Weekly news: top 500 European e-shops, no more boundaries offline-online, virtual chicks in China

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E-commerce and online innovations

carti-1TRUSTED.ro is always keeping an eye on the Romanian e-commerce and also on what is happening around the world and periodically collects the discovered innovations. In this article, learn about how you can buy digital independent books in bulk, about the virtual assistant that helps you write better e-mails, about the application that finds you cheap products if you are willing to wait more for delivery and much more.

raport1Top 500 European online shops (report)

The report “IREU Top 500: A performance ranking of Europe’s Top500 ecommerce and multichannel retailers” is the first Europe-wide retail performance index, ranking the Top 500 most significant multichannel and eCommerce retailers from 31 countries (the members of the European Economic Area – EEA plus Switzerland), based on their performance across seven dimensions. IREU Top500 research shows that, as a group, leading European retailers are often starting to foster cross-border trade, but have by no means completed the task. Read more about the report.

ecommerce-contentNo more boundaries between the online and offline e-commerce

Online sales of the biggest offline retailers don’t reflect in the market total in e-commerce, says Ziarul Financiar. „As an example, altex.ro and flanco.ro record important sales online, but these are not generally considered in the total amount of sales in the IT-electro sector because they are merged with the total turnover of all retailers”, said Marius Ghenea, owner of PC Garage.

masina-online-fotoAutomobile manufacturers choose the online market

Ford Motor Company, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Lamborghini and other auto manufacturers turn down the big automobile fairs and choose to concentrate on the online market. At the Paris Auto Show 2016, the biggest industry’s representatives were not present, according to hotnews.ro.

jd-com-chinaThe “Running Chicken”project in China

JD.com launched the “JD running chicken” pilot project under which JD Finance provides the start-up capital while JD Fresh, the department which sells fresh produce online, oversees the project’s ecommerce operation. The project aims to build a close cycle of chicken reproduction, raising and sale. More details here.