Shein and Temu together sell around 3.3 billion euros worth of products in Germany, according to the German Retail Federation (HDE). One in five German consumers plans to make purchases from the Chinese platforms in the run-up to Christmas. “That is somewhat of a paradox”, says HDE director Stefan Genth.
This year, advertisers in Europe are expected to double their spending on retail media. This means that sellers are making drastic changes to their business model. Retailers are investing in becoming platforms with retail media, and in off-site advertising.
In the third quarter of this year, more than half (53 percent) of all online orders in Denmark were completed on mobile phones. This was a strong increase compared to the same period last year, when 45 percent of Danes said that they used their mobile phone for online shopping.
Amazon may have to compensate German customers for the higher Prime subscription fees it unilaterally introduced three years ago. A regional consumer protection authority, which filed the lawsuit, wants Amazon to reverse the price increase and refund the difference to its customers.
Earlier this year, the amount of online stores in the Netherlands decreased for the first time since 2013. Growth now seems to be back on track, according to new figures from Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Nearly three thousand companies were added in six months. Online selling is more popular than ever, especially among self-employed professionals.
InPost is increasing its logistics capacity to handle up to 500,000 daily shipments during the high season. This represents a 220 percent rise compared to last year, as the company gets ready for increasing ecommerce demand across the Iberian Peninsula.
Cainiao, the logistics subsidiary of Alibaba Group, will not move forward with its planned expansion at Liège Airport in Belgium. Two new warehouses that were on the drawing board will not be built, dealing a blow to Wallonia’s ambition to turn Liège into an ecommerce logistics hotspot.
Amazon will invest more than 1.4 billion euros in the Dutch market over the next three years. Earlier this month, the company also announced an injection of more than 1 billion euros in Belgium. The American company aims to win over shoppers and online buyers across the Benelux region in its battle with local market leader bol.
Paypal has increased its stake in German ecommerce software company Shopware. The online payment system now has a stake in the company of around 41 percent. The move can strengthen PayPal’s position in European ecommerce.
Refurbed, the marketplace for refurbished electronics, household, and sports products, has raised 50 million euros for further European expansion. The fast-growing and profitable company seems to be preparing for an entry into the United Kingdom.
European retail and wholesale association EuroCommerce is urging policymakers to quickly implement a unified handling fee for international parcels. A national approach to customs reform and to the parcel tax could undermine the integrity of the single European market.
Overall, online sellers in Italy seem satisfied with the digital services they use. However, in any analyzed area, the degree of satisfaction does not reach higher than 80 percent. This indicates that there is still room for improvement, or new operators in the Italian market.
Amazon’s selling partners can no longer use a default handling time of two days. The company has automatically halved the timeframe, to the surprise of many sellers. From now on, they must manually set longer handling times in Seller Central, on a per-item basis.
In the financial year between 2024 and 2025, the European cross-border ecommerce market reached a turnover of 358.7 billion euros. And 247.5 billion euros, or 70 percent, of that was generated by online marketplaces.
Ecommerce continues to expand rapidly in Portugal. According to the 2025 E‑Shopper Barometer by Geopost, 75 percent of Portuguese consumers now buy online, and nearly half are considered regular online shoppers. Each Portuguese online shopper makes around 39 online purchases per year, a slight increase from 2023 but still below the European average of 49.