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In 2022/23, the European recommerce market was valued at 94 billion euros. The market share, compared to the total European ecommerce market, is now 12.3 percent. It is expected to increase to 14 percent in the next three years. Recommerce is a relatively new term, which includes solutions like repair,…

For the allocation of the Buy Box, Amazon in the United Kingdom promises not to differentiate between online sellers who use or do not use Prime-related fulfillment services. “Eligibility for Prime and the Prime badge will not be a criterion when determining the Featured Offer.”Amazon communicated this to the Competition…

For online sellers, it is more important that existing rules are enforced than the introduction of new rules. This is stated by Ecommerce Europe in a manifesto prepared in the lead-up to the elections for a new European Parliament.Ecommerce Europe describes the manifesto as “a way forward for the European…

Within the top 100 of the biggest online stores in the Netherlands in 2023, 63 percent was custom-built. A year earlier, the amount of these kinds of stores was still 55 percent. Compared to 2020, this is a growth of 50 percent. These findings come from research conducted by 3WebApps,…

This week, French government agency Business France and Alibaba have launched a partnership to promote French SMEs. Through this initiative, online merchants can more easily promote their products on a global scale. This will increase the amount of exporting companies in France. Ecommerce giant Alibaba has launched a platform this…

Thomann from Germany has become Europe’s largest online seller of musical instruments. Last year, the revenue reached approximately 1.4 billion euros, with almost two-thirds of it coming from outside the domestic market.This was stated by managing director Hans Thomann junior in an extensive interview with Handelsblatt. Thomann is an exponent…

French postal service company La Poste has installed a fitting room in two of its post offices in Paris. It wants to install fitting rooms in seven of its branches in total. With this experiment, customers can try on their online orders immediately after collection. According to La Poste, many…

Niceshops, an online retailer and ecommerce service provider from Saaz, Austria, is saying goodbye to 20 percent of its workforce. Cost savings are necessary to “economically stabilize” the company.From its headquarters in Saaz and branches in Graz and Vienna, Niceshops manages more than 45 different online stores in both B2B…

Online retailers are grappling with ‘the biggest-ever wave of January returns’, according to returns provider ZigZag. The percentages are much higher than a year ago, even though shoppers have to pay for returns more often.ZigZag, acquired by Global Blue three years ago, bases its observation on user data from of…