European consumers spent €55.1 billion on physical goods from online retailers outside the European Union in 2025, highlighting the accelerating shift toward cross-border eCommerce. According to the latest figures, €49.7 billion — roughly nine out of every ten euros spent outside the EU — went to three major platforms: Temu, Shein and AliExpress. International online […]
DACH Retailers See Decline in High Return Rates as eCommerce Operations Mature
Online retailers across Germany, Austria and Switzerland are seeing encouraging signs in their management of product returns, with the share of retailers experiencing very high return rates declining in 2026. According to data from summer 2026, up to 66.7% of retailers in the DACH region reported item-related return rates of 10% or less. At the […]