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65% of Italians prefer physical stores to e-commerce
From the results of "The State of Shopping 2024" survey conducted by ShopFully with Offerista Group, for 65% of Italians, the physical store is the preferred place to shop with...
August 8, 2024
Google releases Gemma 2
Google has taken a significant step in the evolution of its language model family with the release of Gemma 2. This extension not only introduces new models and tools, but...
August 5, 2024
FoxIntelligence: Temu has a larger market share than Shein in France
Within four months of its launch in France, Temu achieved a larger market share in terms of value than its competitor, Shein. However, it has not yet surpassed AliExpress.  Additionally,...
August 2, 2024
Zalando remains the largest online retailer in Switzerland
Despite a revenue drop, Zalando remains the largest online retailer in Switzerland. The local online department store Galaxus, now the new number 2, increased its revenue significantly last year. Temu...
August 1, 2024
NIQ: 34% of Spain online purchases are done via Chinese platforms
34% of this year's online purchases in Spain in the first half were made on Chinese platforms such as Alibaba, Temu, or Shein.  These platforms have a far higher market...
July 31, 2024
Bol update: changes and new releases!
The online marketplace Bol has released several updates, such as a new advertising option that allows sellers to highlight their brand and assortment in search results. Also, changes to the...
July 30, 2024
Pinterest has unveiled Canvas AI
Pinterest has unveiled Canvas AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) project designed to improve product visualization strategies. Specifically, as detailed at the VB Transform conference, it is a new tool that...
July 29, 2024
The EU AI Act migth prevent Meta from implementing their AI models in Europe
The European regulation for artificial intelligence, the AI Act, approved in March 2024, could prevent Meta from implementing the Llama 3.1 AI models, as by the law definition they could...
July 27, 2024
WhatsApp Business is changing its rates
WhatsApp Business is reducing utility message rates and increasing marketing message rates. A change that aims to encourage business communication and reduce spam. The new utility rates will take effect...
July 26, 2024
Decathlon is negotiating the acquisition of a majority stake in Tradeinn
Decathlon is negotiating the acquisition of a majority stake in Tradeinn, the Spanish e-commerce giant Tradeinn, specializing in sports equipment, to strengthen its online sales strategy, according to Expansión and...
July 25, 2024
Half a million merchants are already using Alibaba AI toolkit 
Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group (“Alibaba International”) has announced that around 500,000 merchants have adopted its generative artificial intelligence (AI) toolkit in more than 40 e-commerce domains. Since the launch...
July 24, 2024
Meta won’t launch their AI models in the EU
Meta – parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp –  will not launch its upcoming multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) models in the European Union (EU) due to the “unpredictable nature” of...
July 22, 2024
Sales and returns, what can go wrong?
By Cinzia Barberis By Cinzia Barberis - Sales periods provoke mixed feelings in the industry. Do we love them? Do we hate them? Do we need them? We are aware...
July 20, 2024
Introducing Joom: "We make global trade easy and efficient via technology"
Photo courtesy of Deliver Joom is an international group of e-commerce companies founded in June 2016 in Riga, Latvia. As of the beginning of 2024, Joom has amassed over 400...
July 19, 2024
CIRRO E-Commerce integrates with 17TRACK, optimizing the post-purchase experience in e-commerce
By CIRRO - Los Angeles, July 16, 2024 -- CIRRO E-Commerce, a leading e-commerce logistics solutions provider, announces its integration with 17TRACK, a leading global shipment tracking service platform. This...
July 17, 2024
Amazon India could revise its fee structure... again 
Consumers may pay more to shop online on Amazon India for certain products as the company is apparently set to revise its seller fee structure again before the end of...
July 16, 2024
The UN claims: The Netherlands is the most established e-commerce market in the World 
According to a new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Netherlands' e-commerce penetration rate is the highest globally, at 84%. Following the ranking are...
July 15, 2024
Apple yields to the European Commission and will allow third-party payments
The European Commission (EC) informed this Thursday that it considers as good the concessions offered by Apple to open to its rivals the NFC wireless technology to which it limits...
