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California retailers to cope with new Covid-19 restrictions. Again

As a stay-at-home order sweeps Southern California, retailers will bear the brunt of the restrictions as Covid-19 cases soar. The state, which counts a population of nearly 40 million people, has some of the toughest restrictions in the U.S. According to Reuters, California has been under a stay-at-home order for all but essential services since...

Dec 8, 2020

Business

Amazon charged with abusing online retail competition

Amazon has been charged with damaging retail competition by the European Union. The company’s sheer size and dominant position in online retail has seen it abuse an unfair advantage over competitors. The BBC said Amazon had used data on third-party sellers that use its marketplace to boost sales of its own-label goods. According to European...

Nov 11, 2020

Business

Corona: we soften your problems

After the irruptions, as consequence of the lock down measures early this year, the “business to business” fashion logistics market slowly started to recover during summer. Nevertheless, sales figures did not manage to reach the levels as expected, since consumers became conservative in their spending, being uncertain about the near future....

Nov 6, 2020

Business

CommentSold launches on-demand live replay

CommentSold, a digital commerce solution that enables small and medium-sized retail businesses to unlock sales growth through live and social selling, has launched a new mobile app functionality that provides enhanced live-selling capability to its merchant partners. The new app features include Live Replay, which enables retailers to tap...

Oct 2, 2020

Retail

E-Commerce in Germany: What characterises online shoppers?

Germany experienced a record year in 2019 in terms of e-commerce, with multichannel retailers recording a particularly substantial increase in sales. As the fifth-largest e-commerce market in the world and the second-largest in Europe, Germany is attractive for foreign players. However, the German market has local and regional requirements that...

Jul 28, 2020

Retail

Online shopping to accelerate, forecasts Goldman Sachs

Forecasts by global investment group Goldman Sachs show e-commerce will expand by 19 percent over the next three years, an increase of 3 percent comparison to a previous forecast of 16 percent. The company said the growth of online shopping is fuelled by the U.S., Brazil, Western Europe and APAC according to a report released earlier this month....

Jul 27, 2020

Fashion

Candiani launches e-commerce site, marks occasion with limited-edition collab

Italian denim mill Candiani has launched its first online e-commerce platform and has partnered with German brand Closed for a limited-edition capsule collection to mark the occasion. The new Candiani Denim Store features a variety of limited-edition pieces exclusive to the store with brands such as Denham the Jeanmaker, Dondup, Blue of a Kind,...

Jul 23, 2020

Report

Delivery giant Hermes to create 10,500 new UK jobs as online shopping booms

Delivery giant Hermes is creating 10,500 new jobs in the UK and investing 100 million pounds to expand its capacity to meet huge demand as online shopping booms. The company is looking for 9,000 self-employed couriers and 1,500 full-time staff, some of which will work at the company’s head office in Yorkshire. Recruitment for the positions has...

Jul 21, 2020

Retail

Post-Covid: Consumers prioritize engagement, functionality and enriched experiences

The fragility of a consumer’s purchasing journey is revealed post-Covid-19, with nearly four in ten UK shoppers abandoning a purchase at least once a week. That’s according to new research commissioned by payment provider Klarna and e-commerce platform BigCommerce, who called on retailers to prioritize shoppers’ needs for the sake of their...

Jul 6, 2020

Retail

Covid-19 to have long-term effect on shift from retail to e-tail

As the UK reopens and consumers can once again visit physical stores, new research suggests that the lockdown will have long-term effects on the way we shop. In fact, an estimated 17.2 million British consumers plan to make permanent changes to the way they shop, according to a new report by global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal...

Jul 2, 2020

Report

Mango attracts almost 900,000 new online customers during lockdown

Spanish fashion brand Mango has said it attracted almost 900,000 new online customers during lockdown, bringing its active e-commerce customers to nearly six million. Mango’s online turnover increased by almost 50 percent between 15 March and 1 June compared to the same period last year. In that same period, it registered over 140 million visits...

Jul 2, 2020

Business

Global e-commerce sales rise over 120 percent for apparel and footwear

As shoppers are eager to get shopping again, but are still reluctant to set foot in stores, there is hope for e-commerce finally making up for the lost ground of brick-and-mortar. According to sales on eShopWorld's platform, apparel and footwear rose more than 120 percent in early June. In addition, U.S. brands using eShopWorld to sell...

Jun 24, 2020