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News briefsE-comm star leaves J.Lindeberg, starts his own agency
After bidding farewell to J.Lindeberg, industry expert Andreas Koschnike is embarking on a solo journey, focusing on retail, e-commerce, and branding under the banner of Accexe AB. Reflecting on the past two years on LinkedIn, Koschnike highlighted achievements at J.Lindeberg, such as bringing the e-commerce division in-house, fostering growth despite ...
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News briefsAmazon invests €700m in AI-powered tech and robotics across Europe
Amazon is using its Innovation Lab in Vercelli, northern Italy, to develop and test new technologies aimed at enhancing support for employees and customer satisfaction. Established in 2017, this lab is home to a team of scientists and engineers from all over the world, serving as the hub for the ...
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News briefsStruggling Footway sees sales halved after reconstruction
After concluding a more than six-month-long reconstruction process on Feb. 13, Footway, with twelve e-commerce platforms in its portfolio, has released its sales figures for the first quarter, covering January through March. The year started off on a challenging note, with sales more than halved. Revenue amounted to SEK102 million ...
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News briefsSpanish e-commerce up in first nine months of 2023
Online sales in Spain for the first nine months of 2023 rose by 25.1 percent year-on-year, from €2.654 to €3.320 billion, according to Palco23, which cites the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC). The sports sector accounted for €1.792 billion, or 54 percent, of the nine-month total for 2023 ...
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News briefsHeydude opens German online shop
Shoe brand Heydude, which belongs to Crocs, has announced the launch of its own online shop for the German market. The brand is already available in nearly 1,500 shops in Germany. Starting in May, it will also be available via Berlin-based e-tailer Zalando. Earlier this year, Heydude announced an aggressive ...
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News briefsDecathlon Germany sets new sales record in 2023
Despite a challenging environment, Decathlon Deutschland SE & Co. KG – the German subsidiary of the globally active French sporting goods retailer and manufacturer Decathlon SA – closed the 2023 financial year with another sales record. With total gross sales of €1.11 billion, Decathlon Germany, which now has 87 ...
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ArticleCompetition on marketplaces is becoming increasingly difficult: Russian retailers
Some Russian sporting goods suppliers are considering moving away from working with marketplaces, citing fierce competition, rising fees and risk of losing identity. Alpindustria, a prominent brand of outdoor goods, faces a dilemma regarding whether to sell its goods through marketplaces, Vitaly Kalaida, Deputy Head of the Alpindustria commercial department, ...
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News briefsSizekick and Stronger join forces for AI-driven size recommendations
Stronger wants to utilize Sizekick’s AI-driven size recommendations to offer tailored sizes to their customers, while also helping the environment.
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ArticlePuma partners with Google Cloud to enhance online retail experience
Puma has announced a collaboration with Google Cloud aimed at enhancing its online retail operations worldwide. The partnership will leverage Google Cloud’s data, analytics, and AI solutions to optimize the online shopping experience for Puma’s customers. Key aspects of the collaboration include migrating Puma’s e-commerce ecosystem to Google Cloud, which ...
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News briefsStockX launches shopping experience on Apple Vision Pro
The online marketplace StockX has rolled out its own shopping experience on Apple’s newly debuted spatial computer, Apple Vision Pro, via a proprietary app. This immersive platform boasts a range of features, including a virtual sneaker showcase featuring 3D models, live market data, and a unique “Shop the Look” function ...
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ArticleRefurbed expands into the second-hand sporting goods market
Founded in Vienna in 2017, the Refurbed scaleup has already established itself in seven European markets, including Austria, Germany, Sweden and Italy, by reselling reconditioned second-hand technology, especially computers, tablets and smartphones. At the end of 2022, the marketplace also began offering reconditioned city bikes and e-bikes in Germany, followed ...
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ArticleUnfair competition: HDE calls for clear rules for Temu & Co
In a time where German companys abide the rules and laws, masses of goods that violate all regulations are entering the German market.
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News briefsFútbol Emotion expands its warehousing
Fútbol Emotion has rented a third warehouse at the Plataforma Logística de Zaragoza (PlaZa), taking what Director of Operations and co-owner Sergio Marías calls “a very important step in our growth as a company.” The warehouse covers 15,350 square meters and has a dozen loading docks. In total warehouse space, ...
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News briefsBullpadel victorious in commercial court
Spain’s Provincial Court of Murcia has confirmed the sentence of the same province’s Third Commercial Court against Team Sport DM S.L., the company behind the e-commerce websites padeliberico.es and padelman.net – as Diffusion Sport and others have reported. Bullpadel brought suit against Team Sport for an apparent bait-and-switch operation. As ...
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News briefsShopify’s AI-powered updates boost merchant productivity
E-commerce giant Shopify unveiled over 100 updates in its Winter ’24 Edition, a biannual showcase of the latest products and innovations to significantly boost merchant productivity and creativity. Among the highlights is the introduction of Semantic Search, an AI-powered storefront search feature developed in response to evolving customer search behaviors. ...
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ArticlePayPal introduces six new checkout innovations
PayPal and Venmo have unveiled a revamped checkout and guest checkout experience. Additionally, they’ve launched a new advanced offers platform for merchants and a new consumer app aimed at earning cash back and providing customers with more incentives to shop with PayPal. The new updates on Venmo are designed to ...
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News briefsCoupang completes acquisition of Farfetch
Coupang, Inc. announced on Jan. 31 that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of global online luxury company Farfetch Holdings plc. With access to $500 million in capital, this acquisition enables Farfetch to continue providing its renowned services to its brand and boutique partners and more than four ...
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News briefsTradeinn hits a half-billion in annual revenues
The Spanish e-tailer Tradeinn, as Diffusion Sport reports, rounded out its full year 2023 with revenues of about €500 million, a milestone in its history and a meeting of its projection from June. The total represents an increase of 15.2 percent from the €434 million for the full-year 2022 and ...
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News briefsTemu opens doors to US and European sellers
Temu, a Chinese shopping marketplace known for its low-price offers, is set to welcome both American and European sellers onto its platform starting March 15. Unlike Chinese sellers, who must send products in bulk to Temu’s warehouses in China, European and American partners can ship their goods directly to customers. ...
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ArticleGerman e-commerce sales bottom out
Consumers’ lower propensity to shop was once again reflected in significantly lower overall sales in German e-commerce in 2023, according to the German e-commerce association bevh. Gross sales of consumer goods fell by 11.8 percent to €79.7 billion for the first time in 2023, compared to €90.4 billion in the ...
