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How Amazon Prime Day is influencing the ecommerce landscape

Prime Day, Amazon’s annual sales event for Amazon Prime subscribers, kicks off July 15 at 12 a.m PST. This year’s Prime Day will last 48 hours instead of 36, with some early deals popping up on Amazon’s website several days before the event, turning it into a week-long discount bonanza. Much like Black Friday, Amazon Prime Day has become a...

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8 facts about ecommerce in Europe every online retailer should know

Do you have an online shop located in an European country or shipping to Europe? The latest report on the state of European ecommerce, published by the Ecommerce Foundation, is full of useful insights. FashionUnited summarizes its main takeaways below. 1. Most B2C ecommerce is concentrated in Western Europe Western Europeans are the ones most...

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Online retail: The Dutch care about sustainability and trustworthiness

Is your online shop trusted by consumers? Does it have an environmentally friendly approach? Today, trustworthiness and sustainability are keywords for consumers in choosing their preferred online shop. Dutch customers particularly adhere to this when shopping online. Recently, the Ecommerce Foundation conducted research in the Netherlands...

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5 facts about e-commerce in Brazil international online retailers should know

Brazil may be in the middle of a major economic crisis, but that doesn’t mean foreign e-commerce companies should ignore the country. A new report by the Ecommerce Foundation about the Brazilian e-commerce landscape shows that buying products from international online shops is a habit for no less than 48 percent of Brazilian shoppers, of which 8...

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Will Etsy be the next Amazon? Facts and figures about e-commerce in the US

Watch out, Amazon, for Etsy is becoming the online marketplace of choice for many US shoppers. That’s one of the conclusions in the latest report on the state of e-commerce in the United States, published this week by the Ecommerce Foundation. Amazon websites continue to be the undisputable champions in popularity, having gathered 197 million...

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Online B2C turnover in France rose around 82 billion euros in 2017 - Report

A latest France Ecommerce Report 2018 by Ecommerce Foundation highlights the importance and growth of online retail in the country. In 2017, based on the report’s findings, ecommerce in France grew 14 percent and the online business-to-consumer turnover was just under 82 billion euros (95.8 billion dollars), which is expected to witness a...

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Ecommerce Foundation releases US B2C e-commerce country report 2016

The Ecommerce Foundation released a new B2C E-commerce Country Report on the state of e-commerce in the United States. The report covers the latest figures, trends and developments for the US online retail market, and powered by Ingenico, ADAM Software, Asendia and Webhelp. In 2015, 230 million Americans (88% of the population aged 15 and over)...