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Marketplace Universe News 07.04.2025 – TikTok battle in the US / Decathlon grows with marketplace / Amazon starts Buy for Me

The situation regarding TikTok in the US remains unclear: Trump has extended the deadline for a sale, which would have expired at the weekend, by another 75 days. This gives prospective buyers time to get into position. The list of potential buyers is getting longer and longer. Amazon, Microsoft, Perplexity AI, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian, Mr. Beast, OnlyFan founder Tim Stokely, and billionaires like Elon Musk and Frank McCourt are included.

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Marketplace Universe News 31.03.2025 – TikTok Shop launches in DE, FR and IT / Otto’s problems despite growth / Hornbach records online downturn

After much back and forth, TikTok Shop is launching today in Germany, France and Italy. In Germany, About You, Beiersdorff and Cosnova, among others, are taking part. TikTok Shop has been available in the UK since 2021 and in the US since the end of 2023.

Marketplace Universe News 13.01.2025 – Wayfair quits Germany / Figures for TikTok Shop / eBay partners with Facebook Marketplace

Wayfair is pulling out of the German market. The German online shop has already closed, and Wayfair marketplace sales partners can no longer reach their contacts. The Berlin office is also being closed, costing all employees there their jobs – unless they move to London or Boston, which Wayfair is offering about half of the workforce.

Marketplace Universe News 11.11.2024 – Shein grows by 68 percent in Europe/Amazon’s Black Week starts earlier/TikTok is pushing live shopping

Shein has presented its annual figures for Europe: according to these, the platform recorded a whopping 68% increase in 2023. The Ireland-registered European entity of Shein has reaches a turnover of 7.684 billion Euros, profit after tax has more than doubled to 99.5 million Euro.

Marketplace Universe News 07.10.2024 – TikTok Shop slow start in the US / Vinted Pro in UK / Allegro launch in Hungary

Breaking News 12 months after its start in the U.S. market, TikTok Shop hat reached an estimated 9-month-GMV of about 4.5 billion USD. This is significantly lower than its original plan to reach 17.5. billion USD in its first full year. According to a research by Marketplace Pulse, this is mostly due to the fact that now major brands are using the platform up to now. Marketpulse More News Second Hand goliath Vinted has opened Vinted Pro in the UK, now professional British businesses can register on the marketplace as sellers. Vinted Pro has already been launched below the radar in Germany and France earlier this year. ChannelX Bol.com is building up Retail Media: the Dutch marketplace has announced “Branded Shelves”, a new campaign format for brands focused on the consideration stage, Jochem Timmers from Channable reported from Bol’s “Let’s Peak” event. LinkedIn Allegro has launched a hungarian platform, Allegro.hu. The marketplace is also already open, but demands slightly different requirements for sellers than allegro.pl. Allegro Happy News ebay Germany has honored six of its best selling partners with the ebay Awards. The jury (which Ingrid is a proud part of) had its work cut out picking the winners from hundreds of high-class applications. Congratulations to all worthy winners! eBay Don’t want to miss any news? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter!