Europe

Analytic software firm FICO released an interactive map of card fraud in Europe. It shows that card fraud in the United Kingdom increased by 18 percent last year, which is the biggest rise across Europe. The drastic increase has resulted in the loss of more than 100 million euros for UK cardholders.

The Irish ecommerce association eCAI has joined EMOTA, the European association for multi-channel and online retailers. According to Maurits Bruggink, secretary general of EMOTA, the eCAI membership comes at a pivotal time for Irish businesses. "Especially in light of the UK referendum result and pending Brexit negotiations."

What's the best software for retail businesses? IT research company Gartner tried to answer this question and came with an extensive report. It ranked ecommerce software provider Intershop third, behind the two retail software giants IBM and SAP. The German company is active for many years, but now it really seems on the rise, especially in mature ecommerce markets such as the Netherlands, Sweden and its home market Germany.

UPS announced that now more than two million people in Europe use the online service UPS My Choice to manage their deliveries. The free service, which was launched almost two years ago, provides retailers with a platform that helps online shoppers with greater visibility and control over the delivery of their online purchases.

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.

It's summer and it's getting pretty quiet on the conference floors throughout Europe. July is traditionally a very calm month when it comes to conferences, events and exhibitions. But we happened to find some interesting ecommerce events you could visit in Europe.We made a handy overview for you, so you know when and where an ecommerce event in Europe takes place.

The Brits have voted for Brexit, which means the United Kingdom will withdraw from the European Union. The whole process of withdrawal will probably take two years, but it's certain Brexit will affect the European ecommerce industry. Here's how.

Magento is the fastest growing and most widely used ecommerce platform in Europe. At least, that's what Magento Commerce announced. The ecommerce solution currently has 53 clients on Internet Retailer's list of Europe's 500 biggest ecommerce companies, which is more than any other provider.

June is not exactly the month in which most ecommerce events takes place. But that doesn't mean there's no interesting conference you could visit in Europe! We made a handy overview for you, so you know when and where an ecommerce event in Europe takes place.

Zalando, Adidas and Danish ecommerce player Aarstiderne are the winners of the 6th annual European E-commerce Awards. These brands went home with respectively the Pure-Player Award, the Omni-channel Award and the Entrepreneurial Award during the Global E-commerce Summit.

Ecommerce in Europe is expected to generate total online sales of goods and services worth 509.9 billion euros. Last year, the total online revenue in Europe was worth 455.3 billion euros, so growth of 12 percent is expected this year.

Lesara, an online fashion and lifestyle store from Germany, has been named the fastest growing company in terms of revenue. The German discount retailer won the Tech5 award during TNW Europe. During the last two years, the company grew by 7,950 percent.

The European Commission has proposed new ecommerce rules which should help European consumers and companies benefit from the Digital Single Market. The plan consists of three measures: tackling geoblocking, making cross-border parcel delivery more affordable and efficient and promoting customer trust.

Online merchants in Europe still face barriers when they are selling abroad. Legal fragmentation, taxation systems, logistics and distribution are among the most difficult barriers to overcome for online merchants who are trying to expand their business cross-border in Europe.

Global-e, an Israeli ecommerce startup that enables retailers to go cross-border, has secured a 20 million dollar (€17.5 million) investment led by Red Dot Capital Partners. The cross-border company wants to use this capital to support and accelerate its growth and expansion in Europe.