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United Kingdom: 9% Year on Year growth in online shopping
An annual United Kingdom report published by Royal Mail states that online shopping in the UK has risen by 9% year on year. The research states that online shoppers in...
September 10, 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
E-commerce Expo 2018 - 26-27 September - London
The UK's only exhibition covering the entire breadth of e-commerce. We are excited to announce that registration for eCommerce Expo 2018 is now open! In association with IMRG, this year’s...
August 31, 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
eTail Fulfilment & Returns - London: 11 - 12 September, 2018
eTail Fulfilment & Returns is the European event where eCommerce operations, logistics and customer experience leaders gather. Download the agenda to find out exactly who is speaking, what the hottest topics...
June 15, 2018
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One in four Brits shop online once a week
In 2017, 22 percent of the British population shopped online once a week. The percentage of online shopping has increased to 26 percent in the last year. Also, 68 percent...
May 24, 2018
JD.com is coming to Europe! What to expect?
At the beginning of February, it became clear that the Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com will come to Europe. Following Amazon, Alibaba and Rakuten, this is yet another large platform to...
February 14, 2018
Cross-Border e-commerce library available to online merchants
Online merchants who want to expand cross-border can now find infographics providing actionable stats, facts and figures from an interesting e-commerce regions. Stats are provided by the data-driven omnichannel PSP...
December 20, 2017
363.439 New European Sellers joined Amazon
According to an article by Ecommerce News, 363.439 European sellers have joined Amazon so far in 2017. This equals to 2,997 new sellers every day, or 124 every hour, or even...
December 11, 2017
Shoppers in the UK expect free delivery for orders over £10
In the United Kingdom, online consumers aren’t too eager to pay for a delivery. Only when a fee isn’t too high, they are willing to pay. Two-thirds of UK shoppers...
October 30, 2017
IRX and EDX unveil latest innovations and products to hit the multichannel retail market
Over 15 product demos, 13 new product and partnership announcements, 9 new start-ups and 5 exclusive reports and research to be presented this year The UK’s biggest multichannel event, the...
March 23, 2017
IRX and EDX 2017: must-attend events for the retail industry
Lululemon, Facebook, Google, Harrods and Alibaba join the UK’s biggest multichannel and fulfilment events this year This year’s InternetRetailing Expo (IRX) returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 5 & 6 April....
March 20, 2017
Uk: Lower cross-border basket values following Brexit
With the pound dropping steeply following the Brexit referendum result of June 23rd, orders leaving the UK soared during the last days of the month, leading tot he highest June...
August 8, 2016
The Brexit: Why? - Really? - And cross-border e-commerce?
One week has gone by since the British voted to leave the EU. Or should I better say, 51.89% of the 72% who turned up to vote favoured the ‘Leave’...
June 30, 2016
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