Belgian small online retailers are facing difficult times. The total amount of small web shops fell with 8.5% in 2017. The main given reasons to stop with their own shop is the profitability and price competition of large players like the platform Bol.com. This can be concluded from a research by UNIZO. Looking at the Belgian market, the total online spendings are 7.5
Zalando expects to grow revenues 20-25% in fourth quarter after challenging Q3
Fashion platform Zalando expects to grow revenues in the fourth quarter of 2018 by 20-25% after a financially challenging third quarter with 11.7% revenue growth to €1.20 billion and an adjusted EBIT of €-38.9 million, corresponding to a margin of -3.2%. Zalando's Partner Program continued to grow above expectations, with improved tools cutting the time to onboard new articles
Zalando connects offline and online more
Zalando is expanding its cooperation with brick-and-mortar stores that are connected to the Zalando platform to 600 by the end of this year. This so-called 'Connected Retail Model' will be internationalised in 2019. "Connected Retail is a central component of the Zalando platform. 600 stores prove that the integration of online and offline channels has very positive effects for
Zalando launches Partner Program in Norway
Fashion platform Zalando launches its Partner Program in Norway, allowing brands to connect to its over 24 million active customers all over Europe. In Norway, the first partner brands will be adidas and Reebok. More partner brands will follow. According to Kenneth Melchior, Director Northern Europe at Zalando says: “With the launch of the Partner Program in Norway, we aim at
Amazon.de by far the biggest in Germany
As in previous years, a new research published by EHI and Statista has revealed that Amazon.de is by far the biggest webshop of Germany. As the total turnover has reached 8,8 billion euro in 2017, it remains almost three times as big as the number two, OTTO, which realized a turnover of almost 3 billion euro. These differences are almost in line with the previous year, and in