News of the week: eMAG has a new GM, the GPeC Summer School is coming, valuable data in a 2Parale survey
Here are the most important 5 news pieces about e-commerce from the last 7 days. If you found other news worth being disseminated, send us an e-mail at echipa@gpec.ro or leave a comment below. Thank you!
The GPeC E-Commerce Summer School is approaching…
#ScolaDeVaraGPeC 2015, the only intensive courses series on e-commerce in Romania, will take place between August 26th – 31st, at the Family Hotel Arnica*** in Moeciu de Sus, Brasov county. Registration is now open and there is an early bird offer until August 3rd.
Read about the trainers and the practical details at www.gpec.ro
eMag has a new General Manager
This week, Tudor Manea was appointed GM at eMag, for the Romanian operations. The new GM will coordinate the local acquisitions and sales sectors, the marketplace, the logistics, the showrooms and the payment and the online crediting systems, and also the customer relations department.
How much dough we spend online in 2015
According to a survey by 2Parale, Romanians have spent the most on fashion, books and education materials, IT&C, home& deco products and cosmetics, in the last 6 months. On average, consumers spent 1.000 lei for a holiday package, 630 lei for an IT&C product, 220 lei for the home&deco products and 210 lei for baby and children products.
The infographic is on the 2Parale blog
The reporter is interviewed
In the last 7 days, two interviews with people from the GPeC team were published – one with Andrei Radu, (CEO and Founder GPeC) on Startupcafe.ro and another with Raluca Radu (Strategy & Marketing Manager GPeC) on vickipedia.ro. Andrei talks about niches in e-commerce, the profile of the Romanian consumer and offers relevant figures from the market, whereas Raluca gives information about the Romanian industry and the growth factors on the market.
The online gives a digital touch to the offline prices
A growing number of brick-and-mortar shops have started to use e-tags on the shelves, in order to offer the consumers better prices, compared to those in the online shops. Amazon started this trend amongst mortar stores a few years ago. “If we have a TV for $1,200 and Amazon has it for $900, customers are going to say, what the heck, your prices are not the lowest,” said David Bash, chief information officer at Nebraska Furniture Mart. “These electronic shelf tags are not just here to look pretty. They’re here to make sure you get the best deal.”
Read the whole article at www.internetretailer.com
