eBay was targeted by a large-scale global DDoS attack, claimed by the Iranian hacker group 313 Team – with estimated revenue losses of up to USD 200 million per day. And GameStop has made an unsolicited takeover bid for eBay worth $55.5 billion.
Zalando is consistently pushing its platform strategy and is discontinuing its Connected Retail programme – at the expense of its partners: all Connected Retail retailers must decide by May 15th whether to transition into Zalando’s Partner Programme by June 2027. If not, the partnership will already end this August.
TikTok Shop is currently preparing to launch in Poland, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Meanwhile, QVC has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. The home shopping channel has recently been suffering increasingly from the shift to TikTok Shop and Whatnot.
In 2025, sellers sold goods worth more than €10.8 billion through the second-hand marketplace Vinted, marking a nearly 50% increase compared to 2024. While net profit declined by 19% to €62 million, Vinted remains profitable for the third consecutive year.
Strong Amazon performance doesn’t always mean real growth. But it can look like that, if you only look at half of the picture. We take a closer look at the Connected Commerce approach and how it can help widen the data horizon.
Every May, millions of Dutch employees receive their so-called Vakantiegeld This turns into a clearly measurable demand boost in e-commerce. Platforms like bol observe higher basket sizes, increased spending per order, and stronger demand for higher-priced products during this period. For brands and retailers, Vakantiegeld can therefore act as a recurring, predictable revenue driver.
Due to rising energy prices caused by the ongoing war in Iran, Amazon is requiring its marketplace sellers in the U.S. and Canada to pay a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge. The policy is set to take effect on April 17. It remains unclear whether it will be implemented in other countries.
Getting started on Kaufland Global Marketplace is operationally relatively simple – first sales can happen within just a few days. However, quick success does not come from listing products alone, but from the combination of competitive pricing, targeted visibility, and early internationalization.
One year after its launch, around 15% of German online shoppers have already purchased via TikTok Shop, according to NielsenIQ. Depth of usage is also increasing: the average purchase frequency rose from 2.3 to 3.3 purchases per year, while spending per buyer increased by around 32%. TikTok is thus increasingly evolving from a discovery channel into a transaction platform.
A couple of years ago Wish looked like the definition of a cheap chinese marketplace. And though Temu seems to repeat a lot of its formula, it succeeds way beyond Wish. We take a closer look at both marketplaces and where their strategies diverged.
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