Amazon’s big vendor clean up Many brands selling on Amazon are finding a nasty surprise in their inboxes these days: termination notices from the e-commerce giant, signaling an abrupt end to long-standing vendor relationships. Amazon’s email to affected brands reads, “We’ve made the decision to stop sourcing products from your company as part of our regular review of product offerings, and a strategic realignment to optimize our operations and better...
Retail Media is the fastest growing advertising channel worldwide at the moment – and online-marketplaces are profiting strongly from this new trend. Marketplace Universe spoke with Retail Media expert Thomas Philip-Bashar, Product manager at eCommerce solution provider Channable, about current trends in this highly dynamic field. Thomas, why is Retail Media advertising so attractive for marketeers at the moment, especially on marketplaces? Thomas Philip-Bashar: Retail Media is a new type...
Christina Schröder left edding and Arvid Gustafsson Krumhorn left AbouYou. MediaMarktSaturn has a new CEO Marketplace. A lot has happened in the marketplace worls in August. Keep up with all Movers & Shakers here!
German premium fashion retail chain and marketplace provider Breuninger is on sale. Several international competitors are interested.
Discover Kaufland Global Marketplace's evolution, its defining KPIs, and retailer support services in this in-depth marketplace portrait.
This has been a long time coming: In March, Temu first invited sellers to their US platform, moving slightly away from their factory-to-consumer model to tentativley open towards a more traditional marketplace model. From then on, US based sellers can list their products on Temu, sending orders from their own warehouses. Now, Temu has brought this new approach to Europe.
Sebastian Klauke left Otto Group. Jonas Müller takes over as CEO at Avocadostore. Lisanne Dorn and Isabel Rocher leave Zalando. Nils Zundorf exits from DEPT agency. A lot has happened in the marketplace worls in June. Keep up with all Movers & Shakers here!
The Marketplace Country Quadrant Switzerland lists the 35 most important players: Local heroes such as Digitec Galaxus and Ricardo, but also international players such as eBay and Temu. Zalando is also very dominant: the marketplace even tops the sales of the Swiss top dog Digitec Galaxus.
Discover Kaufland Global Marketplace's evolution, its defining KPIs, and retailer support services in this in-depth marketplace portrait.
Sebastian Klauke left Otto Group. Jonas Müller takes over as CEO at Avocadostore. Lisanne Dorn and Isabel Rocher leave Zalando. Nils Zundorf exits from DEPT agency. A lot has happened in the marketplace worls in June. Keep up with all Movers & Shakers here!
A comparison of Amazon, Zalando and About You: The three major B2C marketplaces are characterized by their different approaches and scales. Understanding these differences is essential for any seller considering where to allocate their marketplace efforts.
The personnel carousel continues to turn in the marketplace business - it's time to move chairs again, this time with many newcomers and some surprising changes, e.g. at Otto and Zalando.
The Marketplace Quadrant "Jewellery & Watches" 2024 shows the 51 most relevant B2C online marketplaces in Europe for this category. In addition to well-known and large players such as Amazon, Zalando, Galeries Lafayette, and Breuninger there are interesting niche and online pure players such as Miinto, 24S, Maty Bijoutier and Diemer.
Amazon also has an outstanding position for local e-commerce in Germany, other Western and Central European countries. But things look different in other nations. That's why an internationalization with Amazon is sometimes not enough.
Looking back on the 2023/2024 financial year, it is clear that even industry leaders such as Zalando and About You were not immune to the general economic challenges that shook online retail. Both companies reported slight declines in sales, but showed a strategic focus on healthy growth. Profitability at Zalando and AboutYou is a necessity in today's competitive environment.
The Marketplace Quadrant "Fashion & Shoes" 2024 shows the 51 most relevant B2C online marketplaces in Europe for this category. New in: Carethy, PerfumesClub, H&M, Cdiscount, LE BVH MARAIS, ELLOS GROUP.
No new form of advertising has grown so quickly in the last 20 years: this year, global spending on retail media is likely to increase by 20 percent. The ongoing conflict between advertisers' demands for detailed data and marketplaces' control over it highlights the tensions in this rapidly evolving industry, signaling that retail media's impact is still unfolding.
54% of German e-commerce sales were generated via online marketplaces in 2023 - according to the HDE in the new edition of its Online Monitor 2024. The overview of sales shares by channel simply shows at a glance, how incredibly dominant Amazon is in German e-commerce and how difficult it is to do without online marketplaces in the sales mix.
Eastern Europe is emerging as a critical growth market for e-commerce, driven by the stagnation in Western Europe and Germany's recession. Challenges such as language barriers, logistics complexities, and price sensitivity can be solved, double-digit growth rates beckon.
What news: Shemu now has over 180 million monthly users in the EU.What's the story behind the rise of Shemu - our new term for the succesful Chinese players Shein and Temu.
Wayfair is pulling out of the German market. The German online shop has already closed, and Wayfair marketplace sales partners can...
2024 - an exciting year for the entire marketplace industry draws to a close. Time to look at the greatest...
New year, new costs: Amazon has published the fees that merchants will have to pay for marketplace sales, storage and shipping in...
Zalando, Europe’s largest online fashion retailer, has announced its acquisition of competitor About You, marking a major shakeup in the European...
Black Week 2024 broke records across all platforms, with the fashion and beauty sectors being the top performers. 60% of purchases...
The Platform Group (TPG) acquired 100 per cent of CHRONEXT, a German retailer and marketplace for luxury watches which filed for insolvency...
How could a AI-powered marketplace look like? Perplexity might give as a glimpse of the future. The AI service has introduced a...
Amazon shuts down Amazon Fresh in Germany and cooperates with Knuspr instead. Meanwhile, Temu starts selling FMCG products in its...
Shein has presented its annual figures for Europe: according to these, the platform recorded a whopping 68% increase in 2023. The...
The EU has launched formal proceedings against Temu. The EU commission has voiced concerns that Temu is failing to efficiently prevent...
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