Google: “European retailers should monetize their visitors” Online shoppers gather research than ten different sources before they purchase something. And at the same time, online retail stores generate more page views than news sites. Online retailers should market this reach. That’s what Google said during the biggest ecommerce event in... read more →

‘500,000 click and collect locations in Europe in 2015′ The number of click and collect locations in Europe will reach half a million this year, Deloitte predicts. This would be a twenty percent increase on the previous year. The professional services firm think that click and collect will likely become... read more →

Chinese retailer Osell acquires Russian logistics company Osell, the B2B subsidiary of major Chinese cross-border sales platform DinoDirect.com, has acquired TDPRO at the end of last year. TDPRO is a Russian company that provides logistics, warehousing and supply chain management services. With the acquisition, Osell is going to build the... read more →

Romanian online retailer eMAG expands to Poland eMAG, the largest online retailer in Romania, sets foot in Poland. Its sales platform will extend into this Eastern European country, after eMAG.ro’s owner Dante International acquired Agito, one of Poland’s biggest online stores. Poland will be the fourth international market where eMAG.ro... read more →

Ecommerce in Hungary was worth €833 million in 2014 Just as in previous years, the online ecommerce industry in Hungary increased significantly in 2014. Predictions are that the total volume in this Eastern European country should have reached 266 billion Hungarian forints (€833.19 million) by the end of last year.... read more →

32% of UK online sales made via mobile devices One in three of all sales that are made online in the United Kingdom take place on either a smartphone or a tablet. Visits to online stores via these mobile devices currently account for almost half of traffic. Especially in the... read more →

Pay after delivery: the present situation in the Netherlands The Dutch in general have a good reputation when it comes to paying their bills. Therefore paying by invoice and thus after delivery has been very common. Nonetheless the larger Dutch banks founded iDeal, an online payment method that forces consumers... read more →

Europe loses its share in the Russian ecommerce market The European influence on the Russian ecommerce market is declining rapidly. And it’s losing its share to Chinese companies, as their growth in Russia had been fueled thanks to the devaluation of the ruble. The Russian currency has fallen nearly 40%... read more →

Ecommerce in Spain grew to €3.6 billion in Q1 2014 The total turnover of the ecommerce industry in Spain has reached 3.6 billion euros in the first quarter of 2014. When we compare this with the ecommerce turnover in the same period last year, a growth of 27% is noticeable.... read more →

The future of global payments Robust growth has returned to the global payments industry. After a fallow period following the financial crisis of 2008, we forecast payments revenue will grow by 8 percent each year through 2018, at which point annual revenue will reach $2.3 trillion and account for 43... read more →