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D2C (direct-to-consumer) e-commerce: Global market, leading players, regional trends
Discover how direct-to-consumer e-commerce is reshaping global retail, with insights on leading brands, regional trends, and market maturity. (Ad)
Discover how direct-to-consumer e-commerce is reshaping global retail, with insights on leading brands, regional trends, and market maturity. (Ad)
Shein’s expansion into Europe is reshaping e-commerce pricing. Learn how low-cost imports, margin pressure, and predictive pricing are changing retail strategies. (Ad)
Explore the challenges and strategies for expanding ecommerce marketplaces, focusing on seller onboarding, catalog management, and performance monitoring. Learn how Octopia’s Merchants as a Service streamlines operations, reducing complexity and accelerating growth with a ready-to-activate ecosystem of sellers and products. (Ad)
Explore why e-commerce AI struggles without structured product data. Learn how fragmented product information across platforms leads to inefficiencies and unreliable AI performance, and discover how agentic commerce infrastructure can unify data for smarter, automated processes. (Ad)
Europe’s e-commerce market is booming, but compliance slows expansion. Learn how the Merchant of Record model helps brands scale faster and stay compliant. (Ad)
Checkout is where e-commerce growth is won or lost. Learn how payment choices, UX, and recovery flows drive conversion, retention, and scale. (Ad)
According to ECDB, the global parcel market is growing with e-commerce expansion, led by China, followed by the US and Europe, amid differing carrier competition landscapes. (Ad)
AI in Germany is viewed more positively than in many Western countries, according to a YouGov survey, despite ongoing concerns about jobs, democracy, and media.
Online retail in Germany is regaining momentum in 2025, with growth of up to 5.7%. Discover key drivers, sector performance, and forecasts through 2029.
New Amazon policy for sellers of toys introduced. Read and learn about the changes. (Ad)
New shopping research in ChatGPT delivers personalized product guides using smart questions, deep research, and real-time refinement across reliable sources.
Alpenlife, a leather goods brand from St. Johann, Austria, is using Temu to bring traditional clothing from the Alpine region to fashionistas all over Europe. (Ad)
Discover how Germans are planning Christmas 2025 with limited budgets, early gift shopping and new habits like AI-powered holiday preparation.
Online retailers face big new EU obligations in 2026 – from packaging rules to warranty labels and deforestation compliance. Here’s what to prepare for. (Ad)
Berlin court rules in Idealo’s favor in major antitrust case against Google involving long-term price comparison practices.
Shopify reports massive growth driven by AI-powered shopping agents, with AI traffic up 7x and AI-driven orders surging 11x.
Six months after launch, TikTok Shop in Germany has already become a major e-commerce player. Nielsen data shows one in ten online shoppers have bought via TikTok Shop, highlighting its fast growth, diverse range, and cross-generational appeal.
Shopify’s Q3 2025 financial results show 32% revenue growth and 18% free cash flow margin, marking nine consecutive quarters of profitability and strong momentum heading into year-end.