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[Opinion] Retail powerhouse Action continues to surge forward at an unprecedented pace
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (203+ words) At Action, scale and speed are converging in a way we rarely see in retail today. The combination of scale, discipline, and ambition makes the Dutch non-food discounter perhaps the most interesting retail company in Europe today. With revenue of…...
Grocery shopping is now the second-largest online sector in the Netherlands
7+ hour, 51+ min ago (207+ words) Dutch consumers are already spending almost as much online on food as they are on travel. While spending on services such as travel and events is declining, physical products are regaining ground'partly thanks to Chinese online retailers. The Dutch e-commerce…...
Jysk is acquiring five Leen Bakker stores in the Netherlands
12+ hour, 13+ min ago (150+ words) Jysk is acquiring five Leen Bakker stores in the Netherlands'RetailDetail EU With the acquisition of five Leen Bakker locations and the opening of one brand-new store, Jysk will soon have 110 stores in the Netherlands. The Danish home furnishings chain aims…...
British marketplace OnBuy is launching in eight new countries
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (287+ words) The rapidly growing marketplace OnBuy is now launching in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland. This brings the platform's presence to 21 European countries. Last fall, OnBuy launched in twelve European markets: Belgium, Germany, Finland, France,…...
Joybuy launches European offensive as a challenger to Amazon
2+ week, 1+ day ago (266+ words) JD.com, China's largest e-commerce company and the new owner of electronics retailer MediaMarkt, is launching its online platform Joybuy today in six European countries, offering approximately 100,000 products. Following a beta test lasting several months, Joybuy is officially launching in…...
[Opinion] Temu, Shein, AliExpress, and now Joybuy: are we finally waking up in Europe?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (201+ words) The emergence of players like Shein, AliExpress, and Temu intensifies the pressure. Now Joybuy, JD.com's European platform, is also entering the scene. Anyone looking at the retail sector in Europe today sees, above all, price pressure, fierce competition, and…...
"AI brand or product recommendations are extremely inconsistent"
2+ week, 4+ day ago (213+ words) AI brand or product recommendations are extremely inconsistent'RetailDetail EU AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Google AI seem to be extremely inconsistent when recommending brands and products. Rankings change almost every time, and the same brand rarely tops the…...
Gino Van Ossel on RetailDetail's Omnichannel Congress: "E-commerce is not 'mature'; it remains a battlefield"
2+ week, 5+ day ago (652+ words) Certainly, digital and omnichannel are the standard in retail today. However, the maturity of e-commerce does not mean that it stops there. According to Vlerick professor Gino Van Ossel, competition and opportunities are accelerating right now " from online food to…...
One-third of e-commerce packages in violation
4+ week, 6+ hour ago (277+ words) Every day, around 3.6 million e-commerce parcels enter Europe via Li'ge airport. Customs can only check a tiny fraction of these: 30% are found to be in violation, for reasons including counterfeiting and safety. Although the total number of parcels has declined…...
EuroShop 2026: How AI is taking the "smartification" of stores to the next level
4+ week, 7+ hour ago (262+ words) Unsurprisingly, AI was the buzzword at the EuroShop retail trade fair: solutions range from advanced fraud detection and connected store shelves to dynamic pricing and intelligent shopping carts. However, not all applications are equally relevant. NCR, once the pioneer of…...