July 12, 2024
Vinted fined 2.3 million euros for ‘shadowbanning’ + Vinted official response 
Vinted will have to pay a fine of 2.3 million euros for allegedly violating several aspects of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The fine follows complaints from several...
July 11, 2024
Mangopay chooses Mark Fleming as its new Chief Commercial Officer
Mangopay will have Mark Fleming as its Chief Commercial Officer. Mark will join CEO Romain Mazeries' management team to spearhead the company's international expansion and growth into new customer sectors,...
July 10, 2024
The European Commission asks Amazon for more details on how it is implementing the DSA
The European Commission demanded Amazon to submit more information on the measures it has taken to implement the DSA last Friday, July 5. Specifically, Amazon is asked to provide detailed...
July 9, 2024
Revolut revenue increased 95% in 2023
The Revolut banking group's revenue increased 95% to over €2 billion, up from over €1 billion in 2022. Pre-tax profit reached €503 million, and net profit grew to over €395...
July 8, 2024
The European Commission accused Meta of violating the DMA
The European Commission (EC) has accused Meta - the company headed by Mark Zuckerberg - of violating the rules established by the Digital Markets Act (DMA) with the "consent or...
July 5, 2024
Instacart expanded its partnership with Google Shopping Ads to include YouTube
Instacart has announced that it has expanded its partnership with Google Shopping Ads to YouTube to boost its Retail Media network to provide greater shopping reach for its advertisers. Specifically,...
July 4, 2024
How Parcel Perform ensures successful end-to-end delivery experiences globally!
Founded eight years ago, Parcel Perform has quickly become an industry leader in logistics and data support for e-commerce brands worldwide. With its end-to-end Data and Delivery Experience Platform, the...
July 1, 2024
Discover Temu's expansion into Europe and its short-term plans! 
Cross-Border Magazine Exclusive Interview Temu has become one of the world's leading marketplaces, and its expansion into Europe is a major event that could potentially forever change the way e-commerce...
June 28, 2024
CIRRO Fulfillment opens a new 33,000 sqm facility in the UK!
Lichfield, United Kingdom, June 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --CIRRO Fulfillment officially announces the opening of its 21st fulfillment center, Ergo Fradley 354, which is now operational in the well-established Fradley Park, Lichfield. The...
June 27, 2024
Shift4 acquired a majority stake in Vectron, one of Europe's largest providers of POS systems
Shift4, the global fintech for integrated payments and commerce technology, has acquired a majority stake in Vectron Systems AG, one of Europe's largest providers of point-of-sale (POS) systems for the...
June 26, 2024
KIABI announces the integration of its Spain and Portugal branches
KIABI, the low-cost fashion global brand, announces the strategic integration of its operations between Spain and Portugal. This decision aims to consolidate and strengthen KIABI's presence in the Iberian Peninsula,...
June 24, 2024
Saudi Arabia aims to become a major global e-commerce market
Saudi Arabia is making expansive plans to become a major national, regional, and international market for e-commerce. This is despite multiple access-to-market issues and other barriers Saudi e-commerce topped $10...
June 21, 2024
Meta halts the training if its AI systems in the EU
Meta has issued a statement confirming that it will halt plans to train its Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems using user data in the European Union and the United Kingdom. In...
June 18, 2024
Amazon will invest  $230 million into generative AI startups worldwide
Amazon announced a commitment to invest $230 million (€214.87 million) to accelerate the creation of generative AI applications in startups worldwide. This investment will provide startups, especially early-stage companies, with...
June 17, 2024
Meta will use AI in WhatsApp Business
Meta has announced new Artificial Intelligence (AI) features in WhatsApp Business, designed to help businesses connect more effectively with their customers, improve customer service, and increase sales. The announcement was...
June 10, 2024
Post-Purchase study: 40% of Top 100 UK retailers miss delivery deadlines 
By Salesupply - A vast post-purchase study, carried out by e–commerce customer care and fulfillment specialist Salesupply together with post-purchase experience provider parcelLab, highlights significant gaps in delivery reliability, tracking...
