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Zalando to Buy German E-Commerce Player About You for $1.3 Billion
Zalando SE, the German online fashion retailer, agreed to buy rival About You Holding SE for around €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion), in a bid to …
The BoF Podcast | The Great Luxury E-Commerce Reckoning
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Can Mytheresa Keep Its Place at the Top of Luxury E-Commerce in 2025?
Opens in new window Being a multi-brand luxury retailer online has never been harder. There are the high costs to acquire new customers, the ever-present …
The Next E-Commerce Battlefield Will Be Price, Not Convenience
Amazon’s answer to Temu and Shein is here. On Wednesday, the US e-commerce juggernaut introduced Haul, its long-rumoured rival to the fast-growing, ultra-inexpensive Chinese retailers. …
Exclusive: Next Launches Luxury E-Commerce Site ‘Seasons’
UK retail giant Next has launched Seasons, a contemporary fashion and luxury e-commerce site. The launch comes less than a year after the collapse of …
Jumia, Turkey’s Hepsiburada Plan Africa E-Commerce Growth Push
Africa-focused online retailer Jumia Technologies AG and Hepsiburada, one of Turkey’s largest e-commerce platforms, have agreed to jointly expand their offerings across Africa. Hepsiburada will …
The E-Commerce Search Bar Gets an AI Makeover
Despite existing purely to help shoppers find what they’re looking for, the search bar on e-commerce sites isn’t known for yielding great results. A recent …
BoF Masterclass | How to Create the Perfect E-Commerce Site
Join us for our next BoF Masterclass on Thursday, October 10 at 4:00pm BST / 11:00am EDT as BoF’s technology correspondent Marc Bain, report author …
Why Some Fashion Brands Are Embracing DIY E-Commerce
E-commerce software providers like Shopify have made opening an online store as easy as just a few clicks. But simplicity has its downside. “There’s a …
Case Study | How to Create the Perfect E-Commerce Site
A brand’s website needs to perform one of retail’s most delicate balancing acts. Ideally, it should tell a brand’s story and simultaneously maximise e-commerce revenue …
E-Commerce Agency Front Row Group Secures Private Equity Investment
On Tuesday, the company announced a strategic investment from private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners. While exact figures were not disclosed, it is valued in …
Farfetch to Shutter Its E-commerce Software Service
Farfetch is shutting down its software service, called Farfetch Platform Solutions, to focus on its core marketplace, the company told its brand partners in an …
Southeast Asia’s E-Commerce Leader Fends Off TikTok
Sea Ltd. raised the outlook for its main online retailing arm, signalling the Southeast Asia e-commerce leader is effectively encountering intense competition from the likes …
Warby Parker’s E-Commerce Returned to Growth in the Second Quarter
Warby Parker’s revenue grew 13 percent year over year to $188 million in the second quarter of 2024, a slight drop in growth from its …
Extended Offers Dampen Excitement for China’s Mid-Year E-Commerce Festival
China’s mid-year e-commerce sales festival failed to stir up a great deal of excitement among shoppers, industry experts said, even as major platforms extended offers …
Luxury E-Commerce: Who’s Surviving and Why
Last November, while much of the luxury e-commerce sector was in free fall, Mytheresa’s chief executive, Michael Kliger, seemed sanguine. In the quarter ended Sept. …
TikTok Pauses E-Commerce Push into Europe to Focus on US
TikTok has put on hold plans to launch its fast-growing e-commerce business across major European markets, focusing instead on growth in the US where it’s …
The Start-Ups Defying the Luxury E-Commerce Slump
Last autumn, as marquee luxury e-tailers Farfetch and Matches scrambled to secure additional funding in order to avoid bankruptcy, a newer luxury marketplace was facing …
TikTok Shop Tops 500,000 US Sellers After 2023 E-Commerce Launch
TikTok reported that more than 500,000 merchants were selling to US users on its app at the end of 2023, more than double the number …