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5th edition of the “TOP 500 Cross-Border Retail Europe”: an annual ranking of the TOP 500 European cross-border online shops

Brussels, March 30th 2023. Cross-Border Commerce Europe, the platform that stimulates cross-border e-commerce in Europe, releases a major research paper covering and ranking the 500 strongest European players with a focus on cross-border performance. The total [...]

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top 100 sustainable marketplaces 2022
ReCommerce Marketplaces are growing 20 times faster than the broader retail market

eBay, TOP100 winner “Sustainable Marketplaces operating in Europe” is, in terms of reCommerce, the largest seller of used, second-hand, refurbished and repurposed items. [...]

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European Compendium dedicated to the Cross-Border E-Commerce model in the “NEXT new normal” across Europe

Cross-Border Commerce Europe launches the second edition of a European Compendium dedicated to the Cross-Border E-Commerce model in the “NEXT new normal” across Europe. A collection of seven annual blue paper reports compiled by 70 leading [...]

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European Union implements new customs requirements
30 March 2023

Import Control System 2 (ICS2) is the EU safety and security initiative that screens shipments prior to their arrival in Europe. It’s designed to help protect people from security and safety threats by helping customs authorities identify high-risk consignments and intervene where necessary.   ICS2 is split into three phases or [...]

How ecommerce retailers can build a successful privacy program
29 March 2023

Digital commerce has been a steadily growing market in recent years and you may have heard the whispers of a new federal privacy bill in the United States, or your company is exploring expanding into Europe and now GDPR is on your radar. It is nearly impossible for a consumer [...]

Top 7 customer loyalty trends to know in 2023
28 March 2023

Customer loyalty needs to be a key part of any business strategy. It costs 5x more to acquire new customers than to retain existing customers—so increasing loyalty and retention is essential to cutting down costs. Many businesses do this through loyalty programs, affiliate marketing opportunities, offering discounts on a customer’s [...]

infographic top 500 retailers europe
5th edition of the “TOP 500 Cross-Border Retail Europe”: an annual ranking of the TOP 500 European cross-border online shops

Brussels, March 30th 2023. Cross-Border Commerce Europe, the platform that stimulates cross-border e-commerce in Europe, releases a major research paper covering and ranking the 500 strongest European players with a focus on cross-border performance. The total online EU cross-border market generated €179.4 billion in 2022 (excluding travel), an increase of [...]

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Mar
22 Strategies for hospitality/travel e-commerce brands in 2023
26 March 2023

The travel industry has been one of the hardest hit over the last few years from the impact of COVID, and with people couped for the past 2+ years, they’re hungry to travel and ready to spend. From booking hotels and activities to buying travel products for easier (and more [...]

Why and how to do competitive benchmarking | YouScan
25 March 2023

In today’s fast-paced world, business progress is impossible without competitive benchmarking, since you must always be aware of what others are doing. Keep reading to uncover the benefits and best practices of comparing your brand’s performance to the competition. Talking about marketing, competitive benchmarking is the process of comparing your [...]

The 6 critical touchpoints of the return process
24 March 2023

Customers are 3X more likely to abandon a retailer after a bad return, but 95% of online shoppers are willing to purchase from a retailer again following a good return. How can retailers capture a customer’s loyalty with a great return process? It starts before a customer clicks the “buy” [...]

The best ways to use social media in content marketing
23 March 2023

More than half the world’s population (58.4%) uses social media. And, on any given day, people spend an average of two hours and 27 minutes on the platforms, according to research by Global WebIndex referenced by Smart Insights. Given all those people and all that time, there’s no chance brands would [...]

21 DTC ecommerce trends to watch in 2023
22 March 2023

The future of Direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce has never been brighter, with new opportunities appearing every day. Also known as “B2C” or “Business to consumer,” a DTC eCommerce approach allows businesses to sell their products and services directly to their customers.  DTC eCommerce is all about selling products directly to consumers [...]

