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Shein has massively expanded its product range. In addition to fashion, shoes, accessories and beauty items, the platform now also offers jewelry, electronics, sports and outdoor, home & living, DIY, pet supplies, office supplies and even car accessories. The assortment in these new verticals seems to be sold almost exclusively by marketplace partners. Shein
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Amazon will change the marketing fees for deals in the US, making deals more expensive in many cases – the biggest mistake Amazon has brought up in the past 24 months according to Amazon expert Malte Karstan. LinkedIn
For Prime customers, Amazon is offering the deal event “Spring Deals 2025” from March 25 to 31. In the US, Amazon is using it to simultaneously push its Temu clone Amazon Haul: All deal orders at Haul automatically receive a 50% discount. AboutAmazon (spring deals) Retail Drive (Haul)
Amazon launched in Ireland, giving Irish shoppers access to more than 200 million products with prices in euros and no customs fees. There will soon be an extra page for brands, “Brands of Ireland”. Channelx
Because consumer sentiment continues to deteriorate, Douglas has lowered its sales forecast for the current fiscal year from 4.7 to 4.9 billion euros to 4.5 billion. Wallstreet-Online
Etsy now has only 5.6 million sellers, 1.4 million fewer than a year ago. In particular, the number of active sellers fell sharply. Marketplacepulse
The British B&Q Group, which also operates the DIY marketplace Kingfisher, generated sales of 3.8 billion pounds in 2023/24, of which 154 million were in the marketplace business. B&Q’s brand awareness is 92%. Channelx
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The Romanian online market is growing by more than 10% annually, with online shoppers spending EUR 7.7 billion on purchases in 2024. The eMag group, which is a leader in the marketplace business, is also expecting to see 10% growth after investing in payment options and logistics. Turkish competitor Trendyol also wants to grow with the Romanian market, and a new logistics center near Bucharest should help. Ecommercenews
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