June 6, 2024
DELIVER 2024: Europe’s leading retail event provides face-to-face and real personal connections
Since 2015, DELIVER has fast become Europe's main and most sought-after retail event. Gathering the leading brands and businesses in the competitive retail sector, this event has provided companies from...
June 5, 2024
PayPal decides to develop a PayPal Ads platform
PayPal has announced new managerial appointments to develop a PayPal Ads solution. This PayPal Ads will be a new advertising platform to strengthen the company's consumer value proposition.  Specifically, as...
May 31, 2024
Google Pay increases compatibility with other Google products and services
Google Pay is rolling out updates to increase its compatibility with other Google products and services, such as Android-based products or even the Chrome browser itself. The modifications are designed...
May 30, 2024
Google invests $350 million in Flipkart in a bet to control India
Google has invested nearly $350 million in Flipkart, becoming the latest big-name company to back the Walmart-owned Indian startup. Specifically, Flipkart explained in a press release that the tech company...
May 28, 2024
At least 95.8% of Europeans have shopped online during 2024 Q1
At least 95.8% of European consumers shopped online in the first quarter of this year. In the United Kingdom, that percentage was 93%. In the Netherlands, 96% of consumers shopped...
May 27, 2024
Temu's parent company, PDD Holdings, increased its profits by 245% during the 2024 Q1
Chinese group PDD Holdings, owner of e-commerce platform Temu and Pinduoduo, posted an attributable net profit of 27.997 billion yuan (3.592 billion euros) in the first quarter of 2024, an...
May 24, 2024
Walmart will have three-quarters of its new sellers China-based!
It is expected that in 2024 at least three-quarters of new sellers in Walmart's marketplace will come from China, surpassing records set against the previous month, all with a clear...
May 22, 2024
Netflix will launch its own marketing and ad tech platform
Netflix aims to strengthen its advertising business and has announced that it will launch its own ad tech platform by the end of 2025. This platform will provide advertisers with...
May 16, 2024
TikTok Shop will arrive in Spain, Italy, France, Germany and Mexico this summer!
The arrival of TikTok Shop to multiple nations is close: according to the South China Morning Post, the popular social network's e-commerce will be launched this summer in Spain, France,...
May 16, 2024
Microsoft, NVIDIA and Softbank invest $1.05 billion in autonomous driving company Wayve
Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Softbank have invested $1.05 billion in autonomous driving company Wayve. Wayve builds base models for autonomy, similar to a "GPT for driving," that can train any vehicle...
May 14, 2024
Germany's online sales are marketplace and mobile
Over 50% of Germany's online sales came from marketplaces, and 55% of all online sales in that country were carried out on smartphones, for a total of 47 billion euros...
May 13, 2024
Amazon reports a 13% growth in 2024 1Q while it faces a Union uprising in Europe
Amazon reported strong results for the first quarter, driven by growth in its cloud-computing unit and new advertising dollars from its Prime Video streaming service. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant said...
May 7, 2024
2023 was a bad year for German e-commerce
German e-commerce suffered a considerable decline during the past year, and the low levels of consumer spending significantly reduced the total revenues in Germany in 2023.  Gross goods turnover fell...
May 6, 2024
Is your business ready for the European Accessibility Act?
The European Accessibility Act is a European Commission directive adopted as law by member countries in 2019. Its purpose is to improve access to products and services for EU residents...
May 2, 2024
Shein faces more regulations inside the EU
The European Commission recently announced that Shein, the ultra-fast fashion e-commerce giant, will be subject to additional regulations targeting huge online platforms (VLOPs) under the European Union's Digital Services Act...
May 1, 2024
Amazon pushes to achieve ‘under 24-hour delivery’ for all its packages in the USA
Amazon is aiming to deliver within the U.S. in under 24 hours. It is pursuing this goal as a competitive advantage in the face of an increasingly challenging e-commerce scenario...
April 29, 2024
Get ready for the Intelligent Automation Conference North America 2024!
The Intelligent Automation Conference North America 2024 will be held June 5-6 in Santa Clara, California. Immerse yourself in cutting-edge Intelligent Automation (IA) technologies, exploring key themes such as AI-driven...
April 29, 2024
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