Winners E-commerce Germany Awards announced

This week, the winners of the E-Commerce Germany Awards were announced during a gala. There were 12 categories in which service providers competed for the title. Winners include Odoscope, Mollie and Sendcloud. The E-commerce Germany Awards were founded in 2018. The awards show and announcement of the winners always takes place in a gala, as…

Introducing our new and improved Edge Add-ons website

We’re excited to announce the launch of our newly revamped Edge Add-ons website, designed to enhance your browsing experience through extensions and themes. This update brings a host of improvements aimed at making it easier for you to discover and acquire add-ons like extensions and themes through a more modern, functional, and actionable store. Improved…

SellerX is letting 20% of workforce go

Marketplace aggregator SellerX has announced that it is letting go of a fifth of its workforce. This comes down to 170 jobs out of a total of more than 800. The company is doing this because it needs to cut costs. SellerX is an ecommerce aggregator, based in Germany. It buys and builds Amazon brands.…

Otto lays off hundreds of customer service employees

German online platform Otto is eliminating 480 call center positions. This results in layoffs of hundreds of employees. Several of the company’s customer service locations will be closed completely. One of the biggest online stores in Germany, Otto, is having financial trouble. The company opened its website to third-party sellers in 2020, becoming an online…

A new level unlocked – The Official Microsoft Blog

Muse, the first World and Human Action Model, could facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration, for example, when exploring gameplay ideas. Today Microsoft released Muse, a first-of-its-kind generative AI model that we are applying to gaming. But it’s so much more than that. What we’re sharing today is a huge step forward for gameplay ideation. And what’s even more…

More Edge features get a performance boost

Microsoft Edge is racing into the new year with faster and more responsive features than ever before. Starting with Microsoft Edge 132, many of the browser’s most important features, such as Downloads, Drop, History, and the inPrivate new tab experience are now a lot faster. In fact, no less than 14 different areas of the…

Monta opens warehouse in France

Dutch fulfillment company Monta has realized its previously announced expansion into France. The company recently opened its first warehouse in the country. In total, it now has 19 locations in Europe. Monta began in 1999 as a fulfillment company in the Netherlands, providing warehousing and order processing services for online stores. It now provides software-based…

43% German online retailers dissatisfied with market

A large share of German online store owners are dissatisfied with developments in the German ecommerce market. Strict regulations in the country about online sales seem to be the biggest hurdle for sellers, at least 60 percent of sellers are dissatisfied by the legal framework. These data come from a study by Uptain, which tries…