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During November and December, the German courier, express and parcel industry is expected to transport around 715 million shipments. This comes down to around 10 million shipments less than the same period last year, which is a decrease of 2 percent.

Chinese online fashion store Shein has recently strengthened its portfolio by acquiring the British fashion brand Missguided. The exact financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed. The label will be added to Shein's own online platform.

Amazon announced plans to use drones while delivering packages to customers in the United Kingdom and Italy starting next year, with services set to commence at undisclosed locations before the end of 2024. Selected customers will be able to have items weighing up to approximately 2 kilograms delivered to their gardens by a drone.

Amazon’s renewable energy initiative across Europe had a recent addition of 39 new projects that have significantly bolstered the continent's clean energy capacity. In 2022 alone, these endeavors brought about 2.4 billion euros in economic investment and created over 3,900 jobs.

Zalando launched ZEOS: a brand-new service designed to provide fulfillment solutions to fashion and lifestyle retailers. Zalando is now extending its logistic services to both affiliated and non-affiliated sellers.

At least 70 percent of small and medium sized business owners in Europe admit to lacking the confidence needed to scale their business in the digital realm. A large group of them needs help in optimizing their logistics, while others need assistance in VAT and customs compliance.

Parcel delivery service Instabox is discontinuing its services in Germany. According to the company, its volumes in the market are not high enough to sustain its operations. Just a year ago, the company already went bankrupt in the Netherlands.

During the year-end holiday season, Belgian postal company Bpost will charge online sellers an extra euro to send packages. The company claims that this is to compensate additional costs during this busy period. It runs from Black Friday, this year on November 24th, until Christmas Day.

After two years, Mango has stopped selling other brands on its own marketplace. The Spanish fashion retailer had been offering products from brands like Rituals through its own channels. This decision comes after Mango recorded an online sales growth close to 10 percent during the first half of 2023.

Fashionette just launched its new platform for luxury fashion. Fashionette AG is a German data-driven ecommerce group for luxury fashion and goods. The platform is a result of a collaboration with The Platform Group, with which Fashionette plans to merge.

Overstock is a big challenge in the fashion industry. German startup Smatch has recently launched a B2B platform to tackle this problem. Retailers can offer their excess stock for sale through the platform. Currently, the platform is active in the textile sector, but it wants to add other sectors soon.

More and more individual businesses are selling on marketplaces or do dropshipping. This caused a massive growth of these platforms. Brands and retailers see it as a huge opportunity toreach new audiences or work together with other retailers.

Most European internet users shop online. Ecommerce is still growing, but slower than before. Last year, Europe's online B2C total sales volume increased by 6 percent to 899 billion euros. The growth is slower than in 2021.

British fashion retailer JD Sports has reached an agreement to take over Courir. The company will pay 520 million euros for the French retail chain. Courir has more than 300 stores and is active in several countries.