Onlinehandel

News
Home24 takes over Butlers
One is strong online, the other in German city centers. Now they are combining their offerings: Home24 is buying the Butlers chain.

Reports
The installment purchase business
The "Buy Now, Pay Later" provider Billie is joining forces with the Swedish payment provider Klarna. This allows online stores to offer the payment method not only to private customers, but also to corporate customers...

News
Sellerx becomes a unicorn
16 months old, now unicorn status: The start-up Sellerx has raised 500 million US dollars in its current financing round and is buying another Amazon retailer.

News
EClear receives BaFin license
The Berlin-based fintech has received the license of a payment service provider. EClear now wants to process the payment transactions of online merchants throughout Europe.

News
Zalando reports profit growth
The online fashion retailer Zalando was able to significantly increase its profit due to the coronavirus lockdowns. The company has even raised its long-term growth target.

News
Zalando appoints a woman to the Management Board for the first time
From April 1, Astrid Arndt will become Head of Human Resources. She previously headed the People & Organization department.

News
Rohlik comes to Germany as "Knuspr"
Ordering food from the comfort of your sofa: The online retailer Knuspr, which plans to come to Germany next year, aims to make this possible. The Czech company wants to conquer the European market step by step.

Interviews
"People don't want to buy everything online"
Alexa von Bismarck is the head of Adyen Germany. In this interview, she talks about Wirecard, retailers during the pandemic and why people don't want to shop only at Amazon or Zalando.
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