All E-Commerce & DTC articles – Page 13
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News briefsThe Lycra Company launches online customer portal
The Lycra Company has launched Lycra One™, an online customer portal designed to allow brands, retailers and apparel manufacturers to connect with a global network of mills and manufacturers through one convenient platform. Lycra says that even before the pandemic hit, there was a need for a digital experience that ...
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News briefsOrtovox expands rental service for ski touring equipment in Germany and Austria
Together with 80 retailers in Germany and Austria, Ortovox will offer emergency equipment, Avabag avalanche airbag backpacks and normal backpacks as well as selected clothing for rental in the coming winter season. Which products can be rented from which retailer can be easily queried on the German Ortovox website. Interested ...
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Klarna acquires comparison shopping service PriceRunner
Klarna, the retail banking, payments and shopping service from Sweden, announced the acquisition of all shares in PriceRunner, a leading comparison shopping service in the Nordic region, from Creades, which invested SEK 370 million (€37.4m-$43.4m) in the price comparison site earlier this year, for just over SEK 9 billion (€910m-$1bn). ...
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News briefsBikeExchange creates chief customer officer position
BikeExchange Limited, an operator of a global online cycling marketplace, has appointed Rebecca Boxall as chief customer officer, a newly created position that completes the recruitment of its leadership team following the company’s IPO in February. Boxall, who is currently VP of e-commerce, marketing and customer experience at Canadian company ...
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ArticleBike-Components joins forces with brick-and-mortar retailers
The German e-commerce bicycle platform Bike-Components (managed by BC GmbH & Co. KG) is launching a new business segment next year: BC Remote is an ordering platform for brick-and-mortar bicycle dealers only. The background to this is that bicycle shops, in times of supply bottlenecks, sometimes search for missing parts ...
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News briefsWildberries expands to Baltics
Russia’s largest online retailer Wildberries is entering Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, but the marketplaces are only available in English and Russian. The company also announced that iOS and Android mobile applications would soon be available in the three Baltic countries. Wildberries indicated that international logistics operators deliver orders in the ...
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News briefsCanada Goose’s Basecamp community is first to buy the brand’s new footwear
Canada Goose announced a pre-sale for its first footwear collection available only to members of Basecamp, the brand’s (free) community platform. On Basecamp, fans are the first to hear about company announcements and product launches, including new collections and limited editions, plus they get exclusive access to experiences such as ...
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News briefsSigna Sports United collects more funds
The Wall Street Journal reports that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is about to make a major investment in Signa Sports United (SSU), the big operator of online stores based in Berlin, which indicated four months ago its intention to go public. It would join other investors including Abu Dhabi’s ...
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ArticleSBTi approves eBay’s ambitious climate action goal
eBay Inc. continues its commitment to climate action by setting an ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) target approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). eBay commits to reduce its own (scope 1 and scope 2) emissions by 90 percent by 2030 from a 2019 base year, in line with limiting ...
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ArticleRevolutionRace publishes first sustainability report after IPO
In its 2020/21 Annual and Sustainability Report, Swedish DTC brand RevolutionRace (RVRC) reports that it has performed strongly and profitably over the past fiscal year, with very positive growth in both new and existing markets. RVRC Holding AB, which went public on the Stockholm Nasdaq in June, posted strong results ...
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News briefsBergans with new German online store and e-commerce team
Bergans Outdoor GmbH, the German subsidiary of the Norwegian outdoor company Bergans of Norway, launched its new online store for Germany on Oct. 12, complementing the already existing Norwegian and Swedish DTC webshops. Laura Ninnemann and Gizem Karakoyun are responsible as the e-commerce team for the new German store. Ninnemann, ...
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News briefsSigna Sports to launch AI-based virtual bike fitting engine
Sports e-commerce and tech platform Signa Sports United (SSU) has entered a strategic partnership with Motesque, a Brooklyn, NY, and Cologne-based specialist startup for biomechanics, computer vision and AI, to launch the first-ever biomechanical AI-based virtual bike fitting engine for online bike shopping. Motesque was founded in 2015 by Professor ...
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News briefsLowa launches DTC web shop for EU consumers
German mountain and outdoor footwear manufacturer Lowa, part of the Italian Tecnica group, is adding a shopping function to its website www.lowa.com, which was relaunched globally in June 2020. From November 2021, customers from EU countries will be able to order a defined selection of the product range directly from ...
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ArticleE-commerce with strongest growth in Germany in Q3 since 2017
Notwithstanding the gradual revival of public life, and even though the third quarter is considered the weakest of the year for seasonal reasons, e-commerce sales of goods from July to October rose by a substantial 14.8 percent to €22.194 billion, according to the German E-Commerce and Distance Selling Trade Association ...
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News briefsAdidas rolls out resale program
Adidas’ new “Choose to Give Back” resale program, which leverages thredUP’s Resale-as-a-Service® (RaaS®) platform and expertise, allows consumers to send used products from any brand to Adidas for reuse or resale via the Adidas Creators Club App. The program – part of the company’s efforts to promote a circular product ...
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ArticleOdlo reorganizes its business structure in German-speaking countries
Pascal Schweizer, Odlo’s country manager DACH, is seizing the opportunity of the departure of field sales manager Matthias Faller to reorganize responsibilities in the German-speaking region. Faller is leaving Odlo on Oct. 31 after almost five years with the company. Moving forward, a dedicated sales manager will be in place ...
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News briefsDTC brand RevolutionRace launches Swiss online store in French and German
Swedish DTC outdoor brand RevolutionRace, which went public on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange in June, continues its growth trajectory with the launch of a local online store in Switzerland. With the new store, which offers Swiss customers the option to shop in both German and French, RevolutionRace’s offerings are ...
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News briefsFjällräven launches platform to design your own Kånken
With Kånken Me, Fjällräven is launching a new platform that makes it possible for Kånken fans to be creative and make their Kånken even more personal. With 14 color options and 15 customizable pieces, the online configurator offers over 100,000 billion possible combinations, making it nearly impossible ...
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News briefsPropain Bicycles goes America
German niche D2C brand Propain Bicycles (custom handcrafted mountain bikes) is using the 2021 Sea Otter Classic U.S. bicycle festival in Monterey, California, which has been moved from its traditional May date to Oct. 7-10, to introduce itself along with its newly formed subsidiary Propain Bicycles USA. With this move, ...
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Online marketplace Planetics with successful first financing round
Munich-based startup Planetics has successfully closed its first six-figure financing round for its online marketplace for sustainable and fairly produced sporting goods. The exact investment sum was not disclosed. Less than a year after its founding in Oct. 2020, the startup was able to convince various investors, including a former ...
