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top100 marketplaces 2025 infographic | Sixth Edition of the “TOP 100 Cross-Border Marketplaces Europe” Report: European Cross-Border E-Commerce Reaches New Heights
Sixth Edition of the “TOP 100 Cross-Border Marketplaces Europe” Report: European Cross-Border E-Commerce Reaches New Heights

Brussels – 17th October 2025. Cross-Border Commerce Europe, the authoritative platform driving cross-border e-commerce in Europe, has released the much-anticipated sixth edition of its “TOP 100 Cross-Border Marketplaces Europe” report. The study reveals a booming cross-border [...]

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Top 500 Fashion, Beauty & Luxury Retail Europe: Annual Ranking

Cross-Border Commerce Europe publishes the fourth edition of the “Top 500 Fashion, Beauty & Luxury Retail Europe,” the annual ranking dedicated to e-commerce, the leading sector in online retail. Brussels, 12th September 2025 – Cross-Border Commerce [...]

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infographic consumer electronics 2025 | Second edition of the “Top 100 Consumer Electronics Retail Europe”
Second edition of the “Top 100 Consumer Electronics Retail Europe”

Brussels, 18th June 2025. Cross-Border Commerce Europe, a leading platform for promoting cross-border e-commerce across Europe, proudly presents the second edition of the “Top 100 Consumer Electronics Retail Europe.” This annual ranking showcases the top 100 [...]

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Black Friday takes on new importance as shoppers prioritize smart spending
6 November 2025

2025 has been a year of sweeping change — both technologically thanks to AI, and economically as President Trump’s tariffs reshape the landscape of global trade. Not surprisingly, all this change has also shifted consumers’ shopping behaviors, and new research from consulting firm BCG showcases exactly how that’s playing out [...]

Shopify says AI traffic is up 7x since January, AI-driven orders are up 11x
5 November 2025

E-commerce software provider Shopify is bullish on AI-powered shopping agents, citing AI as an “incredible tool” to enable more entrepreneurs and calling it the “biggest shift in technology since the internet” during its third-quarter earnings call. The company, which partnered with ChatGPT maker OpenAI in September, reported that traffic from [...]

Gen Z, millennials drive adoption of AI for holiday shopping
4 November 2025

Those groups are harnessing artificial intelligence for gift ideas and to compare prices this season, a new survey states. While nearly a quarter (23%) of consumers overall are likely to use chatbots and AI tools to shop this holiday season, millennials and Gen Z shoppers are leading the way in [...]

5 Ways AI is shaping the future of logistics and supply chain innovation
3 November 2025

Discover five key areas where artificial intelligence is transforming logistics—from demand forecasting to route optimization and labor management. Plenty of providers are quick to slap an “AI-enabled” label on their software, but just like the dot-com bubble, much of the hype is inflated. For C-suite leaders, this raises a critical [...]

Consumers increasing holiday spending on secondhand gifts
2 November 2025

Secondhand shopping will help drive sales this holiday season as shoppers plan a sharp increase in the percentage of their budgets allocated to resale. Consumers plan to allocate nearly 40% of their total holiday budgets to secondhand gifts, up from the 30% they typically spend on resale in their everyday shopping, [...]

Consumer sentiment & behaviour trends in 2025
1 November 2025

What are the trends shaping consumer sentiment and behavior in 2025—and what are the implications for brands and retailers? People are spending more of their time alone and online. Gen Zers don’t feel financially secure but are willing to splurge. In their search for value, shoppers are buying smaller pack [...]

Consumers embrace AI for research, but few have allowed it to make purchases
31 October 2025

Customers are worrying over payment security, privacy and potential mistakes with autonomous AI purchases, a Riskified survey found. Nearly three-quarters of global consumers say they are using AI in their shopping journeys, according to a survey of more than 5,000 people released Monday by Riskified. Only 13% of consumers say [...]

Shoppers to tap BNPL for holidays
30 October 2025

The yearend holiday shopping season may mean half of consumers tapping BNPL for purchases. Half of holiday shoppers plan to use buy now, pay later services to cover their expenses this holiday season, according to a holiday survey of 1,000 U.S. adults from digital payments provider PayPal Holdings. The respondents [...]

Turn gift subscriptions into a holiday growth engine
29 October 2025

Gift subscriptions aren’t just a nice-to-have holiday promo — they can be one of the most efficient ways to drive new readership and recurring revenue. The trick is to stop treating them like a one-off December campaign and start thinking of them as a system: a growth engine that kicks [...]

