All E-Commerce & DTC articles – Page 23
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Schuhe24 group offers retailers free access to its platform
The Schuhe24 group is offering retailers access to its platforms Schuhe24, Outfits24,Taschen24, Dein Juwelier and Sportmarken24 free of charge. Dominik Benner, the founder and managing director, said that the €450 subscription fee was suspended for the rest of the year and for 2021 to support resellers. The company added that ...
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British delivery service fears uncontrollable Black Friday
London-based delivery service ParcelHero said that it’s forecasting an £8.49bn (€9.5bn-$11.5bn) monster Black Friday to Cyber Monday weekend. It warns that stores must learn from the disaster of Black Friday 2014 or delivery chains could snap once again this year. In 2019, Britons spent a £5.55bn (€6.2bn-$7.4bn) on Black Friday-Cyber ...
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News briefsRussian Post will deliver abroad goods bought on Wildberries
Russian Post has inked a contract under which the state-owned mail operator will deliver goods purchased on Wildberries’ online store to customers outside of Russia. In Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, where Wildberries has strong positions, Russian Post will deliver orders to the post offices of its local partners. In ...
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Copenhagen lauches B2B site
The German brand Copenhagen Studios said that it has launched a B2B site to respond to growing demand from buyers. The brand has more than 650 resellers. The new service enables single-pair orders and delivery time varies from 24 to 72 hours. Copenhagen was created in 2017 by the brothers ...
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ArticleShoepassion launches special 10-year anniversary collection on Kickstarter
To mark its tenth anniversary, the Berlin-based footwear company Shoepassion released a special edition collection that is only available on the crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter. A revised edition of the first collection released in 2010, the limited anniversary collection features seven models that will be on sale until Dec. 6, ...
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News briefsCCC starts 60-minute delivery service in Warsaw
CCC has launched a new service to deliver shoes within 60 minutes. Currently, it is only available in Warsaw, where it is being tested. The service provides for online orders, which are directed to a local store rather than to the company’s warehouse. The goods are then shipped from the ...
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Schuhe24 buys an online platform for bike dealers
The German Schuhe24 Group, which manages an online marketplace for independent retailers in many sectors, is branching out into the hot bicycle segment by joining Bike-Angebot.de and taking over majority control. That company claims it operates the largest platform for bicycle dealers in Germany, carrying over 25,000 bicycles offered by ...
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Asos axes commissions to help sellers through new Covid lockdown
British fashion e-tailer Asos is stopping commissions on its marketplace platform to help businesses during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdown as they face the busy Christmas period. New and existing sellers will pay no commission until the end of the year, Asos said. The move ...
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ArticleFarfetch benefits from shift to buying luxury goods online
Luxury e-tailer Farfetch reported a sharp rise in third-quarter sales as it benefits from the growing trend of buying high-end products online. Revenues for the three months to Sept. 30 soared by 71 percent to $438 million, while gross merchandise value (GMV) increased 62 percent to $798 million. Online GMV ...
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ArticleGörtz makes its CEO a shareholder, hires a new CFO
The German footwear chain Görtz is opening its capital to its top manager as it undergoes a management shake-up and further advances its multichannel strategy by pushing its online presence. The chief executive, Frank Revermann, who has served in this position since the end of 2015, will acquire shares ...
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ArticleEU estimates Amazon broke competition rules
The European Commission believes Amazon violated competition rules by unfairly benefiting from non-public data on independent sellers who use its marketplace, it said in its preliminary findings from an antitrust investigation underway against the American e-commerce giant since last year. The European Union’s executive body added it was also launching ...
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ArticleFarfetch, Alibaba, Richemont, Pinault family form a formidable alliance in digital sales
Farfetch, Alibaba, Richemont and the Pinault family, which owns the French luxury goods company Kering, have entered a global partnership with the declared intent of providing luxury brands with “enhanced access” to the Chinese market as well as accelerating the digitization of the global luxury industry. Under the agreement, Farfetch ...
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News briefsCrocs implements AI solution to block unauthorized web ads
Crocs has partnered with Namogoo Technologies on the implementation of a solution that automatically prevents unauthorized and distracting ads from appearing on the Crocs e-commerce site. The Namogoo Customer Journey Hijacking Prevention solution uses artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and block these ads, which are designed to look like native ...
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News briefsFootway widens e-commerce for its brands to 24 markets
Footway, the international Swedish-based shoe e-tailer, has launched a new integrated internet platform for all its operations including Sportamore, the sporting goods e-tailer that it recently acquired, widening its presence to a total of 24 markets all over Europe. The platform also houses a couple of house brands, Hoppe and ...
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Dior offers AR experience on Snapchat for B27 sneaker
Dior is offering an augmented reality (AR) experience on Snapchat for the launch of its new B27 sneaker. The French luxury brand allows Snapchat users to virtually try on six variations of the shoe and to buy them directly from Dior’s channel on Snapchat or through Dior.com. The sneakers retail ...
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ArticleEl Corte Inglés offers e-commerce support to third parties
The Spanish department store El Corte Inglés is in talks with 100 brands to become their e-commerce partner, according to the Spanish daily Cinco Dias. But, no deals have been struck yet, it added, citing the company. The retailer would rely on its logistics platform to guarantee all the services ...
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WhatsApp to add in-app purchases, enterprise message hosting
Facebook will soon be adding in-app purchases and enterprise message hosting to WhatsApp. Companies will be able to use Facebook Shops – the e-commerce platform that made its debut in May and feeds into all Facebook apps – to sell products through the messaging app. Companies will also be able ...
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News briefsYouTube is testing shopping features
Google is testing the idea of turning YouTube into an e-commerce platform, according to a Bloomberg report. YouTube is currently testing through a limited number of channels the option to buy items that feature in videos. The ”goal is to convert YouTube’s bounty of videos into a vast catalog of ...
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News briefsCPC completes purchase of Shoes.com
CriticalPoint Capital (CPC), a Californian-based private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Shoes.com from Walmart. No financial details were released. Shoes.com is an online retailer of footwear, apparel and accessories present in the U.S., and internationally, offering a broad assortment of athletic to casual brands for women, men, and ...
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News briefsFerragamo launches 3D made-to-order service
Salvatore Ferragamo has teamed with Microsoft and its technological partner Hevolus to offer a 3D made-to-order service enabling the customization of the Italian luxury brand’s Tramezza footwear styles. Thanks to Microsoft’s Azure Cloud computing service and its mixed reality technologies, upon which Hevolus’s Augmented Store at Home platform is based, ...
