Pattern Europe shared their recent Black Friday results showing how they have progressed in the region as an Amazon seller during 2020. For Black Friday itself, Pattern saw their sales on Amazon in Europe grow by 612% year on year. Their two largest European markets, the United Kingdom and Germany, saw Black Friday results that were up by 682% and 715%
Amazon doubles reach in the Netherlands
Amazon is the 14th largest website in terms of reach in the Netherlands. In November, the trading platform reached 7.3 million Dutch consumers, or 45% of the online population. Double that of a year ago. New figures from Vinex's Dutch Online Reach Survey for the month of November show that Amazon has made huge leaps in reach. At the beginning of 2020, before the COVID-19
Retailer marketplaces outperform Amazon
Retailer marketplaces in the United Kingdom and France outperformed Amazon. This happened during the first three weeks of the countries' second lockdown, says Internet Retailing. Marketplaces enabled French retailers to experience sales increases of 75% during the first weeks of November. In addition, marketplaces in the UK experienced 63% sales increase. On the other hand,
Todos Tus Libros, a platform for bookstores, unites against Amazon
The Spanish Confederation of Booksellers Guilds and Associations (Cegal), which brings together 789 bookstores in Spain, launched the platform Todos Tus Libros. Together, they want to unite against e-commerce giants, such as Amazon. The independent sellers seek to gain a foothold in the online books market. Delivery within 24 to 48 hours Users visiting the website can use
Amazon charged with antitrust violations in Europe
The European Commission has informed Amazon of its preliminary view that it has breached EU antitrust rules. The Commission takes issue with Amazon systematically relying on non-public business data of independent sellers who sell on its marketplace. To the benefit of Amazon's own retail business, which directly competes with those third party sellers. The Commission also