Urban millennial men will drive BOPIS growth
21 March 2023

Convenience-loving BOPIS users fit a niche demographic profile of younger male city dwellers who tend to prioritize convenience over speed, illuminating how retailers should focus their messaging to expand usage of omnichannel fulfillment services. “Buy online, pick up in store” services became a pandemic-era shopping hero when retailers quickly spun [...]

Your 2023 privacy strategy checklist
20 March 2023

We’re only a few years into this decade, yet the strategies of 2020 are nearly unrecognizable to what’s most relevant in privacy today. 2023 is on the horizon, and there’s plenty to prepare for. Run through key priorities with this checklist and be ready for what’s to come. Cutting-edge privacy programs are [...]

Self-checkout is a must-have for retailers
19 March 2023

Shoppers have always valued time and convenience, and the last thing they want is to wait in a line. Offering a number of checkout options, such as self-serve kiosks, is critical to ensuring consumers can be in and out of a store quickly. However, after the introduction of self-checkout, retailers [...]

Smart texts can turn abandoned carts into conversions
18 March 2023

Cart abandonment often occurs when consumers become frustrated while searching for certain items and price points. It’s costing billions in lost sales, but there are ways of preventing it. A rising trend of ever more personalized experiences powered by digital solutions and data is proving the best defense against cart [...]

Luxury retail departments are evolving into wellbeing destinations
17 March 2023

Retail and beauty aisles are getting an upgrade as consumers are thinking less about “normal beauty” offerings and more about how store experiences and services make them feel. Galeries Lafayette opened a 32,290 square foot wellness department in July, complete with aligned wellness products, a restaurant and even a gym. [...]

A marketer’s guide to livestream shopping
9 March 2023

Digital marketers have heard of the ecommerce value of livestream shopping. Here’s how to include it in your marketing plan. Retailers, brands, and digital platforms from around the world are leveraging the tremendous value that livestream shopping brings. Who would’ve thought the intoxicating combination of social media, live entertainment, and instant [...]

A look back at email marketing in 2022
8 March 2023

Did you know that on average, 1.5 billion email opens were recorded for every month this year? That’s 490 million more email opens than last year’s average (of 1.01 billion emails opens per month). With such a high volume of email opens, it got us thinking about the year in [...]

Subscription economy growth driven by new sectors
7 March 2023

The next wave of growth in the subscriptions economy is set to come from non-traditional sources such as DIY, homewares, technology companies and department stores. There is also set to be a surge in existing subscription-offering businesses expanding their portfolios, data shows.  According to data from Barclaycard Payments, growth in [...]

Personalizing emails with shopper generated content
6 March 2023

Early 2020 saw commerce transform as people transitioned to online shopping by necessity. But the trend was already starting. The pandemic merely accelerated it. In fact, by 2025, global ecommerce will generate over $7 trillion, contributing to over 24% of total global retail shares. What does that double-digit growth mean for [...]

Uniting the fragmented customer journey
5 March 2023

With today’s fragmented customer journeys, there are many important components when looking to plug the gaps of customer experience so that they remain consistent regardless of channel. Today’s shopping journeys are all too often fragmented. Customers like the experience of physical stores but value the speed and convenience of online shopping [...]

How to improve your social marketing with user-generated content
4 March 2023

Have your influencer campaigns stopped performing? Wondering how to find and amplify engaging user-generated content (UGC)? In this article, you’ll discover the types of UGC that work for marketers right now. The best way to find UGC depends on the social platforms your customers typically use. Are they scattered across multiple [...]

What Web 3.0 and changing consumer psychographics mean for luxury brands
3 March 2023

Web 3.0 is coming fast. While it still hasn’t been fully realized, it promises to mark the end of the domination of the internet by power platforms, like Google, Facebook and Twitter and put users in charge. “This third generation of internet services will be the catalyst for a new [...]

