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Instabox: The new Swedish Unicorn!
Instabox, a Swedish parcel delivery start-up, has raised 174 million euros in its latest financing round. Its value is now estimated at 1 billion euros, granting it the Unicorn Status. ...
April 26, 2022
IRX & eDX 2022 coming on May 11th and 12th!
IRX  & eDX 2022 will bring innovation, disruption, and the latest trends in the world of online retail to the UK and the world. The event will be held on...
April 25, 2022
Fake influencers will soon get caught
According to Bas van Teylingen, chief creative officer and partner at online video agency Online Cookie Collective, it will not take long for fake influencers to get caught. Influencer marketing...
June 17, 2019
Crossing the Swiss border: changes, customs and taxes in a fast-growing market
Starting a business in a different country is never easy. One of the requirements for Switzerland is that you have to be a Swiss resident, or have a Swiss legal...
June 5, 2019
Zalando starts pilot with reusable packaging
Zalando is planning a pilot for reusable packaging. The goal of this is to make the shipping of its packages even more sustainable. The customer can return the packaging (e.g....
May 31, 2019
Free delivery doesn’t increase return volume
Online retailers who offer free delivery do not experience an increase in returns. Although many consumers often don’t pay for a delivery, free delivery is almost never the reason for...
May 29, 2019
Farfetch gives designer bags second life
Luxury marketplace Farfetch has introduced Farfetch Second Life: an initiative to give designer bags a second life. Customers can exchange their beloved handbags for credit. You can use this credit...
May 23, 2019
Lidl starts selling groceries online in Spain
Lidl recently started selling its groceries online in Spain. For now, the delivery of fresh foods is only available in Madrid. To get the products to customers’ homes, Lidl is...
May 22, 2019
Zalando starts 2019 with strong growth
In the first quarter of 2019, Zalando successfully expanded its customer reach. The number of active customers increased by 14.1% to 27.2 million and site visits increased by 29.5% to...
May 20, 2019
Migros launches click and collect service with Swiss Post
Supermarket giant Migros has made it possible for its customers to collect webshop orders in their shops across Switzerland. This new service is available due to a partnership between the...
May 17, 2019
Google makes YouTube videos 'shoppable'
Search giant Google is testing its Google Express marketplace by putting product recommendations and prices below YouTube videos. According to The Information, the company starts testing this with videos from...
May 17, 2019
French e-commerce increases 12.5% in 2019
The turnover of business-to-consumer e-commerce in France is expected to increase by 12.5% compared to 2018. Last year, the French e-commerce turnover was 92.6 billion euros and it will reach...
May 10, 2019
European webshops convert 1.6 billion in the Netherlands
Dutch consumers bought around 1.6 billion euros (excluding VAT) from European webshops last year. This is a 17 % increase in comparison to 2017. In the fourth quarter of 2018,...
May 9, 2019
Ability to physically see products increasingly important
When consumers choose to buy a product offline instead of on an online shop, it is mainly because they prefer to see the products they want to purchase in real...
May 7, 2019
German e-commerce will grow 57.8 billion in 2019
German e-commerce will predictably increase by 9% in 2019. If the prediction becomes true, the German e-commerce industry will be worth 57.8 billion euros at the end of this year....
May 6, 2019
Otto best European alternative to Amazon
German e-commerce company Otto is the biggest European competitor of Amazon. According to former CEO and current chairman of the Otto Group supervisory board, Michael Otto, it is the only...
April 30, 2019
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...
April 24, 2019
Paypal Cross-Border Consumer Research 2018
Well-known payment provider PayPal carried out an annual survey in collaboration with Ipsos on cross border purchases by consumers worldwide. For this Cross-Border Consumer Research in 2018, they collected survey...
April 9, 2019
eBay starts retail of online groceries in Australia
eBay and the 100-year old Coles Supermarket chain in Australia extend their partnership to launch the first full-blown online grocery business, reports Tamebay. The marketplace platform hopes to attract more...
March 29, 2019
Instagram trials in-app purchasing with leading brands in US
Social media platform Instagram works on making in-app purchases possible. The platform teams up with major brands like Adidas, Anastasia Beverly Hills, ColourPop, Huda Beauty, KKW Beauty, Kylie Cosmetics, Nike...
March 26, 2019
Rising sales for international e-tailer ASOS
ASOS said it had 16% more active customers and that 4% more orders were placed. However, the average selling prices and basket sizes both decreased by 1%. The basket value...
March 26, 2019
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