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Digital commerce to exceed 11.6 trillion dollars in 2021

Soaring growth in online sales show e-commerce spending is set to rise 11.5 percent this year to 11.6 trillion dollars. New findings from Juniper Research highlight the success of digital solutions during the pandemic spurring consumer behaviour will become increasingly digitally led, rather than reverting to pre-pandemic norms. The research...

May 4, 2021

Retail

How fashion brands can navigate post-Covid recovery

Shopping has changed drastically over the last year. Shop closures - most temporary, but others permanent - have seen fashion customers flock to e-commerce and online marketplaces. Brands and retailers have followed consumers, establishing and expanding their presence on channels such as Zalando. With the most stringent lockdown restrictions...

Apr. 20, 2021

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

10 exciting augmented reality features for fashion shoppers

Technological advancements like augmented reality, virtual reality, 3D visualisation and 3D printing are increasingly applied in a creative way in the fashion industry. And they should be as consumers prefer trying on garments before buying them - online or offline. This is made easier by apps that have features enabling virtual try-ons, 3D...

Jun. 19, 2019

Retail

Online scammers using names of top fashion brands to fool victims

Fashion brands such as Adidas, Nike, Ray-Ban, Canada Goose and Ted Baker are being used by scammers to lure unsuspecting online shoppers into fake e-commerce websites, according to a new study by Scamadviser and the Ecommerce Foundation. Scammers often use logos and imagery from these brands to make consumers think that they are buying products...

Dec. 6, 2018

Retail

Will Etsy be the next Amazon? Facts and figures about e-commerce in the US

Watch out, Amazon, for Etsy is becoming the online marketplace of choice for many US shoppers. That’s one of the conclusions in the latest report on the state of e-commerce in the United States, published this week by the Ecommerce Foundation. Amazon websites continue to be the undisputable champions in popularity, having gathered 197 million...

Nov. 28, 2018

Retail

Online shopping fuels demand for warehousing

Shopping from the comfort of home or our mobile phones is a convenience we can no longer live without. But where do all the clothes come from that don’t originate from boutiques or the shop floor? They are stored in warehouse hubs, often in locations we may not come to expect. According to the CBRE 2018 Global Industrial & Logistics Prime Rents...

Aug. 27, 2018

Retail

Many retailers are closing the wrong stores, says McKinsey

More than 7000 stores closed in the US in 2017, and the trend continues into 2018. As traffic in US shopping malls decreases, investment bank Credit Suisse forecasts 25 percent of all American malls to close by 2022. However, some companies may be choosing the wrong shops to close, according to a recent study by management consultancy firm...

Aug. 6, 2018

Retail

Zara to start ship-from-store service to speed up delivery times

Several recent studies have pointed out the importance of speed in online retailing. Online fashion shops that constantly add new items to their catalogue and guarantee a fast deliverytend to sell morethan those which are perceived as more stylish by consumers, but fail to convey the same sense of speed. With new products dropping every week,...

Aug. 2, 2018

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E-commerce is changing: What can fashion do to keep up?

The business of selling fashion online is becoming more complex as social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook introduce independent shopping functions of their own. Fashion brands and retailers must create well-thought-out strategies to incorporate changes in e-commerce from the start or risk losing money, says Coen Frederiks, owner of...

Jul. 30, 2018

Business

Online B2C turnover in France rose around 82 billion euros in 2017 - Report

A latest France Ecommerce Report 2018 by Ecommerce Foundation highlights the importance and growth of online retail in the country. In 2017, based on the report’s findings, ecommerce in France grew 14 percent and the online business-to-consumer turnover was just under 82 billion euros (95.8 billion dollars), which is expected to witness a...

Jul. 24, 2018

Retail

US shoppers trust the authenticity of UK retailers

The average US shopper spends 86 dollars (66 pounds) per month on UK websites, according to a study commissioned by the Royal Mail, as they are significantly more likely to trust the authenticity of a UK retailer. The research reveals that one in seven (14 percent) American online shoppers have purchased from a UK site in the last three months,...

Jul. 16, 2018