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News Edition: April 2024

Short Introduction

Since 1993, Robert Breitbach Consulting has been a retained executive search firm with a focus on the ecommerce and retail industries.

With offices in Germany, Spain, Portugal, and Estonia, we specialize on assisting German, European and American companies in the search and selection of their executives and specialists.

About 70% of the search projects contain the keywords: "CEO, Managing Director, Country Manager, Business Development Manager or Expansions Manager". In addition, we have been able to fill many positions in the areas of sales, plant, and production management. Not to forget many significant engineering positions.

We are pleased that you take the time to visit our "News" page. Here we would like to inform you - updated monthly - about selected topics from this industry.

From the Almanac

The term E-commerce describes the buying and selling of goods and services over an electronic network.

By the year 2040, it is estimated that 95% of all purchases will be through eCommerce.

47 percent of online-shoppers say that Facebook has a great impact on what they buy.

About 50 percent of the online-community has shopped online for more than one time.

The most popular category to sell online is fashion.

Pizza Hut started offering delivering their products on online order as early as 1994.

Michael Aldrich is credited with the inception of the e-commerce business and forming the first e-commerce marketplace.

Economic Outlook

The global market worth is expected to continue to rise.

It is supposed to reach astronomical numbers in the future.

One of the biggest challenges will continue to be security breaches.

What's On The News?

• On digitalcommerce360.com, Mary Meisenzahl explains how secondhand sales provide a boost to apparel retailers.


• On ecommercegermany.com, Kinga Edwards lists the most popular online shops in Austria.


• Stefanie Michallek explains for businessinsider.de how to use affiliate marketing for passive income.


• For ecommercegermany.com, Kinga Edwards reports about the rising tide of ecommerce in Germany.


• ecommercenews.eu offers a guide to selling products online.

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