19. May 2025
The Marketplace Country Quadrant France 2025 shows a very diverse, dynamic and broad marketplace landscape with many interesting players.
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14. May 2025
The Marketplace Quadrant "Fashion & Shoes" 2025 shows the 64 most relevant B2C online marketplaces in Europe for this category.
12. May 2025
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.
4. May 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.
2. May 2025
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...
25. April 2025
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.
23. April 2025
Marketplaces are a popular choice for many retailers and brands looking to expand into international markets. Wiltec, a specialist retailer in DIY, garden, and pet supplies, leverages several platforms for its cross-border commerce strategy – including Kaufland Global Marketplace. This best practice showcases how Wiltec scales internationally with Kaufland.
15. April 2025
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...
6. April 2025
Pierre-Yves Delforge has advanced to Vice President Vendor Management at zooplus. Michael Hartmann, the driving force behind the Amazon success of German gardening brand Gardena, left the company after more than eight years. He joined NBG EDV as Senior Head of E-Commerce. Radha Patel has left B&Q to join Temu in London as Senior Business Development Manager.
3. April 2025
Explore the 24 most important B2C marketplaces in the UK and discover key platforms, trends, and category leaders for 2025.
2. April 2025
The Marketplace Quadrant "Sports" 2025 shows the 50 most relevant B2C online marketplaces in Europe for this category.
31. March 2025
Around 247 billion euros - that is the total gross merchandise value that sellers will generate through marketplaces in cross-border European trade in 2025, according to a forecast by CB Commerce. It's no wonder that many brands and retailers are looking for new marketplaces to sell to abroad. And the range is constantly growing because many marketplace providers are expanding and integrating more and more countries into their business. One...
27. March 2025
Marketplace Country Quadrants : Surprising Leaders, Missed Opportunities & Local Champions Which country tops the chart in online spend per capita?Where is Amazon not the dominant player?And is Shein really the biggest fashion marketplace in Spain? In her keynote at E-Commerce Berlin Expo 2025, Marketplace Universe co-founder Valerie Dichtl revealed surprising truths and untapped opportunities in the evolving European marketplace landscape. Drawing from the latest Marketplace Country Quadrants, she shares...
24. March 2025
How Europe’s online pharmacy market is shifting—platforms, retail media, OTC growth & what brands should watch now.
12. March 2025
Zalando Deep Dive into the 2024 results: Marketplace growth, B2B challenges & the About You acquisition. Is it truly becoming a platform?
10. March 2025
Almost half of all online shoppers now start their shopping journey on marketplaces, and the majority also prefer to shop on marketplaces rather than in brand web shops. However, purchasing behavior varies considerably depending on the user group, product, or country. This means that how customers shop is a crucial success factor in e-commerce: Only those who know which customers prefer to shop where can serve them in a targeted...
7. March 2025
The interest in and thus the market for professionally refurbished electronic and electrical appliances is growing and growing. This means that suppliers of refurbished products are finding more and more platforms through which they can sell their goods. MediaMarktSaturn started this four years ago and is now massively pushing the refurbished business.
5. March 2025
Within a year, the Danish supplier of men's accessories had launched on five marketplaces in eight countries. For its entry into the marketplace business, Trendhim chose bol, the Dutch market leader. Reason enough to take a look at the best practise of Trendhim's start at bol.
2. March 2025
Melvin Hinrichs has left MediaMarktSaturn to join Sorara Outdoor Living as Country Manager Benelux. Carsten Feiler has left Tradebyte to embark on a new journey as Managing Partner at factor-D-Diversity-Consulting. Andreas Neuhauser steps into a global leadership role as Global Director Digital Commerce HEAD Sport at HEAD.
24. February 2025
If you want to sell via marketplaces in the Netherlands and Belgium, there is no getting around the top dog, bol. But Amazon also wants a piece of the action and is trying to expand its position. It therefore makes sense for sellers to take a closer look at the similarities and differences between the two platforms – for example, in ad campaigns. Together with our partner Channable, we have...
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26. May 2025
The German Trade Association HDE has raised its annual forecast: online retail growth is expected to be around 4% in 2025, with total...
19. May 2025
Amazon is offering rock-bottom prices and launching its first "Everyday Essentials Week" from May 21 to 27, with discounts of up...
12. May 2025
Marketplace Universe News 12.05.2025 - rump forces players to Europe / Amazon Hauls starts in UK / Good figures for...
5. May 2025
In the US, this accusation led to the imminent demise of TikTok: The EU has fined TikTok €530 million for transferring user data...
28. April 2025
Marketplace Universe News 28.04.2025 - DHL is suspending US deliveries / Technical Issues on Otto marketplace / Amazon starts Beauty...
22. April 2025
Shein and Temu have announced price increases in the US in response to high tariffs on imports from China and the expiry of...
14. April 2025
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...
7. April 2025
The situation regarding TikTok in the US remains unclear: Trump has extended the deadline for a sale, which would have expired at...
31. March 2025
After much back and forth, TikTok Shop is launching today in Germany, France and Italy. In Germany, About You, Beiersdorff and Cosnova,...
24. March 2025
Shein has massively expanded its product range. In addition to fashion, shoes, accessories and beauty items, the platform now also offers...