Online retailing experienced a fair amount of growth during the COVID-19 outbreak. It still appears to be in its terminal stages, a sizable chunk of that gain is expected to stick. Meanwhile, traditional retailers have been retooling and upgrading to capture more online sales. However, back in the shipping department an unintended consequence has been piling up, mountains of
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,
A different e-commerce approach: “We care about local retailers”
Dominik Benner is the founder and CEO of Schuhe24, a platform for local retailers in Germany. Based in Wiesbaden, near Frankfurt, Schuhe24 takes care of around 2.000 local retailers, selling shoe and fashion items every day, which are connected to the platform. It launched in 2013 as a platform for shoe-selling retailers. Not much later, they expanded their services to the
UK Top 500 E-commerce Report 2020
Annually, Internet Retailing publishes the UK Top 500 online and multichannel retailers in the United Kingdom, featuring the best-performing shops in the United Kingdom. The list focuses on both retail brands and consumers brands selling directly to their audience. The list is based on a set of performance metrics, like revenue, store network, web traffic, merchandise and brand
German e-commerce market 2019: €76.2 billion
The German e-commerce market had a total value of €76.2 billion in 2019. The market grew by 11.6% compared to the situation in 2018. Mainly, the growth of the German online retail industry is thanks to online shoppers who have increased their online spendings. Every third consumer now orders several times a week. Mobile devices are an accelerator of this growth as one in three