Tag: Mail order companies
SellerX buys KW-Commerce: takeover at Amazon consolidator
London, Düsseldorf SellerX buys KW-Commerce. But who is actually taking over whom here? Here is the 16-month-old start-up with a good 300 employees. There the almost ten year old company…
Black Friday and Cyber Week 2021: Lower sales in online retail
But in retrospect, disillusionment is widespread, even in e-commerce, which has so far been so used to success. As an analysis of the sales of 6,500 German online retailers, which…
How do you change a company from the inside out?
Dusseldorf As an in-house strategist, Tobias Krüger was given the task of leading the “Kulturwandel 4.0” team in the Otto Group in 2016 – a team with a not exactly…
How do you change a company from the inside out?
Dusseldorf As an in-house strategist, Tobias Krüger was given the task of leading the “Kulturwandel 4.0” team in the Otto Group in 2016 – a team with a not exactly…
Online retailer supports anti-vaccination campaigners with unvaccinated shirts
Dusseldorf When she researched people who refused to be vaccinated and entered the keyword “unvaccinated” in their Internet browser, Beate Müller-Gemmeke landed on Amazon’s online marketplace to her surprise. What…
Record sales: Asambeauty – pandemic as an opportunity for expansion
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt Entrepreneur Marcus Asam not only successfully steered the online cosmetics retailer Asambeauty through the pandemic, for him the time was downright an economic stimulus program. And one of…
Delivery problems on Black Friday: bargains are running out
Dusseldorf At the online retailer Littlehipstar there is not a single bargain for Black Friday this Friday. And that on principle. “Our claim to sustainability is sincere and there are…
E-Commerce: Hornbach – faster growth than Amazon
Dusseldorf If you want to know which large online shop in Germany grew the fastest in the past year, you shouldn’t look at Amazon. Or the Otto Group. Or the…
Amazon wants to do without plastic packaging when shipping
Amazon in the Indian city of Bangalore In recent years, environmental organizations have accused Amazon of producing too much plastic waste with its packaging. (Photo: Reuters) Munich The online retailer…
Avoid millions of returns with these tricks
Dusseldorf A real shopping spree can be expected on Black Friday again this year: Germans want to spend 4.9 billion euros on this day, 27 percent more than last year.…
Alibaba: Online retailer reports slump in profits
Dusseldorf The Chinese online retailer Alibaba is growing more slowly than expected and is struggling with a significant decline in profits. Organically, the company’s sales increased by 16 percent in…
Berlin Brands Group: E-commerce unicorn gets fresh capital
Peter Chaljawski The founder of the Berlin Brands Group wants to take over brand dealers around the world with fresh capital. (Photo: W. Schuering / WirtschaftsWoche) Dusseldorf The rapidly growing…
Singles’ Day: Alibaba is feeling stiff competition
Dusseldorf The Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba plans on 11.11. break records again. The so-called Singles’ Day is the day of the year with the highest turnover for the company. However,…
Is it worth getting started now?
Microsoft is the most valuable company in the world. Compared to the same period in the previous year, the hardware and software developer was able to increase its sales by…
Zalando: Operating profit collapses
Zalando Berlin: The logo of the online retailer Zalando at the headquarters of the Zalando Campus on Mercedes-Platz. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The operating profit of Europe’s largest online fashion retailer…
Software development offensive planned
Dusseldorf Since the IPO in mid-June, the share price of the online retailer About You has tended to go in only one direction: down. In parallel to many other e-commerce…
Amazon disappoints with the outlook for the Christmas business
Amazon The eCommerce giant has released its third quarter figures. (Photo: Reuters) Seattle Amazon has disappointed investors: delivery bottlenecks, a lack of workers and massive investments will ruin Amazon’s results…
Amazon disappoints with the outlook for the Christmas business
Amazon The eCommerce giant has released its third quarter figures. (Photo: Reuters) Seattle Delivery bottlenecks and a lack of workers hit the Amazon office. In the current fourth quarter, revenues…
Jack Ma: Alibaba founder on a trip to Europe
Appeared again Alibaba founder Jack Ma is traveling abroad for the first time in more than a year. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The founder of the Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba, Jack…
Fraud and counterfeiting of products: How Amazon is fighting against it
Dusseldorf The evidence for the fraud is clearly documented: The seven defendants from two Chinese companies are said to have counterfeited accessories from the popular GoPro camera brand on a…