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Amazon Invests €1.4 Billion in The Netherlands
On October 27, 2025, Amazon announced a planned investment of more than €1.4 billion over the next three years (2025–2027) in the Netherlands. This marks Amazon’s most significant financial commitment...
October 27, 2025
Social Commerce Playbook for the Netherlands 2025
Social commerce—selling goods directly via social platforms—is no longer just a buzzword; it’s fast becoming a core retail channel in the Netherlands. With shifts in consumer behavior, technology, and regulation,...
October 1, 2025
E‑Commerce Payment Landscape in the Netherlands 2025
The Netherlands is a digitally advanced e-commerce market, with online retail sales exceeding US$43 billion in 2023, expected to grow to around US$63 billion by 2027. Nearly 40 % of purchases...
August 20, 2025
The UN claims: The Netherlands is the most established e-commerce market in the World 
According to a new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Netherlands' e-commerce penetration rate is the highest globally, at 84%. Following the ranking are...
July 15, 2024
At least 95.8% of Europeans have shopped online during 2024 Q1
At least 95.8% of European consumers shopped online in the first quarter of this year. In the United Kingdom, that percentage was 93%. In the Netherlands, 96% of consumers shopped...
May 27, 2024
Dutch online sales reached over 33.3 billion euros during 2022
Dutch online sales reached over 33.3 billion euros in 2022. This represents a 9% increase year over year in comparison with 2021. Still, even when the gross sales volume increased,...
March 21, 2023
Three growth opportunities for B2B e-commerce!
By Intershop - The 2022 edition of the annual B2B E-commerce Markt Monitor is out: 6,502 corporate buyers across the Netherlands were asked about their online ordering experiences and expectations....
October 14, 2022
Bol.com reaches 50.000 partner sellers and 13 million customers
Benelux’s marketplace Bol.com has doubled its number of sellers during the last three years, reaching the mark of 50.000 partner sellers. Currently, partner sellers are responsible for 60% percent of...
August 9, 2022
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Peek & Cloppenburg opens webshop in the Netherlands
Peek & Cloppenburg announced last December that a Dutch webshop will be launched. The webshop is now expected to open this upcoming autumn. Unlike in Germany, there are no plans...
June 13, 2019
Albert Heijn uses artificial intelligence to fight food waste
Dutch supermarket giant Albert Heijn is taking a new step towards reducing food waste. This week, they've started a trial with “dynamic discounting” of chicken and fish products at a...
June 3, 2019
AliExpress includes payment method - Klarna
AliExpress customers in four different European countries can now decide when and how they pay. Adyen, AliExpress’ payment provider now supports Klarna’s ‘Pay Later’ solution. This collaboration is made possible by...
May 21, 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
The Netherlands has the highest online store density
The Netherlands has the most online stores per capita, about 80.000 on a population of 17 million. This means that for every online store, there are 214 people. It is...
September 4, 2018
Panasonic moves Europe headquarters from UK to Amsterdam
Japanese conglomerate Panasonic will move its European headquarters from the United Kingdom to Amsterdam in October, as Brexit is approaching. This way, the company aims to avoid potential tax issues...
August 31, 2018
Cash remains important, in spite of digital payments
Despite the great promise of mobile payment solutions, cash money will remain important in the coming years. There are some Western European countries, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Sweden for example, where...
August 27, 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
Leapp restarts in The Netherlands
Leapp is being restarted by the Dutch investment company Nobel Capital Partners and founder Rogier van Camp. Fourteen stores in the Netherlands and the webshop will open again in the...
July 30, 2018
E-commerce represents 42 percent of PostNL's turnover
Dutch postal company PostNL experiences that e-commerce is becoming a more important turnover factor every year. Last year, e-commerce logistics was responsible for 34 percent. This percentage increased by 8...
May 14, 2018
DPD starts delivery in letterbox
Delivery company DPD is expanding its logistic services with ParcelLetter service. With this new service, it will be able to deliver small packages, letters and other shipped materials into the...
May 11, 2018
More than 800.000 online stores in Europe
Ecommerce News and Dataprovider, a data company, have executed research to find out how many online stores are present in Europe. According to the research, there is a 98% accuracy...
October 9, 2017
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