The Dutch don't have what other leading EU economies have: Amazon as the leading e-commerce platform. Amazon skipped the Netherlands, back some years ago, preferring the other countries. Now, in just over a couple of weeks they will kickstart with a full grown Dutch webshop. What are the consequences for existing Dutch webshops, especially for Amazon look-a-like and Dutch leading e-commerce operator BOL?
Read MoreCitizens living in the already crowded big cities in Western economies have witnessed a change in the past few years. Delivery trucks parking on dangerous places. Way more traffic from DHL, UPS and others delivering e-commerce parcels, with more pollution from those trucks. Huge delivery hubs are being built near city centers on land where otherwise housing projects could have been developed.
Read MoreAround the globe people become more aware of the trade off between buying fashion items, wearing them a few times, disposing and what it does do our planet. Many new (online and physical) retail platforms have started concentrating on second hand items and renting out. Some even say that the second hand fashion market will outgrow fast fashion by 2028.
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