Germany: 42.3 million people shop online
In Germany, some 42.3 million people bought or ordered goods or services for private use over the internet in 2012.
View ArticleOnline Customers Want to be Inspired
A German study sponsored by IBM and the CoreMedia Corporation has asked one thousand internet users why they switch between online and offline shopping and what would keep them connected to one...
View ArticleWaitrose Supermarkets Introduce Welcome Desks for Online Customers
The British supermarket chain Waitrose is planning a substantial change for their retail stores. As more and more people buy online, rather than shopping around, the supermarket intends to adapt to...
View ArticleGarden Centers: Get Your Customers Involved
The recent insolvency of the German hardware store chain Praktiker showed that price dumping doesn’t guarantee success. Customers want to be connected and involved with the products a store wants to...
View ArticleDigitalization of the POS: Varying Consumer Acceptance in Europe
The digitalization of the trading environment has a growing influence on the Point of Sale. Because of new technologies, retailers are now able to provide services that can theoretically offer...
View ArticleFleuroselect Declares 2015 as Year of the Sunflower
The international organization for the ornamental plants industry, Fleuroselect, is calling 2015 the “year of the sunflower”.
View Article3 questions to Adrian Hotz (Hotz E-Commerce Consulting)
Adrian Hotz (business graduate) is a speaker, consultant, lecturer and author. He supports companies in developing strategies and building up E-Commerce departments and in the operative implementation...
View ArticleOnline trade: There are no longer any universally applicable recipes for success
The online trade continues to be the industry’s strong growth driver. In the first quarter of 2018, a 10.6 percent increase was recorded compared to the same period of the previous year, according to...
View ArticleAlso interesting for the green segment: Merchant in E-commerce – a new...
The commercial and buying behaviour of customers is becoming increasingly more digital. According to the Bundesverband E-Commerce und Versandhandel Deutschland e.V. (German E-commerce and Mail Order...
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