The German Trade Association HDE has raised its annual forecast: online retail growth is expected to be around 4% in 2025, with total sales climbing to €92.4 billion. Looking closer into the numbers, it is clear that “market growth” is actually “marketplace growth” in Germany: All marketplaces active in Germany realised a turnover growth of 8.8 per cent, with the lion share going to Amazon. The market share currently stands at 57%, recommerce at 7%. Einzelhandel.de

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In an effort to curb low-cost shippers Temu and Shein, the EU is planning to introduce a so-called processing fee on parcels with a value of less than €150 that are shipped directly from third countries to EU consumers. There is no concrete timetable yet. But the fee could come sooner than the end of the duty exemption for such shipments, which is scheduled for 2028. Reuters 

Thanks to positive marketplace business, the Otto Group returned to profitability in fiscal year 2024/2025: GMV rose by 9% to more than €7 billion, and the number of active customers increased by 4% to 12.2 million. GMV is expected to break the €10 billion mark by 2030. Ecommercenews

Pelion, one of the largest companies in the healthcare sector in Poland, has become a strategic investor in DocMorris. DocMorris

Polish market leader Allegro is also growing in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia: 6 of the 21 million active users come from these countries, and GMV in these countries increased by 80%. Forbes

In addition to its own payment solution planned for Q3, The Platform Group intends to launch its own fulfillment service with TPG Fulfillment by the end of the year. The Platform Group

Returners News

After a five-year absence, Nike is returning to Amazon: in order to boost its recently declining sales, the sporting goods brand is once again starting to sell its products on the marketplace. But this time the strategy is much more gated and restricted. LinkedIn

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Products of Western sports and fashion brands such as Adidas, Puma, Ray Ban, Nike or Guess have appeared on the marketplace of Shein. Some of the affected brands have already announced legal steps. Carpathia and Wiwo

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Zalando has reworked its partner portal. The new version combines the most relevant service offers for selling partners, such as Wholesale, partner program, connected Retail and all marketing and logistic services in one platform. Fashionunited

American Eagle Outfitters sues Amazon over alleged “knock-offs” of Aerie products. According to American Eagle, Amazon hat used Aerie trademarks on its site to deceive shoppers into believing the products were available on Amazon, even though American Eagle hasn’t autherized the sale of Aerie products on Amazon. CNBC

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95 per cent of products imported by Asian shopping platforms such as Temu do not meet EU safety standards,  the German customs department of Darmstadt has found after conducting 800 sample inspections of imported goods. Frankfurter Rundschau

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Kaufland Global Marketplace continues its international expansion and launches its marketplace in Poland on August 7th and in Austria on September 4th. Kaufland will then be present with its marketplace in 5 countries, in addition to a strong network of stationary stores. Direct message from Kaufland

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20 of the top 50 Swiss online shops are online marketplaces, according to a new ranking by the Swiss consulting agency Carpathia. Read more about the most important online marketplaces in Switzerland this week in the next Marketplace Country Quadrant. Carpathia

About You has completed a successful first quarter 2024/25. Revenues grew by 1.6 percent in the core DACH region and by 2.3 percent in other markets. In addition, the net loss was significantly reduced. Fashionunited

eBay has redesigned its Advertising Cockpit. Sellers now receive more metrics and AI-based personalized recommendations for further advertising activities. eBay Advertsing

Polish fashion marketplace Modivo continues to expand. After opening a branch in Italy, the platform has now launched in the Czech Republic. The Czech marketplace currently offers 23,000 products. LinkedIn

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LinkedIn Rumor has it that Nike will return to Amazon within the next 18 months. Ingrid did some fact checking and calls bullshit: This is just a prediction with very little meat to it. LinkedIn

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