Let's talk MarketplacE
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35 million customers, 18 million app users – and now a marketplace of its own: with PAYBACK Produkte, customers of Germany’s largest loyalty programme can shop and pay directly in the app for the first time. Ingrid talks to Jasmin Stemig, who has spent 15 years building PAYBACK’s digital business, about what this means for...
Round about two thirds of all European online sales happen on online-marketplaces – surely that calls for a regular talk show!
Let’s talk Marketplace is the podcast where Valerie und Ingrid share their thoughts and insights into the marketplace world each week – sometimes just the two of them, sometimes with the help of knowledgable guests. We are entertaining, competent, out-spoken – and won’t stand for bullshit!
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35 million customers, 18 million app users – and now a marketplace of its own: with PAYBACK Produkte, customers of Germany’s largest loyalty programme can shop and pay directly in the app for the first time. Ingrid talks to Jasmin Stemig, who has spent 15 years building PAYBACK’s digital business, about what this means for...
If you follow the marketplace news item by item every week, it’s easy to lose sight of how much is shifting at the same time. That’s why Ingrid and Valerie take a step back in this episode and put October’s developments into context – partly for Valerie, who admits she has mostly just skimmed the...
Glass is one of the least forgiving products to sell online: it’s fragile, often heavy and not particularly expensive per piece. On top of that comes the question of who actually decides where your glasses show up online, at what price and next to which lookalike. Valerie and Ingrid discuss this with Bettina Proft. She...
When people talk about Turkey and Europe, they usually mean exports to Europe. Yaman Alpata of MegaMerchant sees business increasingly flowing the other way as well. He knows the market from his time at Trendyol, Hepsiburada and AliExpress, and today as a seller. With Ingrid, he discusses why Turkey is becoming attractive for European brands...
Medisana sells on around 30 marketplaces across Europe. In Benelux, however, the brand first had to learn how high Dutch customers’ expectations for delivery times really are. Ingrid and Valerie talk with Martijn Paas, who knows Medisana’s marketplace business inside out from his time in the Benelux team, and Patricia Lay, who helps international sellers...
Does EU Regulation Work Against Shein & Temu? We Agree to Disagree — Live from DMEXCO #LTM165 A year ago, many retailers were calling on the state to rein in Temu and Shein. Valerie and Ingrid were sceptical at the time. Now the first EU rules are in force, and the question is back on...
Twelve-plus in-house brands, more than 20 marketplaces, more than 20 countries – and right in the middle of it, a deliberate overhaul of the brand portfolio. Ingrid talks to Elena Cardellini of expondo about how a multi-brand business built up over years is adjusting to a new requirement: agentic commerce. It’s changing how brand authority...
What happens when a marketplace can’t forecast its own inventory? Too Good To Go’s Parcels business sells surplus food that only exists once it’s already there – unpredictable in volume, and racing against a best-before date. In this episode, Ingrid talks to Katharina Hauke, who leads Too Good To Go Germany, and Stefan Böhler, who...
An iPhone, delivered in 15 minutes – not because it’s urgently needed, but simply because people don’t want to wait. This exact shift sits at the centre of part 2 of our China double episode: Ingrid goes deep into Instant Retail, China’s answer to quick commerce, with China expert Ed Sander. The conversation covers: Why...