News Briefs – Page 8
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Citrus-Lime, British provider of cloud-based retail systems, breaks the £1 billion barrier
U.K.-based PoS solutions provider Citrus-Lime reports that customer sales processed through its End-to-End Retail Solution have broken through the £1 billion (€1.17bn-$1.39bn) barrier – a major milestone in the company’s history. More than half of that amount was transacted through the platform in the last 12 months alone, Citrus-Lime said. ...
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News briefsKlarna acquires influencer and performance marketing company APPRL
Klarna , the Swedish retail banking, payment and shopping service, has announced the acquisition of APPRL , a SaaS platform that enables content creators and retailers to work together seamlessly to deliver informative shopping content to consumers around the world. Klarna sees itself as a global growth partner for its ...
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News briefsYouTube acquires Indian social commerce platform Simsim
Google Inc, a subsidiary of technology holding Alphabet Inc, announced it has reached a definitive agreement for YouTube to acquire the Indian social commerce startup Simsim, which has a reach of more than 450 million active users per month, for more than $70 million. The acquisition is expected to help ...
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News briefsG-Motion e-bike store opening with Storck Bicycle
On July 15, the German Glinicke Automotive Group celebrated the opening of the “ G-Motion ” e-bike center in Kassel. Markus Storck , founder and CEO of Storck Bicycle , attended the festivities. His brand is the driving force behind the new store. With the cooperation between G-Motion and ...
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News briefsNew HDE scenario: German retail sales to grow 1.5% in 2021
The situation in the German retail industry continues to be dominated by recent store closures due to the last Covid lockdown. A survey of 650 retail companies across all locations, size categories and sectors conducted by the German Retail Association ( Handelsverband Deutschland , HDE) shows that more than half ...
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News briefsCimalp expands online store into German-speaking region
The French brand CimAlp has extended its offer to the entire German-speaking market: Consumers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH region) are now able to purchase CimAlp’s products directly at the brand’s website. For around ten years, the company from Saint Marcel, founded in 1964, has ...
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Bergzeit's bonus program cooperates with climbing app Vertical Life
With the launch of its “ Bergzeit Club ” bonus program, the German multichannel retailer has stepped up its commitment to customer relationship management. Now Bergzeit is bringing a new partner on board with the climbing app Vertical Life , which offers valuable benefits for club members by allowing them ...
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News briefsGerman DTC bicycle supplier Rose Bikes pushes expansion in brick-and-mortar retailing
End consumers have been able to test and buy bicycles from German DTC bicycle supplier Rose Bikes at Lengermann Trieschmann in Osnabrück, Breuninger in Stuttgart, Sport Reischmann in Kempten and the four Globetrotter stores in Cologne, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden and Dresden since April 2021. ...
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News briefsSpanish consumers like shopping both online and in stores
According to the “ Estudio E-Commerce 2021 ,” a study put out by IAB Spain and Elogia , the distinction between e-tail and physical retail has blurred this year in Spain to the point of indifference for 58 percent of the country’s consumers. This is an increase of six ...
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Klarna is the first Fintech to join The Climate Pledge and Race to Zero campaign
Klarna , a leading global payments provider and shopping service from Sweden, announced that it is joining The Climate Pledge and the Race to Zero campaign. Klarna is to implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris Agreement in order to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in ...
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News briefsSport not among top e-commerce performers in Spain
Sport does not figure among the chief product categories in Spanish e-commerce. So says the latest edition of an annual study put out by Elogia , a Spanish digital marketing agency, and IAB Spain , which claims to be the world’s largest association of communications, advertising and digital marketing agencies. ...
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News briefsHestra relaunches webstore to grow and expand its business
Swedish glove specialist Hestra , founded in 1936, is expanding its digital business. As reported by ehandel.se , the company has been working with e-commerce agency Grebban for the past year to develop a global and modern e-commerce solution. Chris Weber , country manager Central Europe, told The ...
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Facebook tests AI for store interaction with Instagram
Facebook said it plans to test an artificial intelligence tool in the coming months. Called “visual search,” it would allow Instagram users to click on the photo of a shared item and find similar products in its Facebook Shops application. The company said it would also introduce ...
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News briefsNorrøna offers transparency in e-commerce through Higg Index sustainability profile and material seal
To ensure transparent and efficient communication with consumers, Norrøna is the first brand in the outdoor industry to embed the Higg Index Sustainability Profile and Higg Index Material Seal on its e-commerce platform using a standardized scorecard. The Higg Index was developed by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition ...
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News briefsBergfreunde.de launches new branding campaign
Bergfreunde GmbH, the German online specialty retailer for mountain sports, climbing and outdoor equipment, has launched a branding campaign to make its brand values “emotionally tangible” for its customers. The storytelling focuses on Bergfreunde employees as authentic ambassadors for mountain sports and outdoor love. The brand campaign tells various stories ...
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News briefsVaude opts for transparency and discloses product supply chains in its web store
Just days after the German parliament passed the new Supply Chain Act , outdoor brand Vaude is making a clear statement: With a new addition to the product information on vaude.com , the German brand provides full transparency of the supply chain of every Vaude product on its own ...
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News briefsPinterest brings shopping functions to Australia, Canada, France and Germany
The Pinterest photo app wants to become more of a shopping platform internationally. After the U.S. and U.K., the company’s shopping functions will now also be available in Australia, Canada, France and Germany. Users will thus have the opportunity to buy products directly via pins, pinboards and search results. ...
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News briefsEU modernizes VAT rules for international online trade
New EU tax rules for orders placed with non-European online retailers will come into force at the beginning of July. The most important change is the elimination of the previous exemption limit of €22 for direct (B2C) imports. This means that import VAT will be due on all packages, ...
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News briefsNew global sales and e-commerce managers at Smartwool
In preparation for the upcoming retirement of Smartwool VP U.S. sales, Scott Bowers , the company has just announced two changes to its top management team. Corey Stecker , who was promoted to international general manager of sales and marketing last January, has been named global head of ...
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Naturkompaniet to enter Norway
Swedish outdoor retail chain Naturkompaniet – with German Globetrotter and Finnish Partioaitta part of the holding company Frilufts Retail Europe AB , which again is part of Fenix Outdoor International AG – has announced that it will enter the Norwegian market. To do so, it has ...
