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Global shipping volumes: $279 billion revenue in 2017
The Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index revealed that parcel shipping generates 279 billion dollars revenue in 2017. Turnover increased with 11% over 2016, while parcel volumes grew 17%, to 74.4...
August 30, 2018
IWC expands e-commerce and opens new factory
The Swiss watch brand IWC, owned by Richemont, inaugurated its new factory in Schaffhausen. This to keep track with growing demands for its luxury watches. The new production location brings...
August 29, 2018
New E-commerce tax for multinationals in Chile
The government of Chile is planning to include a new tax on multinational digital (e-)commerce companies with local operations. This as a part of a wider tax bill set to...
August 28, 2018
Alibaba cross-border turnover: 652 million dollar
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba generated more turnover from its cross-border activities. This can be concluded when looking at the quarterly figures of the company. The cross-border turnover grew 64%, to...
August 24, 2018
JD.com and Unilever partner in distribution deal
Chinese platform JD.com and Dutch-Brittish Unilever have partnered on distributing some products, e.g. Lipton tea and Lux soap, to China. Unilever states that it is trying to access the more...
August 20, 2018
Meet the CEO at the helm of £1.93 billion annual sales at IRC in October
Henry Birch, the newly-appointed CEO at Shop Direct is making his first ever speaking appearance at InternetRetailing Conference. The finance and gaming veteran has recently taken over the operator of...
August 16, 2018
B2B Online - 28 & 29 November
B2B Online, Europe’s only conference for leaders in e-commerce, digital, and marketing from prominent manufacturers and distributors, is coming back to Amsterdam this November. Whether you’re right at the beginning...
August 15, 2018
Cdiscount marketplace crosses border to neighboring countries
French marketplace Cdiscount is expanding outside France. The online platform offers delivery of selected items to Belgium, Germany, Italy and Spain. The products that will be shipped outside of France...
August 8, 2018
Dutch consumers spent 15 percent more on European webshops
According to the Dutch research company CBS, Dutch consumers spent around 400 million euros on products at foreign webshops in the European Union in the first quarter of 2018. This...
August 3, 2018
Belgian E-commerce will be worth €11.84 billion in 2018
The Ecommerce Foundation published a report about the online retail industry in Belgium. These numbers state that the B2C e-commerce turnover will be increasing with a 12 percent year-on-year growth rate...
June 26, 2018
Whitepaper: How to target an additional 58 million online shoppers? - Crossing the border to Germany
Cross-border business remains one of the very few growth opportunities in today‘s highly optimized e-commerce landscape. Utilizing the differences in pricing, taxes, consumer preference and scale, smart merchants can easily access huge potential even if...
June 20, 2018
eCommerce Expo Asia 2018 - 10 – 11 October 2018, Singapore
eCommerce Expo Asia will finally be brought over from the UK! From 10th – 11th October, the two days of this comprehensive event engagement, hosted at Marina Bay Sands Expo...
June 8, 2018
JD.com brings China closer to European retailers by train
E-commerce giant JD.com introduced a new solution for online retailers from Europe who are looking to sell in China. The China Railway Express is faster than the sea and cheaper than...
June 7, 2018
Zalando To Launch In Ireland and Czech Republic In Summer 2018
Zalando continues to expand its business and will launch a Zalando shop in Ireland and the Czech Republic in summer 2018. Zalando will then be present in 17 European countries. The Europan...
June 6, 2018
eTail: the conference for Nordic e-commerce: 2-3 October 2018
 eTail returns to Copenhagen this October as the Nordics’ most senior eCommerce conference. Join over 300 senior e-commerce professionals looking to challenge convention and share their experience in delivering a...
May 31, 2018
Amazon Prime users to drop service with coming price rise
Amazon will raise the cost of American Prime in the USA from $99 to $119. This change will come effective starting June, 16th. The announcement followed after the results of the...
May 11, 2018
Zalando grows to 24 million users in the first quarter
On May 8th, Zalando published its quarterly figures. These show that the number of active users of Zalando increased with 3.5 million users in the past quarter bringing the total...
May 9, 2018
Amazon raises storage fees
Amazon is increasing its fees for using its merchant fulfilment program Fulfilment by Amazon (FbA). As of April 26th, 2018, Amazon introduces a new pricing structure that will affect both...
May 1, 2018
EU Council adopts rules on cross-border parcel delivery to promote e-commerce
The EU facilitates consumers and businesses to compare delivery rates in the European Union to promote e-commerce. This way, it will be more easy to oversee the complex fulfilment market. The...
May 1, 2018
Digital 1to1 Europe - June 12-14th, Barcelona
On the lookout for Europe's digital gathering? Join the Digital 1to1 Europe in the La Mola Hotel & Conference Centre, Barcelona What: Digital 1to1 Europe is a two-day intensive gathering at...
April 24, 2018
Engineering Digital Commerce in B2B and Wholesale
For the past 25 years, Intershop has been engineering digital business for ambitious B2B and B2C companies around the world. During these years, they have written many articles and whitepapers...
April 12, 2018
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