Last week, price-comparison websites hit out at Google's shopping service. Google Shopping has been attacked by 41 price-comparison companies in Europe, which have called on the European Commission to reopen an investigation into Google. A previous fine of €2.4 billion was landed on Google earlier. In a letter sent to Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, the websites
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 Japan’s largest C2C marketplace, with approximately 14 million monthly users, a gross merchandise value (GMV) of approximately 530.7 billion
New record high cyber weekend spendings in the US
In the United States, the Cyber weekend - again - reached new heights. On Black Friday, turnover in the US reached at least 7.4 billion dollars. This is an increase of 1.2 billion dollars. On average, spendings reached a record high 168 dollar per order, an increase of 5.9% compared to 2018. Popular products involved gadgets and toys with Frozen 2 and Paw Patrol theme. The
Superdry turns to ZigZag Global to manage ‘Peak’ Returns
British fashion brand Superdry has launched on ZigZag Global’s returns solution to handle all its e-commerce returns ahead of the expected surge in sales in the holiday period. Operating through 515 branded locations in 46 countries, Superdry is a growing worldwide presence with a foothold on the UK high street. The fashion brand invests in customer experience with a focus
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 listed for sale on the marketplace platform. Less than 10% of all active sellers are able to achieve $100,000 in yearly sales. On top of that, only 1% reached the $1 million sales mark. This