Category: Digital Marketing

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

Dutch online marketplace Bol has had a good year: sales increased 8.7 percent, reaching 3.1 billion euros. It also earned more from its own platform sales than all sales partners together, figures show. Bol seems to become more like an online store again, instead of a platform. Bol is an online marketplace from the Netherlands.…

The European Parliament has approved a revision of VAT rules. As a result, online platforms will be liable for VAT payments if their sales partners do not fulfill this obligation. The reform aims to prevent unfair competition and combat VAT fraud. Businesses will save billions on costs, according to policymakers in Brussels. By 2030, online…

Creativity is complex. Your style might be brash, but surprisingly tender. Your novel might explore love, but also power. These tensions are a sign of innovation—but they can also make naming a project a challenge. When you’re attached to your work, condensing it into a few words for an external audience can feel daunting. Still,…

Transporting goods isn’t exactly synonymous with environmental stewardship. But new trends and technology can make logistics and shipping operations more sustainable for ecommerce businesses. As business leaders assess their operations, many have realized they can make their products and shipping processes more eco-friendly while still achieving profitability. This approach to order fulfillment and supply chains…