The relatively new internet portal Sportmarken24.de, which was launched in February by Dominik Benner, a German shoe retailer and former member of ANWR's supervisory board, has entered into a partnership with MeinEinkauf.ch as of this month. Private customers as well as companies located in Switzerland can now use the Swiss internet platform to purchase goods from online retailers in Germany and have them delivered to Switzerland. Sportmarken24 has thus expanded from its Austrian and German customer base into a third country. The Sportmarken24 internet portal is managed by Brenner's wife, Valeska Benner. In July 2018, 100 retailers were already affiliated with the new online retail platform, with each said to be receiving 10 to 80 orders per day. Some of the retailers using the portal are members of Sport 2000 or Intersport. A total of 820 shoe retailers are currently members of Schuhe24.de, the platform launched by Benner in March 2017. Some of these also belong to voluntary groups like ANWR or Sabu, which are beginning to offer a multitude of digital services to their members. Benner, who launched his original platform in 2015, aims to reach total sales of €100 million by 2021. 

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