Marketplace Country Quadrant France
The Marketplace Country Quadrant France 2025 shows a very diverse, dynamic and broad marketplace landscape with many interesting players.
Marketplace Universe News 12.05.2025 – Trump forces players to Europe / Amazon Hauls starts in UK / Good figures for Zalando and About You
Marketplace Universe News 12.05.2025 – rump forces players to Europe / Amazon Hauls starts in UK / Good figures for Zalando and About You
Selling to Switzerland: Unique Rules, Strong Potential
The Swiss e-commerce market offers highly attractive conditions for international sellers. But selling to Switzerland comes with specific rules – simply because Switzerland is not an EU member state and has three language regions. This results in special circumstances with regard to taxes, customs duties, and customer service.
Marketplace Universe News 05.05.2025 – EU penalty against TikTok / Amazon’s problems with customs duties / ChatGPT attacks shopping giants
In the US, this accusation led to the imminent demise of TikTok: The EU has fined TikTok €530 million for transferring user data to China. TikTok now has six months to bring its app into compliance with EU regulations. Fortune
Marketplace Movers & Shakers in April 2025
PInki Choudury has joined Roman Originals as Chief Product Officer. Her mission: build a new fashion marketplace. Hannah Hardiman makes the jump from eBay UK to Walmart, taking on the role of Director of Acceleration, Global Marketplace, in London. Andreas Roth took over a new position as Head of International Marketplaces Amazon at Medion AG.
Interview: What Makes a Good Tax Advisor for Marketplace Sellers?
It almost sounds like the beginning of a bad joke: “Two clueless people meet…” – but in reality, this is often the unfortunate situation when tax advisors and auditors at the tax office are faced with the tax returns of marketplace sellers. Things can get especially dire when cross-border revenues are involved. We asked Roger Grothmann in an interview what makes a good tax advisor for marketplace sellers? Roger is the founder of Hamburg-based tax technology company Taxdoo.
Marketplace Universe News 28.04.2025 – DHL is suspending US deliveries / Technical Issues on Otto marketplace / Amazon starts Beauty Category
Marketplace Universe News 28.04.2025 – DHL is suspending US deliveries / Technical Issues on Otto marketplace / Amazon starts Beauty Category
Marketplace Country Quadrant Germany
The Marketplace Country Quadrant Germany 2025 shows a very strong dominance of Amazon. There is often a clear market leader among the specialists, such as MediaMarkt in Electronics or Media Markt in Electronics.
Marketplace Universe News 22.04.2025 – temu’s Response to tariffs / Customs consequences for Amazon Haul / Baby Walz swallows Babymarkt
Shein and Temu have announced price increases in the US in response to high tariffs on imports from China and the expiry of the de minimis rule on April 25. Until 2024, around 1.4 billion packages from China had entered the US duty-free under this rule. BBC (Overview) LinkedIn (de minimis rule)
5 Tips for Better Marketplace Profitability
Profitability has been one of the most important topics for brands and retailers over the past 12 months – and it will continue to be a key focus. Selling on marketplaces, however, often makes it tricky to understand what actually remains at the end of the day. When brands operate across multiple platforms, they need reliable and comparable data to identify cost traps. Only then can they develop a strategy for improving profitability. Together with our partner ChannelEngine, we’ve put together 5 tips for better marketplace profitability.