Temu is reshaping e-commerce across Europe – and North Macedonia’s numbers prove it. In just three months, Macedonians increased cross-border online shopping by 32% in value, reaching €80.1 million in foreign transactions out of €213.3 million total. The platform’s impact goes beyond numbers: it’s teaching consumers to embrace digital payments while challenging local retailers to […]
The European e-commerce market shows interesting buying habits across borders, which contradicts typical online customer behaviour assumptions. Our research of ECDB data shows that shopping preferences between major European markets create specific regional behaviours which retailers entering new markets need to understand.
Consumers in the US and UK are turning to international e-shops to get products at better prices. Recent figures show that up to 52% of shoppers have bought at least one product this way in the last year.
Cross-border online sales have become a standard part of customer shopping behaviour. The latest international survey shows that in 2025 another turning point occurred – this time not in volume, but in the balance of power between platforms, customer expectations, and logistics.
Up to 78% of Nordic customers made a purchase abroad in the past year, which is 4 percentage points more than in 2024, according to PostNord’s E-commerce in the Nordics 2025: Autumn Report. China remains the most popular destination with a 30% share, with price being the clear main motive – cited by over half […]
Recent European Commerce Database (ECDB) findings reveal striking regional patterns in how different European nations engage with international online retailers and which European countries rely most on foreign e-commerce. This analysis explores the varying degrees of cross-border e-commerce adoption throughout the continent while maintaining the integrity of essential market data.
The quickly evolving European internet buying environment is seeing cross-border trade take front stage. Based on most recent “Top 100 Cross-Border Marketplaces Europe” research from Cross-Border Commerce Europe, the online cross-border industry of the continent boasts an astonishing 326 billion euro in sales for the 2023/2024 financial year.
New study from Digital Commerce 360 and Bizrate Insights shows some interesting patterns in how people shop online in the US. The poll of 1,017 people sheds light on consumer motivations, preferences, and concerns regarding online marketplace shopping.
Germany will continue to dwarf its neighbors in e-commerce revenue, but some of Central Europe’s smaller markets are expanding faster. ECDB data shows particularly strong growth in Greece, Poland, and Hungary, where online sales still account for a relatively modest share of the retail market.
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