Why customer retention will be harder than ever in 2023
2 March 2023

Being at the beginning of the year, a number of businesses across the world will be formulating their strategy and attempting to navigate the challenges that are set out before them. In the UK, specifically, there is a particular issue that will have to be accounted for. The cost-of-living crisis [...]

How specialty beauty retail came to dominate the mass channel
1 March 2023

Shopping for beauty is not like it used to be, and you have specialty retailers dedicated exclusively to beauty to thank for that. The change to beauty retail has occurred over three decades since Sephora and Ulta Beauty first emerged in the 1990s and disrupted the department store dynamic. But over [...]

Why SMS is an essential part of your e-commerce strategy
28 February 2023

From email inboxes to social networks, and across mobile phones and laptops, shoppers today move seamlessly from one channel to another to engage with brands. Google found that consumers shopping across multiple touchpoints have a 30 percent higher lifetime customer value than those who don’t. In relation, Aberdeen revealed that [...]


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European Union implements new customs requirements
30 March 2023

Import Control System 2 (ICS2) is the EU safety and security initiative that screens shipments prior to their arrival in Europe. It’s designed to help protect people from security and safety threats by helping customs authorities identify high-risk consignments and intervene where [...]

How ecommerce retailers can build a successful privacy program
29 March 2023

Digital commerce has been a steadily growing market in recent years and you may have heard the whispers of a new federal privacy bill in the United States, or your company is exploring expanding into Europe and now GDPR is on your [...]

Top 7 customer loyalty trends to know in 2023
28 March 2023

Customer loyalty needs to be a key part of any business strategy. It costs 5x more to acquire new customers than to retain existing customers—so increasing loyalty and retention is essential to cutting down costs. Many businesses do this through loyalty programs, [...]

infographic top 500 retailers europe
5th edition of the “TOP 500 Cross-Border Retail Europe”: an annual ranking of the TOP 500 European cross-border online shops

Brussels, March 30th 2023. Cross-Border Commerce Europe, the platform that stimulates cross-border e-commerce in Europe, releases a major research paper covering and ranking the 500 strongest European players with a focus on cross-border performance. The total online EU cross-border market generated €179.4 [...]

27
Mar
22 Strategies for hospitality/travel e-commerce brands in 2023
26 March 2023

The travel industry has been one of the hardest hit over the last few years from the impact of COVID, and with people couped for the past 2+ years, they’re hungry to travel and ready to spend. From booking hotels and activities [...]

Why and how to do competitive benchmarking | YouScan
25 March 2023

In today’s fast-paced world, business progress is impossible without competitive benchmarking, since you must always be aware of what others are doing. Keep reading to uncover the benefits and best practices of comparing your brand’s performance to the competition. Talking about marketing, [...]

The 6 critical touchpoints of the return process
24 March 2023

Customers are 3X more likely to abandon a retailer after a bad return, but 95% of online shoppers are willing to purchase from a retailer again following a good return. How can retailers capture a customer’s loyalty with a great return process? [...]

The best ways to use social media in content marketing
23 March 2023

More than half the world’s population (58.4%) uses social media. And, on any given day, people spend an average of two hours and 27 minutes on the platforms, according to research by Global WebIndex referenced by Smart Insights. Given all those people and [...]

21 DTC ecommerce trends to watch in 2023
22 March 2023

The future of Direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce has never been brighter, with new opportunities appearing every day. Also known as “B2C” or “Business to consumer,” a DTC eCommerce approach allows businesses to sell their products and services directly to their customers.  DTC eCommerce [...]


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European Union implements new customs requirements
30 March 2023

Import Control System 2 (ICS2) is the EU safety and security initiative that screens shipments prior to their arrival in Europe. It’s designed to help protect people from security and safety threats by helping customs authorities identify high-risk consignments and intervene where [...]

How ecommerce retailers can build a successful privacy program
29 March 2023

Digital commerce has been a steadily growing market in recent years and you may have heard the whispers of a new federal privacy bill in the United States, or your company is exploring expanding into Europe and now GDPR is on your [...]

