This year’s Danish E-commerce price has been awarded Aarstiderne, which since 1999 has provided organic food to customers’ doors.
E-commerce sales in Sweden grew by 15 percent in the first quarter of 2016 according to PostNord. Electronics boosted in January and fashion in March.
Danish furniture chain Biva, that was bankrupt two years ago, now has big ambitions. Today, Tuesday, opens a new store in Fredericia .
Except for its size, Elgiganten’s Megastore-concept has lost its uniqueness. In the coming year all standard stores will get the same concept, but without the addition Megastore. Now the electronics chain evaluates… Read more »
Waiting for the announced IPO – now comes a final merger of the electronics chains SIBA and NetOnNet – as the older brand SIBA will be closed down and the stores converted to… Read more »
Björn Borg has acquired the shares held by the minority shareholder of subsidiary Björn Borg UK Limited, representing 20 percent of total share. “We have now taken yet another step to cut… Read more »
Willys becomes the first Swedish discount chain to open food sales online. The strategy is to offer the same prices as in store and primarily deliver through pick up stations.
Ikea reveals it will open its first order and collection point in London, with a store in Westfield Stratford City this summer. This will be the first branch in a… Read more »
Expert is now launching the Power chain in Finland. Next stop is Sweden The first opening out of two Finnish stores this week was an expected success. “We brought the… Read more »
It is still a small niche, but now also Intersport and Netonnet the trend of trunk deliveries to e-trading consumers that happens to have the right car for the service, parked in Stockholm… Read more »
Trendsales expelled its CEO a month ago. Now, the reason is revealed: Suspicion of fraud. “We are working right now to get a more detailed overview of the extent of the… Read more »
Komplett entries the appliances market in Sweden with free home deliveries. ”We have extensive experience in sales of appliances in Norway. We have done a lot of research into what… Read more »
Lingerie brand and chain Hunkemöller targets a larger expansion in Scandinavia. During 2016, 10 new stores are set to open with a goal of reaching 50 stores in Sweden in 2019, writes… Read more »
Stockmann has signed an agreement to sell the business operations of Hobby Hall to the Finnish SGN Group. ”We want to build a multichannel operation that will consolidate its position in… Read more »
The largest Nordic logistics company PostNord plans for an e-commerce showroom together with a pickup-point opening in 2016. ”The concept is still in a startup point, but the idea is that,… Read more »
A pilot project from ICA aims to develop a future way to shop for groceries online. With a digital lock installed on the door, the customer can get their food delivered all… Read more »
Danish sports chains Sportigan and Sport 24 has merged their headquarters. This creates a sports chain with a turnover of over a billion DKK. Sportigan and Sport 24 will together have 175 stores, but will… Read more »
Updated. Electronics chain Expert takes the chain concept Power to Finland, In May two rebranded stores open, in Tammisto Vanda and Kaleva Tampere.
Despite seven new stores, Clas Ohlson’s sales decreased in March. The big drop came in Norway – even in local currency.
Danish online fashion Stylepit is now a part of Bestseller A / S Group. Wednesday it was taken off the Stock Exchange, and is thus owned by Bestseller A/S Group, who says it’s… Read more »
Polarn O. Pyret has today taken the decision to close the smaller and unprofitable operations in the Netherlands and China and to expand the number of stores in Finland and… Read more »
Varner Group’s new fashion chain for women, Days like this, open the doors to eleven stores next week. Cubus and Bik Bok is already specifically targeted at women, but now… Read more »
One of Scandinavia’s largest fashion portals, Nelly.com, has given 35 people notice. The layoffs are related to staff at offices in Borås and Stockholm.
The CEO of the Danish online vintage fashion store Trendsales resigns immediately. ”It is true that Trendsales’ and now former CEO Rasmus Goth Engel have agreed to separate with immediate effect,… Read more »
Clas Ohlson has decided to change store format in the UK. Seven stores will close – instead Clas Ohlson starts opening stores with new and smaller formats aimed for multichannel.
Bygghemma has extended its partnership with payments company Svea Ekonomi and now gives them exclusivity for payment solutions in Sweden, Norway and Finland, with the intention of eventually expanding to… Read more »
Clothes chain Moss Copenhagen has gone bankrupt, but survives with new management and new owners. All the 12 stores in the chain continues. ”No one will be laid off because of… Read more »
Kids premium fashion chain Polarn O. Pyret acquires 51 percent of the shares in Kids Company Oy in Finland. ”We have established a solid plan to increase the number of… Read more »
Sister brands Addnature and Bikester deepen their cooperation and launch a joint concept store in Stockholm on 1 April. For the two e-commerce stores, it adds a new contact with… Read more »
The Finnish state-owned alcohol monopoly-chain Alko will start e-commerce this year. The aim is to offer the full range. “Our customers can use our services precisely in those channels where… Read more »