sales volume increased,...
March 21, 2023
LogiCommerce's great success at eShow Barcelona 2023
The eShow Barcelona 2023 was a great success for LogiCommerce. Under the concept "Headless. Not Brainless", the eCommerce platform had the honor of being present at the stand organized by...
March 20, 2023
France is the 7th largest market for e-commerce
France is the 7th largest market for e-commerce globally, with a predicted revenue of US$91,645.5 million by 2023, placing it ahead of India. 🔥Do you want to know more about...
March 20, 2023
Spain ranks sixth in the EU in retail sales revenues
Spain maintains the sixth position in the ranking of European countries with the highest share of retail revenues, with an average turnover of 16,811 million euros (17,834 million dollars) among...
March 18, 2023
What can we expect from e-commerce in 2023?
By Direct Link - When pandemic lockdowns were lifted in 2021 and people could return to physical stores, restaurants, and so on, it quickly resulted in a temporary decline in...
March 16, 2023
Meet Hannah! Cross Border Magazine AI assistant!
Today we want to introduce you to Hannah, our newest team member, and the first Cross Border AI assistant. Hannah will guide us in a new video format called Isigth...
March 16, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank collapse: What happened and how will it impact Europe?
The second worst banking collapse in the history of the United States - second only to the 2008 disaster - happened a few days ago, forcing the public authorities to...
March 15, 2023
Meta is developing a new social network to compete against Twitter
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is in the early stages of developing its decentralized social network based on text posts. The company does not want to lose...
March 13, 2023
Salesforce - OpenAI alliance will put ChatGPT into Slack!
Salesforce just announced at its TrailblazerDX 2023 event a strategic partnership with OpenAI for the integration of the ChatGPT app into the Slack platform.  Built by OpenAI on the Slack...
March 10, 2023
Karo Healthcare selects Salesupply as their European fulfillment partner!
By- Salesupply - Karo Healthcare - formerly known as Karo Pharma - selected Salesupply to completely take over their European multi-brand e-commerce fulfillment operations. Together with Karo Healthcare, Salesupply has...
March 8, 2023
Amazon delays the second phase of its new headquarters
Amazon has decided to delay the construction of the second phase of its new headquarters in Arlington (Virginia, USA).  🔥Do you want to know more about international commerce and e-commerce...
March 7, 2023
U.S. online scams on the rise: over $6 billion lost in 2022 
The Federal Trade Commission, the federal government's arm enforcing consumer protection laws, reported that Americans lost more than $6 billion to online scams in 2022. More than 2.9 million people...
March 6, 2023
Autohero reached 1 billion euros in sales
Autohero, a second-hand vehicle e-commerce, generated 1 billion euros in sales in 2022. That is an increase of over 82% compared to the year before. This is primarily due to...
March 5, 2023
OpenAI launches ChatGPT and Whisper API
OpenAI has announced that it will launch an API so that developers can include its AI-developed models, ChatGPT and Whisper, in their products, services, applications, and websites. ChatGPT, until recently,...
March 4, 2023
Germany has the fastest growing e-commerce companies according to FT 1000 2023
According to the FT 1000-ranking 2023, which ranks the fastest-growing European companies, 95 are e-commerce businesses, most of which are from Germany, such as WLDOHO and KoRo.  Italy (24) and...
March 3, 2023
Barcelona City Council bets on pick-up-points for e-commerce
The Barcelona City Council wants that at least 40% of online purchases to be delivered to pick-up points across the city.  The City Council developed this objective alongside other specific...
March 1, 2023
Alibaba reports 37.3% less profit
Alibaba reported a net profit of 48.993 billion yuan (about 6.68 billion euros) in the first nine months of its fiscal year, which will end next March 31, representing a...
February 27, 2023
Amazon
Amazon will buy primary care provider One Medical
Amazon has announced it will buy primary care provider One Medical. Amazon aims to deepen its presence in health care and “dramatically improve” the medical care experience.  🔥Do you want...
February 23, 2023
Zalando has announced the layoff of hundreds of workers
Zalando has announced the layoff of hundreds of workers through a "program that will eliminate several hundred general functions in many of our teams," according to the letter released today...
February 22, 2023
Amazon cuts ties with European distributors
Amazon has decided to cut ties with European distributors in order to further reduce its operational costs. The e-commerce titan has now decided to eliminate the middleman figure of distributors...
February 21, 2023
French e-commerce reached 146.9 billion euros
French e-commerce reached the mark of 146.9 billion euros in online sales of products and services in 2022. This is a growth of 13.8 % when compared to 2021. This...
February 15, 2023
Alibaba Cainiao and DHL join efforts in Poland
Alibaba Cainiao, Alibaba’s logistic division, is joining parcel carrier DHL in Poland. With their combined efforts, the Asian titan intends to expand its presence in Europe.  🔥Do you want to...
February 14, 2023
Disney will layoff 7,000 employees
Disney will layoff 7,000 employees, which translates into 3.6% of its total workforce worldwide. This decision is part of its cost-cutting plan that will also affect its content divisions. This...
February 13, 2023
Inflation in the UK will add £18.2 billion to non-food retail sales
Inflation in the UK keeps rising, pushing the prices of non-food retail sales upwards. This is the result of research by Metapack, ShipStation, and Retail Economics that shows shoppers may...
February 9, 2023
Google Bard: The ChatGPT destroyer?
Google Bard has been revealed. Bard is Google’s new conversational AI, with which the world's most used search engine company wants to challenge OpenAI's ChatGPT. Until the arrival of ChatGPT,...
February 8, 2023
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