For years, the debate was binary: Dropshipping (low risk, low margin) vs. Wholesale (high risk, high margin). But 2025 market data shows a massive shift. Successful sellers are no longer picking a side—they are “hybridizing.” They use dropshipping to test market viability and wholesale to maximize profit on winners. The Strategy: Why Pivot? Shipping individual…
Continue reading The Current Affair: The global pet care market is projected to hit unprecedented heights in 2025, but the driver isn’t food—it’s lifestyle. “Pet Humanization” is the industry buzzword of the year. Owners are no longer just feeding their pets; they are dressing them, tracking their health with wearables, and buying them furniture that matches their…
Continue readingCompared to September 2024, online sales in Switzerland have shown a cumulative increase of 9 percent up to and including the third quarter of this year. And over the first half of the year, ecommerce increased 8 percent. That is a much stronger growth than over the course of 2024.
Continue readingVinted is performing well in 2025: revenue grows by 40 percent to over 1 billion euros. The company’s gross merchandise volume (GMV) surpasses the mark of 10 billion euros, according to CEO Thomas Plantenga on LinkedIn. “A big year for Vinted.”
Continue readingThe Platform Group (TPG) has published a vision document towards 2030. The German company, which operates a variety of marketplaces on its own software, plans to expand into more product categories and attract tens of thousands of additional sales partners. Its profitability must increase.
Continue readingPolish marketplace Allegro has announced a partnership with PKO Bank Polski. Together, they are launching two services: financing for businesses, and a payment method with cashback. The services will be launched before the end of this year.
Continue readingAmazon has added a new shipping option for merchants in its five largest European markets. Sellers shipping from China can benefit from fast delivery at no additional cost, according to Amazon. The solution will later be available for domestic shipments as well.
Continue readingShein 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.
Continue readingThis 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.
Continue readingIn 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.
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