{"id":4736,"date":"2015-09-03T07:45:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T04:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gpec.ro\/blog\/?p=4736"},"modified":"2015-09-02T20:55:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T17:55:33","slug":"news-of-the-week-2parale-amazon-alibaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gpec.ro\/blog\/en\/news-of-the-week-2parale-amazon-alibaba","title":{"rendered":"News of the week: Romanians are big spenders, Chinese wine, Europeans like US online shops"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here are the most important 5 news pieces about e-commerce<\/strong> from the last 7 days.<\/p>\n

If you found other news worth being disseminated, send us an e-mail at echipa@gpec.ro<\/strong> or leave a comment below or check us out on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thank you!<\/p>\n

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This summer, Romanians’ wallets on fire!<\/h3>\n

\"2ParaleThe 2Parale affiliate marketing network generated over 1 million euros in sales, between June 15th and August 15th<\/strong>, in the following categories: books, fashion, tourism. This summer, Romanians spent 100 lei on average on books and educational materials, 140 lei on fashion and 900 on tourism, especially on airplane tickets. Dresses were the stars of the season; the online search terms related to them raised by 600% compared to the same period of last year.<\/p>\n

Read all about it on the\u00a02Parale blog<\/a><\/p>\n

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Region-dependent delivery<\/h3>\n

\"AmazonAmazon is testing a plan called \u201cShip by Region,\u201d which lets some sellers (some that choose to ship from their own factories instead of Amazon\u2019s) pick where they want to provide two-day shipping to Prime customers. The items that will \u201cShip by Region\u201d will only appear as Prime-eligible if you can get two-day shipping to your region.<\/p>\n

Gizmodo has all the details<\/a><\/p>\n

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Do\u00a0you fancy some Alibaba wine?<\/h3>\n

\"Alibaba<\/p>\n

Alibaba.com will offer Robert Mondavi cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir and other varieties to its 367 million Chinese customers through its online store Tmall, in a partnership announced Tuesday with Mondavi-owner Constellation Brands Inc. Wine labels such as Twin Oaks and Woodbridge will be priced at about $15 to $20 a bottle.<\/p>\n

Read the entire article at\u00a0Internet Retailer<\/a><\/p>\n

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There’s something about the US websites…<\/h3>\n

\"Site-uriFrequent web shoppers make 24% of their purchases from websites outside of their home country, and half of those purchases are at U.S. sites.\u00a0A study (\u201cUPS Pulse of the Online Shopper\u201d) of frequent online shoppers around the world shows they make 24% of their purchases at websites outside of their home country, with half of those purchases coming on U.S.-based e-commerce sites.<\/p>\n

More statistics, at\u00a0Internet Retailer<\/a><\/p>\n

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Online shopping: good or bad?<\/h3>\n

\"originals\"Originals.ro makes yet another list of advantages of online shopping, such as: the non-stop availability of Internet shops, the time saved, the variety of products, the customers’ reviews. There are also some disadvantages: the clothes and shoes can’t be tried on, there are some differences between the label and the real product, the customer must have the necessary funds in the bank account.<\/p>\n

The whole list is at Originals.ro<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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