The Universal Postal Union, a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates postal policies and sets the rules for international mail exchanges among member nations, in its plenary...
The North American B2C e-commerce market’s turnover continued to grow by double digits in 2014. However, at a turnover growth of 12.2%, North America was still the slowest growing region in the...
Bringing your e-commerce business cross-border requires certain circumstances that enable viable international trade. At the Round Table in Milan e-commerce professionals discussed the aspects...
The European Commission has presented its Work Programme for 2016 in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Under the title ‘no time for business as usual’, the Commission communicated to...
The Ecommerce Europe Board of Directors has recently met in Brussels to discuss the upcoming policy challenges and projects on the agenda of the European e-commerce association. The Directors of...
The Northern European B2C e-commerce sales growth rate was 13.5% in 2014, which represents an increase compared to the 10.9% of the preceding year. As a result, online sales in Northern Europe...
An efficient and well-functioning payment landscape that creates a cross-border level playing field is key to a flourishing ecommerce industry in Europe. The e-payments sector is subjected to rapid...
According to the latest Netcomm Suisse and ContactLab Observatory: there are 4.5 million online shoppers in Switzerland, equating to 90% of internet users, and Swiss internet shoppers spend almost 2,...
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...
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,...
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...