Top 7 customer loyalty trends to know in 2023
28 March 2023

Customer loyalty needs to be a key part of any business strategy. It costs 5x more to acquire new customers than to retain existing customers—so increasing loyalty and retention is essential to cutting down costs. Many businesses do this through loyalty programs, [...]

infographic top 500 retailers europe
5th edition of the “TOP 500 Cross-Border Retail Europe”: an annual ranking of the TOP 500 European cross-border online shops

Brussels, March 30th 2023. Cross-Border Commerce Europe, the platform that stimulates cross-border e-commerce in Europe, releases a major research paper covering and ranking the 500 strongest European players with a focus on cross-border performance. The total online EU cross-border market generated €179.4 [...]

27
Mar
22 Strategies for hospitality/travel e-commerce brands in 2023
26 March 2023

The travel industry has been one of the hardest hit over the last few years from the impact of COVID, and with people couped for the past 2+ years, they’re hungry to travel and ready to spend. From booking hotels and activities [...]

Why and how to do competitive benchmarking | YouScan
25 March 2023

In today’s fast-paced world, business progress is impossible without competitive benchmarking, since you must always be aware of what others are doing. Keep reading to uncover the benefits and best practices of comparing your brand’s performance to the competition. Talking about marketing, [...]

The 6 critical touchpoints of the return process
24 March 2023

Customers are 3X more likely to abandon a retailer after a bad return, but 95% of online shoppers are willing to purchase from a retailer again following a good return. How can retailers capture a customer’s loyalty with a great return process? [...]

The best ways to use social media in content marketing
23 March 2023

More than half the world’s population (58.4%) uses social media. And, on any given day, people spend an average of two hours and 27 minutes on the platforms, according to research by Global WebIndex referenced by Smart Insights. Given all those people and [...]

21 DTC ecommerce trends to watch in 2023
22 March 2023

The future of Direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce has never been brighter, with new opportunities appearing every day. Also known as “B2C” or “Business to consumer,” a DTC eCommerce approach allows businesses to sell their products and services directly to their customers.  DTC eCommerce [...]

Urban millennial men will drive BOPIS growth
21 March 2023

Convenience-loving BOPIS users fit a niche demographic profile of younger male city dwellers who tend to prioritize convenience over speed, illuminating how retailers should focus their messaging to expand usage of omnichannel fulfillment services. “Buy online, pick up in store” services became [...]

Your 2023 privacy strategy checklist
20 March 2023

We’re only a few years into this decade, yet the strategies of 2020 are nearly unrecognizable to what’s most relevant in privacy today. 2023 is on the horizon, and there’s plenty to prepare for. Run through key priorities with this checklist and be [...]

Self-checkout is a must-have for retailers
19 March 2023

Shoppers have always valued time and convenience, and the last thing they want is to wait in a line. Offering a number of checkout options, such as self-serve kiosks, is critical to ensuring consumers can be in and out of a store [...]

Smart texts can turn abandoned carts into conversions
18 March 2023

Cart abandonment often occurs when consumers become frustrated while searching for certain items and price points. It’s costing billions in lost sales, but there are ways of preventing it. A rising trend of ever more personalized experiences powered by digital solutions and [...]

Luxury retail departments are evolving into wellbeing destinations
17 March 2023

Retail and beauty aisles are getting an upgrade as consumers are thinking less about “normal beauty” offerings and more about how store experiences and services make them feel. Galeries Lafayette opened a 32,290 square foot wellness department in July, complete with aligned [...]

A marketer’s guide to livestream shopping
9 March 2023

Digital marketers have heard of the ecommerce value of livestream shopping. Here’s how to include it in your marketing plan. Retailers, brands, and digital platforms from around the world are leveraging the tremendous value that livestream shopping brings. Who would’ve thought the intoxicating [...]

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