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What are the biggest online stores in leading ecommerce countries like Germany or the Netherlands and which players dominate the ecommerce industry in the Alps? We've got the answers for you and we can already give one thing away: Amazon is everywhere and seems very unstoppable.

Online sales in Sweden have increased by 15 percent during the second quarter of 2014. The forecast is that the ecommerce industry will be worth 42.5 billion Swedish kronor, or 4.6 billion euros, in 2014, which also represents a growth of 15 percent compared to last year.

The Spanish ecommerce industry is moving full speed, to converge with the developed markets in Europe, but still has some way to go. The Spanish ecommerce turnover might almost double in the next two years, from 18 billion euros this year to 30 billion euros in 2016. However, the distance with Europe is still sizable.

Zalando looks back on a successful first half of 2014, as revenues grew by 29,5% to 1 billion euros in the first six months. Revenues in Germany, Austria and Switzerland increased by 21,2% to almost 600 million euros during the same period. The online fashion retailer saw its EBIT margin improve thanks to major cost lines, including cost of sales, fulfillment and marketing.

Just Eat has shown some pretty big growth during the first half six months of this year. Its revenue grew by almost sixty percent compared to the same period last year, while its profit went up almost 600% in the past six months. But not all is positive for the UK-headquartered company, as revenue in Belgium and the Netherlands declined.

Redesigning the site have proved to be effective for Yoox Group, as it saw an 18% increase in conversions and a 3% lower bounce rate than the old site just weeks after launch. And to top it all off, the Italian online retailer that also operates ecommerce sites for other brands, reported 15% revenue growth in the first half of this year.

The ecommerce industry in Poland grew by 25 percent in 2013. It was worth 26 billion Polish zloty, or 6.3 billion euros, last year and is expected to grow to more than 22 billion euros in 2020. This is equal to a compound annual growth rate of approximately 19 percent. This is apparent from a study by market researcher PMR.

Online sales in the Canary Islands are one of the main challenges for ecommerce companies selling their products in Spain. The islands, including Tenerife, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria, are known for its special taxation, which make it not a very popular shipping destination for online stores. The ecommerce industry in the Canaries however generated a turnover of 278.6 million euros in 2012.

Germany is one of the biggest ecommerce markets in Europe. Together with the United Kingdom and France, these three countries represent 6% of the total European B2C ecommerce sector. A lot of German online shoppers visit global ecommerce websites like Amazon, eBay, but its own retail company Otto is also very popular. Let’s have a look at the top 10 online stores in Germany.

The ecommerce industry is one of the fastest growing sectors. Billions of dollars, euros, yens and sterlings go from consumers to online retailers. But how fast is the ecommerce industry really growing? Check out this interactive visualization to see how fast ecommerce sales grow in countries like the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands.

The ecommerce industry in the United Kingdom experienced the weakest sales growth between May and June since the same period in 2008. And with 9% year-on-year growth in June, online sales in the Western-European country also recorded the lowest annual growth since July 2013.

Online is the fastest growing channel in the British grocery market and is now worth almost 10 billion euros. And 29% of more than 1,000 shoppers polled by research agency Shoppercentric said they bought groceries online in the past month. It seems at the moment the online grocery market in the UK is one of few in Europe that has some serious legitimacy.

The FEVAD, the French association of ecommerce and distance selling, published its yearly infographic, which consists of four pages of ‘chiffres clés’ about the French state of ecommerce. Let's have a look at some of these 2013 figures.

Coolblue, the Dutch ecommerce company famous for its dozens of online shops, has reported revenue growth of  55% during the first six months of 2014, a significant gain on its usual quarterly growth of about 40%. This revenue growth is something Coolblue didn’t expect. It used to think its revenue will grow to 300 million euros this year, but for now the forecast is changed into 350 million euros.

The Dutch have spent 3.63 billion euros buying products and services online during the first quarter of 2014. The online share of total consumption expenditure is now 22 percent. To be more precise: two in three services are ordered online, while one in nine products is bought online.