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Marketplace Universe News 21.10.2924 – Amazon wants to build a supercenter / Backmarket business figures / New service at TikTok Shop

Breaking News Amazon is allegedly building a huge brick-and-mortar shopping mall that is supposed to open in the second half of 2025, US e-commerce analyse Brittain Ladd reported. According to his sources, Amazon has been toying with the idea for several years; now it’s finally coming to life – though he doesn’t seem to have information on the location of this new “supercenter” for Amazon. Brittain Ladd More News For their tenth anniversary, Backmarket presented some figures on their business: 15 million customers and 1.800 retailers are using the marketplace, generating nearly 30 million orders worth 2.157 billion euros in 2023. In Germany alone, Backmarket generated a GMV of 300-350 million euro last year, and is aiming for 400 million in 2024. Channelpartner Amazon will change its rules for FBA reimbursment in the European markets from January 15th 2025. Sellers will get an automatical reimbursement for lost items. At the same time the claims window for that will be reduced from 18 months down to 60 days. As the automatic reimbursment system is not foolproof, sellers will have to stay on their toes, ChannelX warns. ChannelX Tik Tok Shop is launching a new service which connects Content Creators who want to sell their own products with fitting manufacturers. The goal: more exclusive products for Tik Tok Shop. Business insider Zalando has launched “Cultural Ties”, a interactive map to streatwear scenes all over Europe. The data basis is Zalando’s very own “Trend Spotter” tool, which assembles the most relevant styles and products in several European fashion capitals. Zalando curious News Fox Intelligence has attempted to estimate the e-commerce market share of marketplaces in the biggest EU markets based on traffic figures. According to their study, marketplaces account for 45-46 percent of online sales in Austria and Italy, for 40-45 per cent in Spain, Germany and the UK, and for 30-32 per cent in the Netherlands and France. A note of caution: The Fox Intelligence estimates are considerably lower than those of several local statistic authorities. LinkedIn Don’t want to miss any news? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter!

Zalando and About You in Challenging Times

Looking back on the 2023/2024 financial year, it is clear that even industry leaders such as Zalando and About You were not immune to the general economic challenges that shook online retail. Both companies reported slight declines in sales, but showed a strategic focus on healthy growth. Profitability at Zalando and AboutYou is a necessity in today’s competitive environment.

Retail Media Night: The pros and cons of Retail Media

No new form of advertising has grown so quickly in the last 20 years: this year, global spending on retail media is likely to increase by 20 percent. The ongoing conflict between advertisers’ demands for detailed data and marketplaces’ control over it highlights the tensions in this rapidly evolving industry, signaling that retail media’s impact is still unfolding.

HDE figures on German e-commerce market 2023

How much a few marketplaces dominate the German market

54% of German e-commerce sales were generated via online marketplaces in 2023 – according to the HDE in the new edition of its Online Monitor 2024. The overview of sales shares by channel simply shows at a glance, how incredibly dominant Amazon is in German e-commerce and how difficult it is to do without online marketplaces in the sales mix.

Zalando’s marketplace strategy: What the 2023 annual figures reveal

Zalando’s marketplace strategy: The annual figures for 2023 reveal a lot about the strategy for the Berlin-based company’s marketplace business. We therefore take a critical look at the figures, the most striking changes and the targets that Zalando has now set for the future.

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