Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have recently discussed how to tackle remaining barriers to cross-border online sales in Europe during a joint meeting of the Internal Market and Consumer...
B2C e-commerce sales grew by double digits again in Southern Europe. In 2014, this growth amounted to 15.4%, resulting in a total B2C e-commerce turnover of € 47.3bn. In comparison, in the...
An inbound WeChat message from Cheng, researcher at Alibaba: “do you mind wearing casual clothes when we meet tomorrow?” I love the e-commerce sector! Dressing up is not part of our...
Last week I was invited to address the China-Beijing Ecommerce Conference, hosted by Chinese authorities (Republic- and Municipal level) and our sister-organization BECA. This was a nice opportunity...
The context The European Commission wants to help European industry, at any level, to make a better use of digital technologies. This is very important for the competitiveness of Europe, and is...
What would you like to share? Your ideas as EU citizen, i am convinced that the DSM has something for me (I would love to be able to use electronic signatures, for example) but i think it is hard to...
As the COO of Lookeen , an SMB that sells software worldwide, I think that the single digital market is one of the best ideas the commission has had. The fact that only 7% of SMBs sell cross-border...
What brands and online services are known to Polish e-consumers? What motivates them to buy? What are their preferred forms of product delivery and return policy? The answers to these and many other...
More than 20 representatives from the industry - including Ecommerce Europe - co-signed a joint letter directed to the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker concerning the recent...
Ecommerce Europe is pleased to report that the Payment Services Directive 2 has been adopted by the European Parliament with an overwhelming majority. Ecommerce Europe has continuously urged policy...
Within the fashion industry, retailers in body fashion perform best of all sub-industries. For instance, it has the lowest bounce rate (30.4%) as well as the lowest delivery and return costs, €...
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have recently discussed how to tackle remaining barriers to cross-border online sales in Europe during the last meeting of the Internal Market and Consumer...
The European Commission has recently launched three new public consultations: one on VAT for cross-border e-commerce, one on geo-blocking, and one on the role of platforms, online intermediaries,...
Retail Excellence Ireland , the Irish national association of Ecommerce Europe, hosted the last Ecommerce Europe Round Table in Dublin on 17 September, bringing together leading retailers selling...
Thuiswinkel.org, the Dutch association of 2,200 physical and online shops in the Netherlands and member of Ecommerce Europe, launched the cross-sector action program e-Academy this week. The e-sector...
Ecommerce Europe organized for the first time a meeting with its business partners with the aim of actively exchanging views on how to foster cross-border e-commerce in Europe and therefore unlock...
This week members of the European Parliament discussed the legal implications of the Digital Single Market strategy of the European Commission. Overall, the members welcome the strategy as a first...
Ecommerce Europe had been invited by the European Commission to participate and give a presentation at the VAT Fiscalis Seminar on Modernizing VAT for cross-border e-commerce, which took place on 7-9...
Just like in 2013, the United Kingdom was the most important B2C e-commerce market within Europe in 2014. Its B2C e-commerce turnover increased by 14.7% and reached € 127.1bn. With this growth,...