New software designs eco-friendly clothing that can reassemble into new items
28 October 2025

To reduce waste, the Refashion program helps users create outlines for adaptable clothing, such as pants that can be reconfigured into a dress. Each component of these pieces can be replaced, rearranged, or restyled. It’s hard to keep up with the ever-changing trends of the fashion world. What’s “in” one [...]

B2B content and marketing trends: Insights for 2026
27 October 2025

AI doesn’t dominate the newly released B2B Content and Marketing Trends: Insights for 2026 report. Over 1,000 B2B marketers reveal what they’re doing with and without AI, the impact of their programs, and their plans for next year. AI has hijacked the marketing conversation. It’s the headline, the panel topic, [...]

Ecommerce content strategy in the age of AI Overviews
26 October 2025

Traditional ecommerce SEO strategies are being upended. Google’s AI overviews, declining click-through rates, and hyper-personalized search results are reshaping conversion paths, forcing ecommerce brands to rethink how they drive visibility, authority, and conversions. To stay competitive, ecommerce businesses must pivot toward more dynamic, AI-aware content strategies. Ultimately, success will favor [...]

Agentic commerce is coming. Are your fraud and checkout systems ready?
25 October 2025

Retailers have spent decades refining the online customer journey, optimising landing pages, streamlining checkout and layering in just enough friction to manage risk without losing conversions. But what happens when the customer no longer takes the journey at all? That’s the shift agentic commerce represents. AI agents are beginning to [...]

Peak 2025: Tips to help retailers prepare
24 October 2025

With the peak trading period of 2025 just weeks away, retailers are making their final preparations. To support them, we spoke with top industry experts who shared their best advice for getting ready. Read on to discover strategies for: Increasing customer engagement Approaching pricing and discounts Ensuring operational speed Optimising [...]

Everything you need to know about Ulta’s new UB Marketplace
23 October 2025

Ulta Beauty’s highly-anticipated digital marketplace, called the UB Marketplace, has officially launched. “Internally, we call it the second floor of the E-comm store, [or] a digital mezzanine,” Josh Friedman, svp of e-commerce and digital at Ulta Beauty, told Glossy. “[It’s filled with] the things you would expect or hope you [...]

As ChatGPT focuses on checkout, Google hones its shopping experience
22 October 2025

As consumers increasingly begin their shopping journeys with conversational AI tools like Google’s Gemini , ChatGPT and Perplexity , there’s been a growing sense that’s it’s only a matter of time before the whole shopping journey — from initial query to purchase — will happen in these platforms. That time [...]

The new digital playbook for BFCM
21 October 2025

Consumers are bombarded with marketing messages during the holiday season, especially through email, a veritable constellation of offers. Inboxes typically start to get flooded during the BFCM weekend, but with the holiday season extended and some shoppers crossing off their lists as early as October, consumers will become overwhelmed by [...]

Why cookies still matter for privacy and data strategy
20 October 2025

Whether third-party cookies finally crumble, they are creating compliance headaches—and strategic blind spots—for publishers and marketers. As Bettina Lippisch, Omeda’s VP of Privacy and Data Governance, pointed out during her talk at OX8, cookies are more than tech—they’re potentially capturing a sharing personal data of your site visitors. And the laws [...]

Twitch adds a new live-shopping feature powered by Amazon Ads
19 October 2025

Twitch will now allow its users to buy products without dragging them away from the stream they’re watching. Announced ahead of TwitchCon, which kicks off today in San Diego, Twitch is launching the live-shopping feature in partnership with e.l.f. Cosmetics, a sub-brand of e.l.f. Beauty. The tech is powered by [...]

Integrating voice search optimization into your content strategy
18 October 2025

Voice search is changing how people discover information. Instead of typing short keywords, users speak full questions into phones, smart speakers, and virtual assistants. To stay visible, brands have to build content that aligns with spoken language, quick & simple answers, and user intent. Voice SEO strategies focus on natural [...]

