E-Commerce – Page 4
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News briefsSerious sales growth at Pro Padel Shop
Padel Pro Shop’s first-half sales for 2024 doubled year-on-year, from €4 million to more than €8 million, according to TradeSport. The e-commerce specialist expects to generate €20 million by year’s end. This would be up from FY 2023’s €10 million. Its verticals, pádel and handball, as founder and CEO Dionisio ...
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News briefsStockX halts 400,000 suspected fakes in 12 months
The online marketplace StockX reports in its Big Facts: The Verification Report, which covers the twelve months to May 31, 2024, that it used its verification methods to reject over 400,000 suspected counterfeit products worth almost $85 million. This is around 100,000 more counterfeits than in the previous year. In ...
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ArticleANWR Group is confident about the future
At the Annual General Meeting of the international trade cooperation ANWR Group eG on June 5 in Mainhausen, Germany, the Executive Board presented the strategic fields of action for the coming years under the motto “We make trade successful”. In the future, the ANWR Group will strongly focus on the ...
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News briefsOneFootball teams up with Stadion to launch soccer marketplace
OneFootball has announced a new collaboration with Stadion, a London-based digital sports agency, to introduce a unique online soccer marketplace. This venture aims to integrate a personalized e-commerce platform within the OneFootball app, providing AI-powered product recommendations to fans. Set to debut this summer, the marketplace will allow fans to ...
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News briefsSportsshoes.com announces 11% increase in sales, 663,000 new customers in last 12 months
SportsShoes.com has achieved an 11 percent year-on-year increase in turnover to £90m (€105.6 million) and acquired 663,000 new customers in 12 months. The retailer also secured 749,000 orders from repeat customers during the same period. SportsShoes.com offers more than 17,000 products from 150 running and outdoor brands, including Nike, Adidas ...
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News briefsDavid Beckham signs with Alibaba
David Beckham has signed an endorsement deal with Alibaba, according to The Independent and others. The deal is reportedly the biggest ever entered into by the Chinese e-commerce giant, although the terms remain undisclosed. It is connected with a marketing campaign for this year’s UEFA Euro tournament. Beckham will be ...
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News briefsBullpadel hits the UK’s e-tail mainstream
The distributor MRH Sport has struck a deal to sell Bullpadel pádel racquets through John Lewis. We learn this from The Padel Paper, according to which John Lewis is the first major department store in the UK to stock pádel racquets for online sale. Some 18 Bullpadel racquets are now ...
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ArticleRussian sporting goods market experiences surge in cross-border e-commerce
During the past year, the Russian sporting goods market saw a 16 percent rise in cross-border e-commerce, as customers are increasingly placing orders at foreign marketplaces, CDEK.Shopping, a Russian logistics company estimated. The company revealed that Russians purchase food additives and sporting goods in massive quantities to improve their performance ...
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News briefsNike faces decline in running shoe website traffic as rivals gain ground
Nike has seen a notable decline in website traffic for its running shoe category, falling behind in a fiercely competitive market. According to Similarweb’s data, traffic to Nike.com’s running segment has steadily decreased from March 2022 to March 2024, a period during which rival brands like Brooks have caught up, ...
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News briefsAmazon launches its marketplace in South Africa
Amazon has announced the launch of Amazon.co.za, its online marketplace in South Africa, available on desktop and mobile browsers or by downloading the Amazon Shopping App. Customers in South Africa can now shop from a selection of brands across 20 different product categories, such as sporting equipment, consumer electronics, toys ...
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ArticleFrasers Group revamps digital infrastructure to enhance retail operations
Frasers Group is embarking on a digital transformation aimed at boosting the efficiency of its retail operations and enhancing the online shopping experience across its sports, premium, and luxury brand websites and apps. Described as a “first of its kind” initiative, the retail powerhouse views this investment as pivotal to ...
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News briefsParis 2024 branded products now available on Tmall
Alibaba has announced that fans in China can now access official Paris 2024 branded products on Tmall’s Olympic Store. Fans can purchase a range of licensed merchandise, including toys of the Phryges, the official mascots of the upcoming Games. Alibaba is a worldwide Olympic Partner and the Tmall platform, part ...
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ArticleNo company sells more clothes in Spain than Shein
Shein appears to have become the top online retailer for fashion in Spain, where it has surpassed Zara and H&M, as well as in Italy, Greece and Portugal, according to Diffusion Sport, which cites figures from the consultancy ECDB. Indeed, the e-commerce specialist – of Chinese origin but Singaporean headquarters ...
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News briefsA delay in Google’s Sandbox plan
Google is putting off until 2025 the deprecation of the third-party cookie in its Chrome browser, a plan we reported on in January. In its report for the first quarter of this year the company will be publishing the following notice: “We are providing an update on the plan for ...
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ArticleA new era in Google search
Google is introducing a new form of search result called Search Generative Experience (SGE). It might change e-commerce.
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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 ...
