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Amazon sells Amazon Dash Button in France

Amazon sells Amazon Dash Button in France
After launching its Dash buttons in the UK, Germany and Austria three months ago, the American company is now releasing its consumer goods-ordering buttons in France. Amazon Premium subscribers in France will be able to order the button that triggers the replenishment of 500 different products.
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UK visual commerce platform Goodvidio launches out of beta

UK visual commerce platform Goodvidio launches out of beta
Goodvidio, which helps online retailers increase their sales with product videos curated from social media, has finally launched its service out of beta. It has also announced integrations with popular ecommerce platforms like Magento and WooCommerce. With 1 million dollars of fresh funding, Goodvidio is looking to expand across Europe the United States.
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Aldi starts e-book service in Germany

Aldi starts e-book service in Germany
After launching its own music streaming service, Aldi will now also launch an e-book service in Germany. The digital platform will offer one million e-books as well as a new Aldi Medion tablet that's been optimized for reading e-books.
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DPD France launches new services

DPD France launches new services
DPD France has launched two new services. Mister Pasha, a premium service for after-hours package delivery, and Pickup Drive, which is said to be the first network for parcel pick-up and drop-off by car in less than three minutes.
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Amazon sells Amazon Dash Button in UK, Germany and Austria

Amazon sells Amazon Dash Button in UK, Germany and Austria
Amazon has launched its Dash Buttons in the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia, making these the first countries outside the US where Amazon sells its consumer goods-ordering buttons. Now European consumers can also reorder coffee, paper towels and detergent by hitting a simple button.
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Prada starts online selling in Europe

Prada starts online selling in Europe
Prada was always reluctant to selling online, but the Italian fashion company is finally taking the leap into ecommerce. The luxury brand's fashion items will be sold via online shops Net-a-porter and Mytheresa.com.
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Lidl opens online store in the Netherlands

Lidl opens online store in the Netherlands
Lidl has opened an online store in the Netherlands. Dutch consumers are now able to order all kinds of non-food products, such as fashion, tools, home accessories and  kitchen tools & gadgets via Lidl-shop.nl.  The German discount supermarket wants to expand its online assortment in stages.
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Amazon launches AmazonFresh in the UK

Amazon launches AmazonFresh in the UK
Amazon has launched AmazonFresh in the United Kingdom yesterday. For months, there were serious rumors the American retailer would launch its food delivery service in the UK, but after a long period of preparing and testing AmazonFresh has finally reached the British market.
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Amazon about to launch Amazon Prime Now in France

Amazon about to launch Amazon Prime Now in France
Amazon has reportedly taken over a warehouse in the 18th district of Paris, which led to rumors that the American ecommerce giant will be launching Amazon Fresh in France. However, according to sources around the French tech website Journal Du Net, this warehouse is meant for Amazon launching its one-hour delivery service Amazon Prime Now in France.
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Supermarket Merkur from Austria opens online store

Supermarket Merkur from Austria opens online store
Supermarket chain Merkur from Austria has announced its plan to launch an online store next month. The ecommerce website will only accept orders from customers in the Vienna area for now. In the online shop of Merkur, customers can buy the full range of the physical stores, which consist of more than 20,000 items.
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WeMarket launches B2B marketplace

WeMarket launches B2B marketplace
WeMarket has today officially launched its B2B marketplace. International buyers and sellers can do business with each other on this online platform, without having to deal with private customers. The Dutch website is an initiative of one of the founders of file transfer website WeTransfer.
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John Lewis launches smart home department

John Lewis launches smart home department
The Internet of Things is wildly popular among consumers. UK department store chain John Lewis has now launched a new smart home department to showcase all kinds of gadgets that should make the consumer's life at home more convenient.
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