Think AI can scale personalization alone?
17 October 2025

Customers expect content tailored for them. In fact, 71% of consumers say  it’s “critical” for brands to anticipate their needs and serve relevant content in the moment. But only 34% believe brands actually deliver. The disconnect doesn’t signify a lack of effort, but a lack of scale. Real personalization is [...]

top100 marketplaces 2025 infographic | Sixth Edition of the “TOP 100 Cross-Border Marketplaces Europe” Report: European Cross-Border E-Commerce Reaches New Heights
Sixth Edition of the “TOP 100 Cross-Border Marketplaces Europe” Report: European Cross-Border E-Commerce Reaches New Heights

Brussels – 17th October 2025. Cross-Border Commerce Europe, the authoritative platform driving cross-border e-commerce in Europe, has released the much-anticipated sixth edition of its “TOP 100 Cross-Border Marketplaces Europe” report. The study reveals a booming cross-border e-commerce landscape, with marketplaces emerging as the cornerstone of European cross-border trade. A study [...]

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Oct
Acquisition gets the attention, but loyalty drives the results
16 October 2025

Marketing teams face more pressure than ever to fill the pipeline and acquire new customers. With access to more data and analytics than ever before, it’s no surprise that business leaders and stakeholders are focused on acquisition, too. The problem arises when that focus overshadows one of your most valuable [...]

The fashion industry is asking AI to predict new trends
15 October 2025

Predicting what matters in fashion was once an elite sport, the province of those who attend those big runway shows in New York, Milan, London, and – right now – Paris, like the editors of influential magazines. (A line from 2006’s The Devil Wears Prada, about Miranda Priestly, a tyrannical [...]

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Black Friday takes on new importance as shoppers prioritize smart spending
6 November 2025

2025 has been a year of sweeping change — both technologically thanks to AI, and economically as President Trump’s tariffs reshape the landscape of global trade. Not surprisingly, all this change has also shifted consumers’ shopping behaviors, and new research from consulting [...]

Shopify says AI traffic is up 7x since January, AI-driven orders are up 11x
5 November 2025

E-commerce software provider Shopify is bullish on AI-powered shopping agents, citing AI as an “incredible tool” to enable more entrepreneurs and calling it the “biggest shift in technology since the internet” during its third-quarter earnings call. The company, which partnered with ChatGPT [...]

Gen Z, millennials drive adoption of AI for holiday shopping
4 November 2025

Those groups are harnessing artificial intelligence for gift ideas and to compare prices this season, a new survey states. While nearly a quarter (23%) of consumers overall are likely to use chatbots and AI tools to shop this holiday season, millennials and [...]

5 Ways AI is shaping the future of logistics and supply chain innovation
3 November 2025

Discover five key areas where artificial intelligence is transforming logistics—from demand forecasting to route optimization and labor management. Plenty of providers are quick to slap an “AI-enabled” label on their software, but just like the dot-com bubble, much of the hype is [...]

Consumers increasing holiday spending on secondhand gifts
2 November 2025

Secondhand shopping will help drive sales this holiday season as shoppers plan a sharp increase in the percentage of their budgets allocated to resale. Consumers plan to allocate nearly 40% of their total holiday budgets to secondhand gifts, up from the 30% they [...]

Consumer sentiment & behaviour trends in 2025
1 November 2025

What are the trends shaping consumer sentiment and behavior in 2025—and what are the implications for brands and retailers? People are spending more of their time alone and online. Gen Zers don’t feel financially secure but are willing to splurge. In their [...]

Consumers embrace AI for research, but few have allowed it to make purchases
31 October 2025

Customers are worrying over payment security, privacy and potential mistakes with autonomous AI purchases, a Riskified survey found. Nearly three-quarters of global consumers say they are using AI in their shopping journeys, according to a survey of more than 5,000 people released [...]

Shoppers to tap BNPL for holidays
30 October 2025

The yearend holiday shopping season may mean half of consumers tapping BNPL for purchases. Half of holiday shoppers plan to use buy now, pay later services to cover their expenses this holiday season, according to a holiday survey of 1,000 U.S. adults [...]

Turn gift subscriptions into a holiday growth engine
29 October 2025

Gift subscriptions aren’t just a nice-to-have holiday promo — they can be one of the most efficient ways to drive new readership and recurring revenue. The trick is to stop treating them like a one-off December campaign and start thinking of them [...]

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Black Friday takes on new importance as shoppers prioritize smart spending
6 November 2025

2025 has been a year of sweeping change — both technologically thanks to AI, and economically as President Trump’s tariffs reshape the landscape of global trade. Not surprisingly, all this change has also shifted consumers’ shopping behaviors, and new research from consulting [...]

