Logistics

Omni-channel retail brand Ochama has announced that it will expand its pickup point network into France. It is also introducing next-day home delivery all throughout the country, for more than 1,000 selected products.

The majority of Dutch online stores that sell products through dropshipping do not comply with legal regulations for online selling. Their websites lack contact details or information about returning orders, for example.

Temu officially invites European merchants to register as sellers on its platform. Merchants are responsible for their product assortment, inventory management, and the shipping of sold products. Temu determines the consumer prices for the goods.

The environmental impact of retail, particularly the online sales of clothing, seems to be consistently underestimated. Between 22 to 44 percent of all returned clothing is never sold to a secondary consumer. These unused returned items have a big impact on the environment.

Vinted has rolled back a proposed update on shipping options after protests from sellers in the United Kingdom. The recommerce marketplace wanted to offer consumers more choices in receiving products, but merchants struggled with this increased freedom.

Of the 47 biggest online stores in Switzerland, only 17 percent offer free shipping this year. A majority of 64 percent offers free shipping above a threshold value. Another 19 percent always charges for delivering goods. These data are approximately the same as those in 2023.

Amazon recorded a gross annual revenue of 7.1 billion euros last year thanks to its activities in Spain. This is an increase of 11 percent compared to 2022. According to Amazon, there are currently around fifteen thousand Spanish SMEs active on its platform.

German fashion platform About You has announced that it wants to start shipping products directly from the factory to consumers. By eliminating a link in logistics, the platform hopes to lower prices and stop the loss of customers.

After targeting private sellers, eBay Germany is introducing a number of enhancements for commercial sellers this summer. These improvements include upgrades in marketing and logistics.

To make deliveries to customers in the United Kingdom more sustainable, Amazon is increasingly using so-called micromobility hubs. Step by step, the company is revamping its delivery network. The first micromobility hub in Northern Ireland recently opened.

Swedish shipping software platform Ingrid is launching in the Netherlands. Retailers using the software can choose from more than 400 shipping options and carriers, in 80 countries and 42 languages, and add them to their online store. It is the company’s first international expansion.

Dutch recommerce platform BuyBay is launching a SaaS product, using its own recommerce software. Retailers and manufacturers can now resell returned products from their own distribution center. This will reduce their CO2-emission and increase their profit, says the company.

German ecommerce giant Otto has announced that it is outsourcing part of its own logistics. The Group is building a shipping center in Poland. From the new location, orders will be picked and shipped to German customers.

Dutch fulfillment company Monta has opened a warehouse in the United Kingdom. This is the company’s third international expansion. Six months ago, it entered Belgium.

The European Parliament has agreed on new rules to reduce, reuse, and recycle packaging. In the future, only up to half of the packaging used by ecommerce companies within the European Union may be empty.