The Dutch retail sector is experiencing growth in the first part of 2019. Not only the online retail market, but also the offline retail is growing. Dutch market research company CBS researched the recent retail growth in the Netherlands. According to CBS, online sales in the Netherlands were 16.8% higher in February 2019 than in February last year. Web shops have converted
Zalando is the most convincing fashion retailer
Zalando knows how to use the best persuasion and personalisation techniques to entice consumers to purchase. We know this because the German fashion giant has finished number one in the Persuasion Index 2019. The Persuasion Index is a top 100 of online fashion retailers. A team of digital behavioural psychologists, data scientists and digital marketers compiled the index. In
Annual EU Online Sales up 12%
Eurostat has just released the annual retail figures, and average internet sales in the European Union are up by 12%, reports Tamebay. Estonia is leading with a growth of 36%, whereas Finland’s sales deflated by 1% and Portugal was down by 9%. Online sales or sales by mail order have increased enormously in the past decade, and the annual growth of online sales in the EU has
Black Friday: major growth in transactions in the Netherlands
According to Betaalvereniging Nederland, payment transactions have increased a lot over the Black Friday weekend. From Friday, November 23rd to Monday 26th, the popular payment method iDeal and normal debit cards were used a lot more. The number of iDeal transactions rose 72% compared to normal. For debit cards, the increase was 16%. In total, a turnover of about 2.35
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 distant areas in China easier this way. JD.com's distribution network would help achieve that goal, as it has storage capacity in China in about 500 distribution centers all over the