The United Kingdom

Lesara, a Berlin-based online fashion and lifestyle retailer, has announced it will now also supply customers in the United Kingdom, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Bulgaria, The Republic of Ireland, Romania, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

Spanish fashion brand Mango is collaborating with Amazon Europe. It opened a private online store on the popular marketplace. Or actually, it opened several online stores as the assortment is country-specific. In the UK for example, customers can buy all products, while in Germany and France only the men's, kid's and Violeta by Mango lines are offered.

EasySize, a Danish data-driven company that tries to solve the sizing and fitting issue in fashion ecommerce, has entered the Swedish market last month, but is already busy planning other launches. The company has announced it will expand to Europe's three biggest ecommerce markets: the United Kingdom, Germany and France.

In Europe, Black Friday is predicted to break new records this year. Online retailers are looking out for even bigger sales than last year and are busy luring new customers with fantastic deals. But what about all the returns? Which probably need to be processed at the same time retailers are at the peak of the Christmas trading period…

Royal Mail has announced it acquired eCourier, a same day delivery company that operates mainly in the Greater London area, although offering nationwide distribution. Royal Mail already has Royal Mail Sameday, but by combining eCourier and its existing courier business, the British postal service company can become a significant player in the UK same day delivery market.

If your shipments are damaged or lost during transport, who covers the loss? One might think the carrier covers the full value of the shipment, but this is far from the truth. And also, it depends on in which country the shipment takes place, how big your loss as a retailer will be.

Prestashop, an open-source ecommerce solution from France, has announced it agreed to a partnership with Alipay, Alibaba's leading online payment solution from China. The partnership applies to PrestaShop's customers in the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands and enables retailers to sell their products more easily in China.

Yieldify, a British startup that helps brands increase their conversion rates, today announced the launch of a new platform for its customers. The company also announced former Googler Richard Sharp will join the company as Chief Technical Officer.

Etsy has been testing an updated search ranking so locally-made items for buyers in the United Kingdom and Australia are shown more prominent. The goal is to create a better local shopping experience. That may be the case for shoppers browsing Etsy, but its sellers aren't too happy about it.

Consumers should have more delivery choice when they are about to pay for products of services they found online. This could reduce the proportion of purchases abandoned before they are completed. Parcel and carrier management company GFS reported a 10% rise in completed orders since it introduced GFS Checkout, which offers shoppers a choice of delivery or collection services.

By running their online businesses unprofitably, supermarkets in the United Kingdom are losing around 300 million pounds (418 million euros) every year, new figures have revealed. Instead of charging consumers a fair fee for delivering groceries at their homes, supermarkets are losing 3 to 5 pounds fulfilling each home delivery.

British postal service company Royal Mail will further extend its Local Collect network, by opening new collection points at more than 1,222 Royal Mail delivery offices. Amazon will be the first retailer to make us of this extended network, the nationwide postal service of Britain announced.

The Retail Systems Awards were handed out last night in London and there are some happy ecommerce players now. House of Fraser was rewarded with awards for best mobile retailer and best retailer, while Shop Direct was announced as best online retailer of the year.

Businesses in the United Kingdom are trying to maximize the revenue potential of digital technology, but having a hard time to make this a reality. They invest heavily in digital commerce, but still only 19% of total annual revenue comes from digital commerce, a new study shows.

ITinSell, a French company that sells delivery tracking tools designed for online retailers, has launched in the United Kingdom. After opening offices in Paris, Lille, Lyon and Barcelona it now launched its operations in London.