Shopify says AI traffic is up 7x since January, AI-driven orders are up 11x
5 November 2025

E-commerce software provider Shopify is bullish on AI-powered shopping agents, citing AI as an “incredible tool” to enable more entrepreneurs and calling it the “biggest shift in technology since the internet” during its third-quarter earnings call. The company, which partnered with ChatGPT [...]

Gen Z, millennials drive adoption of AI for holiday shopping
4 November 2025

Those groups are harnessing artificial intelligence for gift ideas and to compare prices this season, a new survey states. While nearly a quarter (23%) of consumers overall are likely to use chatbots and AI tools to shop this holiday season, millennials and [...]

5 Ways AI is shaping the future of logistics and supply chain innovation
3 November 2025

Discover five key areas where artificial intelligence is transforming logistics—from demand forecasting to route optimization and labor management. Plenty of providers are quick to slap an “AI-enabled” label on their software, but just like the dot-com bubble, much of the hype is [...]

Consumers increasing holiday spending on secondhand gifts
2 November 2025

Secondhand shopping will help drive sales this holiday season as shoppers plan a sharp increase in the percentage of their budgets allocated to resale. Consumers plan to allocate nearly 40% of their total holiday budgets to secondhand gifts, up from the 30% they [...]

Consumer sentiment & behaviour trends in 2025
1 November 2025

What are the trends shaping consumer sentiment and behavior in 2025—and what are the implications for brands and retailers? People are spending more of their time alone and online. Gen Zers don’t feel financially secure but are willing to splurge. In their [...]

Consumers embrace AI for research, but few have allowed it to make purchases
31 October 2025

Customers are worrying over payment security, privacy and potential mistakes with autonomous AI purchases, a Riskified survey found. Nearly three-quarters of global consumers say they are using AI in their shopping journeys, according to a survey of more than 5,000 people released [...]

Shoppers to tap BNPL for holidays
30 October 2025

The yearend holiday shopping season may mean half of consumers tapping BNPL for purchases. Half of holiday shoppers plan to use buy now, pay later services to cover their expenses this holiday season, according to a holiday survey of 1,000 U.S. adults [...]

Turn gift subscriptions into a holiday growth engine
29 October 2025

Gift subscriptions aren’t just a nice-to-have holiday promo — they can be one of the most efficient ways to drive new readership and recurring revenue. The trick is to stop treating them like a one-off December campaign and start thinking of them [...]

New software designs eco-friendly clothing that can reassemble into new items
28 October 2025

To reduce waste, the Refashion program helps users create outlines for adaptable clothing, such as pants that can be reconfigured into a dress. Each component of these pieces can be replaced, rearranged, or restyled. It’s hard to keep up with the ever-changing [...]

B2B content and marketing trends: Insights for 2026
27 October 2025

AI doesn’t dominate the newly released B2B Content and Marketing Trends: Insights for 2026 report. Over 1,000 B2B marketers reveal what they’re doing with and without AI, the impact of their programs, and their plans for next year. AI has hijacked the [...]

Ecommerce content strategy in the age of AI Overviews
26 October 2025

Traditional ecommerce SEO strategies are being upended. Google’s AI overviews, declining click-through rates, and hyper-personalized search results are reshaping conversion paths, forcing ecommerce brands to rethink how they drive visibility, authority, and conversions. To stay competitive, ecommerce businesses must pivot toward more [...]

Agentic commerce is coming. Are your fraud and checkout systems ready?
25 October 2025

Retailers have spent decades refining the online customer journey, optimising landing pages, streamlining checkout and layering in just enough friction to manage risk without losing conversions. But what happens when the customer no longer takes the journey at all? That’s the shift [...]

Peak 2025: Tips to help retailers prepare
24 October 2025

With the peak trading period of 2025 just weeks away, retailers are making their final preparations. To support them, we spoke with top industry experts who shared their best advice for getting ready. Read on to discover strategies for: Increasing customer engagement [...]

Everything you need to know about Ulta’s new UB Marketplace
23 October 2025

Ulta Beauty’s highly-anticipated digital marketplace, called the UB Marketplace, has officially launched. “Internally, we call it the second floor of the E-comm store, [or] a digital mezzanine,” Josh Friedman, svp of e-commerce and digital at Ulta Beauty, told Glossy. “[It’s filled with] [...]

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