Let's talk MarketplacE
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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...
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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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...
In Europe, Temu is synonymous with cheap goods – but that’s exactly the image its parent company Pinduoduo now wants to shed. In this episode, Ingrid talks to China expert Ed Sander about Xinpinmu, a new private-label division with a planned investment of 100 billion yuan over three years. They discuss why Pinduoduo is hitting...
Ten years after the Brexit referendum: what did leaving the EU actually do to British e-commerce? The surprising answer from Chloë Thomas – someone who has worked in every conceivable corner of UK online retail for over 20 years, from the agency side to the client side – is that hardly anyone noticed. Cross-border trade...
50+ marketplaces, one company, remarkably little chaos – that’s the puzzle at the heart of this episode. Daniel Müller built his career in mechanical engineering, not fashion – and today runs Leogra Trading and Leogra Services, selling across more than 50 marketplaces with 30,000 to 40,000 SKUs. Over 35% of revenue comes from Germany, with...
Starting July 15, Amazon is requiring strict delivery standards from FBM sellers in five EU markets – 90% on-time delivery, one-day processing, or deactivation looms from September. The catch: Amazon doesn’t always meet these same standards with its own FBA program. Valerie and Ingrid discuss in this news episode just how fair that really is...