All E-Commerce & DTC articles – Page 8
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News briefsBergzeit relaunches website with focus on international business
With a relaunch of its regional webshops (end of February in Benelux, U.K. and Italy, and mid-March in Germany, Austria and Switzerland), German retailer Bergzeit is pushing its internationalization. In addition to a cleaner look and feel, a more intuitive user experience was one of the main goals of the ...
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ArticleRetailer Bergzeit invests in community electricity, gets support from Patagonia
A panel discussion in March at the retailer’s company headquarters made it clear what a contribution to the energy transition can look like and how important it is.
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News briefsKlarna acquires PriceRunner
Klarna, the fintech company that intermediates between retailers and customers, handling direct payments, payments after delivery and installment plans, has acquired all of PriceRunner, a comparison-shopping service operating in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the U.K. Klarna will be adding PriceRunner’s product discovery, price comparisons and product reviews to its own ...
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News briefsLa Sportiva opens first German mono-brand store
La Sportiva opened its first mono-brand store in Germany on March 20. The store is located in the municipality of Bubenreuth at Kurt Albert Strasse 1, inside the Blockhelden Frankenjura fitness club. The Frankenjura region is the largest climbing area in Germany and one of the top spots for sports ...
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News briefsStart-up footwear brand Hylo raises €2.9 million for low CO2 vegan sports shoes
The U.K.-based brand Hylo Athletics, co-founded by ex-football professional Michael Doughty in 2020, has secured €2.9 million in a Series A funding round for its vegan-friendly sneakers that are made with natural rubber, cotton, algae and corn fiber. The company claims the “corn runners” have a 52 percent lower carbon ...
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News briefsVaude tackles fake stores
The e-commerce market is growing, and at the same time, there are not only more and more but also more professional fake stores. Renowned brands, in particular, are affected by this scam. Vaude is taking action against this together with the company Convey to protect its own brand and its ...
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News briefsBergfreunde reports 31 percent growth in 2021, turnover exceeds €200 million
German e-commerce specialist Bergfreunde has released its 2021 report, stating a record turnover of €203 million. Given the unbroken growth trend in 2022, Bergfreunde is investing in new employees and further expanding its customer support (which currently counts 60 people) and IT development team. In 2021 alone, the store IT ...
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News briefsTwitter expands selling opportunities with Twitter Shops
Launched as a U.S.-only initiative at first, the new Twitter Shops service now offers merchants on Twitter the opportunity to showcase and sell up to 50 different products at a time. The new beta feature will display a “View shop” button just above a company’s tweets that leads to a ...
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News briefsSporting goods companies react to war in Ukraine
(Mach 2) As reported by the Portland Business Journal, Nike has temporarily halted sales through its Russian website and app, stating that the company “cannot guarantee delivery of goods to customers in Russia.” While the reference to possible delivery difficulties is not a direct position on the Russian invasion of ...
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ArticleSSU grows by only 10.6% as bike supply issues persist
Signa Sports United (SSU), which continues to be hampered by supply chain issues within its full-bike segment, grew first-quarter revenues by 10.6 percent to €213 million due to strong sales gains within its tennis (+43 percent) and outdoor equipment (+20 percent) segments. Excluding sales of full bikes, first-quarter revenues climbed ...
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News briefsIntersport Sweden appoints Johan Järnliden as member of the board
Source: Intersport Johan Jaernliden Johan Järnliden, voted Sweden’s best marketing manager of the year in 2019, started his new position as a member of the board of Intersport Sweden in February 2022. He has been working as marketing manager for the online hardware store and machinery dealer ...
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News briefsBergans opens flagship store in Stavanger
Bergans is opening its first dedicated store in Stavanger, Norway, on Feb. 24 at Nygata 9. According to Anett Kolstad, retail director at Bergans, it is time to open a store in Rogaland’s capital. Due to its location near the Lysefjord, Preikestolen or Kerag, Stavanger is considered a popular tourist ...
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News briefsShopify expects sales to decline when the pandemic ends
While the majority is hoping that the Covid-19 pandemic will have less and less of an impact on our daily lives in the coming months, that very prospect is apparently dampening expectations for annual revenue at e-commerce platform Shopify, according to online service t3n. The company is forecasting a decline ...
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ArticleAn increasing number of brands is entering the apparel rental business
For outdoor and sports equipment brands, the rental business is an essential pillar for a sustainable business. And now, a growing number of companies are offering apparel as well. Here’s an overview.
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Dutch camping specialist Obelink wants to become a marketplace
Retailtrends.nl reports that camping outfitter Obelink has just opened its online shop to third-party suppliers from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, becoming the first specialized camping and outdoor marketplace. In addition to its web store, the retailer, which was founded in 1960, also operates a megastore with around 72,500 square ...
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ArticleRevolutionRace keeps up sales momentum
Swedish DTC outdoor company RevolutionRace (RVRC) says it is seeing continued robust growth at the start of the third quarter of its fiscal year, after sales in the second quarter increased by 58 percent to 392 million Swedish kronor (€37.5m-$42.8m) amid continued strong demand for multifunctional garments. On a constant ...
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ArticleU.K. e-tailer SportsShoes.com stocks Patagonia’s Hike and Trail line
SportsShoes.com, an online retailer of running, hiking and fitness products headquartered in Shipley, Yorkshire, has entered into a retail partnership with Patagonia for the Californian brand’s Hike and Trail collection. Brett Bannister, managing director of SportsShoes.com, commented to local news website T&A: “We are hugely excited to have a brand ...
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News briefsNew CEO for Decathlon
Source: Decathlon Barbara Martin Coppola Decathlon has announced the appointment of Barbara Martin Coppola as the group’s new CEO, starting in mid-March. She will take the place of Michel Aballea, who has held the helm of the world’s largest sporting goods retailer since 2015. The French-based company ...
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News briefsBike24 launches online shops in Italy and France
As part of its international expansion, Bike24, a Germany-based e-commerce bike platform listed on the stock exchange since mid-2021, has launched country-specific webshops in France and Italy, two major European cycling nations. “These new shops give our customers a shopping experience tailored to them without any language barriers,” said Andrés ...
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News briefsHohenstein and Presize cooperate to reduce textile returns
Hohenstein, a German provider of textile testing and a founding member of Oeko-Tex, has joined forces with digital pioneer Presize to offer an all-around service that ranges from size chart creation to digital scaling for automated size recommendations in online stores. The combination of classic size charts, reliable fit and ...
