Major Innovations in AI, Social Commerce, and Supply Chain Every year, Amazon Accelerate sets the stage for the latest trends and innovations for the Amazon landscape, and 2024 was no exception. Held in Seattle, the event draws sellers and business leaders eager to learn how Amazon’s new tools can help them succeed in a rapidly changing retail environment. This year, the focus was on AI-powered solutions and new tools for...
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!
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.
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.
Platform Building: Online as quickly as possible or step by step? BILD launched its marketplace within 11 weeks, but the speed has left its mark. Others such as Hornbach or Popken Fashion are taking much longer. The question of which is better was discussed by the panel at the Mirakle Platform Summit.
Marketplace Universe News 28.04.2025 - DHL is suspending US deliveries / Technical Issues on Otto marketplace / Amazon starts Beauty...
Shein and Temu have announced price increases in the US in response to high tariffs on imports from China and the expiry of...
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...
The situation regarding TikTok in the US remains unclear: Trump has extended the deadline for a sale, which would have expired at...
After much back and forth, TikTok Shop is launching today in Germany, France and Italy. In Germany, About You, Beiersdorff and Cosnova,...
Shein has massively expanded its product range. In addition to fashion, shoes, accessories and beauty items, the platform now also offers...
Marketplace Universe News 17.03.2025 - Growth at Allegro / Vinted goes offline / New Categories at Temu Europe
In the course of the takeover of About You, Zalando has secured more than 90% of About You's share capital. Irrespective of...
The time has come: TikTok Shop has opened its seller portal for merchants in Germany. At the same time, TikTok is working...
Regardless of the uncertain future in the US, TikTok is apparently continuing to expand TikTok Shop. According to reports, TikTok Shop...
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