Marketplace universe News 14.04.2025 – Antitrust complaint against Temu / Kaufland goes to IT and FR / Spain market growth

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The German Retail Association HDE has filed a complaint with the Federal Cartel Office against Temu for anti-competitive behavior. The accusation: Temu deprives retailers who sell on Temu of the sovereignty to set prices. Eulerpool

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Temu and the German parcel service DHL have agreed to cooperate, with Temu providing local shipping support in Europe as a partner of DHL. At the same time, DHL has announced that it will add a further 0.50 cents to the already increased parcel price during the peak season for the two Cyber Week weeks at the end of November/beginning of December this year. The Chinese-influenced Singles’ Day on November 11 is not affected. The BVOH trade association is calling for the additional fee to be waived. Ecommercenews (Temu)   Ecommercenews (parcel price)   BVOH

The German ecommerce solution provider PlentyONE is also partnering with Temu and connecting its solution to the Chinese platform. ChannelX

Kaufland Global Marketplace continues to expand: After Austria and Poland, the marketplace will launch in Italy and France in the third quarter of 2025 – two countries in which Kaufland has not yet established a brick-and-mortar presence. Kaufland

Since its foundation, the refurbished platform Refurbed has generated a total GMV of two billion euros. Accordingly, the platform presumably now generates well over 500 million euros in annual revenue. Irishtechnews

German online retailer Zalando has acquired London-based 3D and augmented reality company DeepAR, as part of its investment in 3D technology. Drapersonline

Zalando wants to improve profitability and is therefore tightening its free returns policy: customers who return an extremely large number of items will be blocked for up to 12 months. Ecommercegermany

News from spain

In the third quarter of last year, the online turnover in Spain reached 24.6 billion euros, a plus of 12.6 percent year-on-year. 57.2% of ecommerce turnover was reached cross-border, according to the Spanish CNMCData portal. Ecommercenews

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