Apple adds UnionPay to Chinese app store payments options Apple has has added UnionPay as a payment option for its App Store customers in China, Apple’s second largest market for app downloads. Customers can now link their Apple ID with a UnionPay debit or credit card for one-tap purchases. Previously,... read more →

Swiss online retailers are looking positively to the future of ecommerce. The rising service level will be played as a trump card the Christmas season and after that, revenue will keep increasing, the majority of Swiss ecommerce players think. Not only the continuing increase in service level, but also the... read more →

Swedish marketplace Fyndic gets €16mln in funding Fyndiq, a popular online marketplace in Sweden, received a 20 million dollar (€16.03 million) Serie A funding. Investors are Northzone and Industrifonden. Before this funding, Fyndiq has raised 4 million euros in funding from private investors. With the money, Fyndiq will continue growing... read more →

What you should know about selling online in Poland Every country in Europe has its own set of things you should take into account when selling online over there. This is of course also the case for Poland, one of Europe’s fastest-growing ecommerce markets. Here’s what you should know about... read more →

Eastern European ecommerce attracts investors Global investors are looking with increasing interest to the ecommerce industry in Eastern Europe. The growth and trends in this region attracts the attention of international ecommerce players and investors. For example in Turkey, there’s a raised interest of investors, mostly in the clothing sectors.... read more →

With mobile payments already struggling to catch on, the recent face-off between Apple Pay and CurrentC, a payments and loyalty platform developed by a consortium of retailers, could further stall adoption and end up costing merchants customers. Drugstore chains CVS and Rite-Aid reportedly turned off the ability to accept Apple... read more →

Yandex let customers place orders via search site Yandex, the most popular search engine in Russia, is now offering online stores a new model for listing their products on product search service Yandex.Market. The search engine currently gets a few cents every time a customer clicks on a link to... read more →

Almost half of Dutch online stores quits after two years Of all online stores in the Netherlands that started in 2012, almost half of them doesn’t exist anymore. There were 7591 online stores founded two years ago, but today only 56 percent of them is still active. It also seems... read more →

Shopping app Shopkick has expanded into its first international market by launching the app in Germany. From day one it has partnered up with major retailers like Douglas, Media Markt and Saturn, OBI and Karstadt and brands including P&G, Henkel and GSK. Shopkick, an app with which shoppers can receive... read more →

Russia is, what their situation in Europe is concerned, a stranger it our midst. It’s part European, it’s part Asian, but above all it’s Russia. It is one of those countries that together with the United States, China, and the United Kingdom dominate international politics, economy, and sports. More than... read more →