Fruugo

Ted Hettich

Chief Sales Officer

“Fruugo is very proud to be a part of the Cross-Border Commerce Europe community. As a proud recipient of the 2nd place award for marketplaces in the Top 500 Report, we are looking forward to the future industry insights and taking part in their high quality events as a member.”

Cassis Paprika

Geoffrey Baudts

Director E-Commerce & Online Partnerships

Cassis Paprika, omni-channel fashion retailer, is glad to be part of the Cross-Border Commerce Europe community to discover new European opportunities.

Klium

Davy Agten

E-Commerce Manager

Klium is on a mission to equipping the whole planet. For these cross-border activities, we use the CBC Europe knowledge and network platform.

Vavabid

Katia Longeval

Director of International Development

VaVaBid, part of Talpa eCommerce, is the leading online auction platform for leisure activities. Further international expansion is our main focus the upcoming years. Therefore we look forward to be part of this network and learn but also exchange experiences on cross border activities.

Vente-Exclusive.com

Stefan Venken

Marketing Director North Europe

“Vente-Exclusive.com, is glad to join Cross-Border Commerce Europe,
which we see as a great community to exchange and develop best practices and new opportunities within e-commerce. ”

Modz

Thierry Flechet

CEO

“We are MODZ….. and we are very happy to join the CBC network in order to boost our outlet business all over Europe”

e-Luscious

Jacco Oosterhof

Business Development Director

“At e-Luscious, the biggest online seller of wine and coffee in Europe, we strongly support Cross-Border Commerce Europe. We are looking forward to share knowledge and work together with peers in order to create a stronger and broader e-commerce environment in Europe.”

Acer Europe

Philippe Henry

Director eCommerce EMEA

“ACER, a global ICT company, is glad to join Cross-Border Commerce Europe which we see as a great platform to exchange and develop further European rules and best practises.”

MyBank

Giorgio Ferrero

CEO

“MyBank is supporting the new network and knowledge platform Cross-Border Commerce Europe. We share common objectives as to boost online business across Europe both in B2B and B2C context.
You will be able to meet your retailers’ peers and discover how the MyBank Solution is implemented in the south of Europe and is working on its pan-European roll-out.”

Oney

Head of Business Development

Julien Jonville

“As a major European player in innovative and digital payment solutions, it was an obvious decision for Oney to join Cross-Border Commerce Europe, which will bring together European companies representing all areas of commerce.”

Worldline Merchant Services

Stijn Gasthuys

Head of Global Sales team

“As Worldline we want to support European merchants with all their payment needs and eCommerce is a key focus area for our business. Gaining and sharing knowledge in a partner network such as the Cross-Border Commerce Europe platform is important to stay ahead in the market and learning from our colleagues is something we truly value.”

Cross-Border Commerce Europe

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Items in the Cross-Border Commerce platform

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Webshops in Europe - with Germany leading

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% of European e-shoppers buy cross-border

Top 500 Analysis Report

E-commerce Cross-Border Top 500 is a comprehensive compilation of Cross-Border data from websites of European retailers. The study focuses on the European retailers from Western Europe and Scandinavia (EU16).
Turnover of Cross-Border online B2C e-commerce (incl travel) is estimated at € 137 billion. This is an increase of 13,2% compared to 2017. Cross- Border share is approximately 25% of total online EU16 sales.

Top 500 Analysis Report

The European C-Suite Cross-Border events

2 days knowledge sharing and network experience with more than 150 European retail executives in a prestigious European setting. A unique authentic and qualitative venue gathering the most iconic cross-border retailers. The unmissable “Retail made in Europe” rendez-vous.
Save your date on 24 & 25 October 2019 for this new edition European C-Suite Winter 2019. It will take place partly in Brussels mythic European Parliament and is on “invitation only”.

Retailers participation request

Artificial Intelligence

The European Commission will start work with Member States to have a coordinated plan on AI by the end of 2018. The main aim is to maximise the impact of investment at the EU and national levels, encourage cooperation across the EU, exchange best practices and define the way forward together, so to ensure the EU’s global competitiveness in this sector.

50% of all searches will be voice searches by 2020

Today, 1 out of 6 American families owns a smart speaker which represents 39 million families. What about Europe?

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European Harmonised Parcel Label

To meet the growing needs and expectations of today’s consumers, online retailers will greatly benefit from using a European Harmonised Parcel Label. The label will significantly improve the efficiency of cross-border deliveries and return processes, giving retailers and consumers more options in shipping.
The Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) on the label will enable all partners in the delivery network to use one worldwide unique parcel ID system to link their data to the physical parcel. Parcels will no longer need to be relabeled when they are handed over from one operator to another, resulting in far greater efficiency, lower cost, better traceability, and the ease of adding new services to the delivery service portfolio.

By working together to implement the Harmonised Parcel Label, retailers and carriers will create a parcel stream that accommodates the current and future needs of consumers and all stakeholders in the delivery service industry.

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EU distribution of digital skills

According to the Digital Skills Indicator form 2015, 21% of Europeans can be considered as having no digital skills, based on the criterion that they are not using the internet. This figure ranges from 3% in Luxembourg to 44% in Bulgaria and Romania. In eight countries (Portugal, Poland, Croatia, Cyprus, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania), 30% or more of the population have no digital skills.

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Basic Level
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No digital skills

Compared to similar statistics from 2012, this means an overall increase of 2% of digitally skilled persons in the EU as a whole and even more in lagging Member States (for instance 6% in Romania). This shows that Europeans are acquiring digital skills, albeit at a gentle pace.

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