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    Zalando hires head of retail from Nike

    2023-03-03T07:46:00Z

    Benjamin Wolf, who served as Nike’s director of retail operations from March 2019 to January 2023, posted on LinkedIn that he has joined Zalando as head of retail, effective immediately. In total, Wolf spent roughly 15.5 years at Nike. On social media, he commented on the new job at the ...

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    Latest Flip Sneakerchase network investigation: Tracking down Zalando

    2023-03-01T08:22:00Z

    Zalando has responded to recent stories questioning the figures it uses to publicise how the company deals with returns, during its annual press conference on 7 March. In Feb. 2023, the Flip investigative team (who also initiated the GPS-tracked Sneakerjagd, or sneaker chase) published the outcome of its latest project, ...

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    Decathlon Spain dominates in mountain sports

    2023-02-28T16:23:00Z

    When it comes to e-commerce in mountain sporting goods Decathlon reigns supreme in Spain. Drawing from Google analytics and data gathered by the SEO company Sistrix, CMDsport has evaluated the performance of the country’s top e-tailers with a list of 32 best-selling product types, such as tents, skis, ski boots, ...

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    Zalando announces new basic fee and marketplace commission increase

    2023-02-22T09:13:00Z

    According to information from various media for online retailers, Zalando will soon be introducing a new fee schedule. Previously, the Zalando platform only charged commissions for successful sales. As of July 1, Zalando is implementing a basic fee of €480 per year for its marketplace. The basic fee applies both ...

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    Zalando continues to grow in Q3

    2022-11-07T06:16:00Z

    In the third quarter of 2022, Zalando’s net loss widened to €35.4 million from €8.4 million a year as capital expenditure grew to €77.0 million from €57.7 million. However, the German online fashion retailer resumed sales growth after a weak first half. In the third quarter, the gross merchandise volume ...

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    ​Zalando expands range to include adaptive fashion

    2022-10-25T11:06:00Z

    Zalando is expanding its range to clothing, shoes and accessories that are geared to the needs of people with disabilities and are deliberately designed to be easier to use by people with permanent or temporary impairments. The addition of adaptive fashion to its product range is an important milestone for ...

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    Nike addressing excess inventory; Q1 Ebit falls 13 percent

    2022-09-30T15:35:00Z

    Nike, ever bullish on its digital approach, is facing an excess-inventory dilemma, contracting gross margins and persistent currency headwinds as it moves into the holiday season. The scenario emerged as the group reported a 22 percent decline in Q1 net income to $1,468 million from $1,874 million for the period ...

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    Zalando is Nike’s second retail partner for Connected Partnership in ten European countries

    2022-09-30T13:15:00Z

    Just a few hours after JD Sports announced it would become Nike’s first European retail partner for the brand’s Connected Partnership program, Zalando has spread the news that it will be Nike’s partner in Germany, Austria, Benelux, France, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Italy and Poland for the same integrated customer ...

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    74 percent of post-consumer textile in Europe is recyclable

    2022-09-27T14:30:00Z

    A report titled Sorting for Circularity Europe provides key findings for a more circular use of textiles.

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    E-Commerce: Secondhand marketplaces on the rise

    2022-09-22T11:36:00Z

    Cross-border marketplaces are developing fast, and the C2C trend is one of the drivers.

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    Cross-border commerce publishes first online retail ranking

    2022-09-19T13:18:00Z

    Providing an overview of the European fashion retail market in 2021, Cross-Border Commerce Europe has published a ranking of fashion retail online.

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    Zalando publishes Q2 figures and reveals adjustment plans to improve order economics

    2022-08-04T10:09:00Z

    With the release of its second quarter 2022 figures, Zalando has expressed confidence in returning to profitability in the second half of 2022 with a set of measures to address the volatile market environment. In the second quarter of 2022, the number of active Zalando customers grew to over 49 ...

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    About You, Yoox Net-A-Porter and Zalando team up on climate action learning platform

    2022-08-01T02:25:00Z

    About You, Yoox Net-A-Porter and Zalando are joining forces on a bespoke learning platform to support their brand partners in setting climate targets aligned with science, intending to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The customized program, designed to explain the value and process of climate targets, will be available to ...

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    Zalando promotes Christoph Lütke Schelhowe to GM DACH

    2022-07-21T16:11:00Z

    After last week’s resignation of Florian Jodl, Zalando has revealed his successor. Christoph Lütke Schelhowe, a former McKinsey associate principal, will be Zalando’s new general manager for the German-speaking markets. Schelhowe has been with the company for almost ten years in different positions, most recently VP, demand – customer acquisition ...

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    Zalando signs Four Paws’ letter of intent for mulesing-free wool

    2022-07-11T10:33:00Z

    The animal welfare organization Four Paws has announced a new signing of the letter of intent to move away from mulesing sheep’s wool. Retailer Zalando has joined the campaign, pledging to phase out its offerings of wool products that are not mulesing-free. The campaign calls for a complete shift away ...

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    Zalando revises full year outlook due to macroeconomic challenges

    2022-06-27T12:24:00Z

    Zalando has issued an update for Q2 2022 and revised its guidance for the financial year 2022 due to a further deterioration in macroeconomic conditions during the second quarter, with the EU consumer confidence index decreasing further in June, the company said. The Berlin-based online platform for fashion and lifestyle ...

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    Zalando launches a profit warning as sales decline for the first time

    2022-05-08T18:31:00Z

    Zalando posted the first decline in quarterly sales in its history and launched a profit warning for the full year. In the first quarter, the German online retailer reported a 1 percent increase in the gross merchandise volume (GMV) to €3.2 billion but a 1.5 percent decline in revenues ...

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    Yearly cross-border e-commerce ranking sees DTC sales on the rise

    2022-03-31T15:31:00Z

    Cross-Border Europe (CBCommerce), a platform promoting cross-border online commerce in Europe, published its yearly Top 500 Cross-Border Retail Europe study on the 500 strongest European players in cross-border e-commerce for the fourth time. Cross-border online commerce (excluding the travel segment) generated total sales of €171.2 billion in the EU in ...

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    Zalando creates circular, modular sweatshirt

    2022-03-31T15:30:00Z

    Zalando has created a unisex, modular sweatshirt made of Infinna – a fiber produced in Finland by Infinited Fiber Company that consists entirely of post-consumer textile waste. Even the weave has been designed, in 3D, to cut waste to 3 percent of the raw fabric. The sweatshirt was on display ...

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    Zalando reaches targets but publishes disappointing guidance

    2022-03-02T09:57:00Z

    Zalando posted better-than-expected sales in 2021 but released a disappointed guidance for 2022, which prompted the company’s share price to drop nearly 10 percent on the day. In the full year ended Dec. 31, the German online fashion retailer posted a 29.7 percent increase in revenues to €10.35 billion, compared ...