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The Dutch, online-only supermarket, Picnic has won a prize in e-commerce in Germany. At Internet World 2019, the company were awarded the "Honorary Retailer of the Year". On 12 March 2019 in Munich, around 200 guests were there to see the presentation at this year's Shop-Awards. Read on to learn how this year's edition of Internet World was different than previous years' expos.

The United States is desperately trying to beat China to the punch of 5G technology. Even though the USA is ridiculously behind China in the race, they are still trying to get allies here in Europe. Now they are trying to get Germany to get on the West side of the fence. More than any other company, Huawei is bearing the brunt of the United States' rancor. 

E-commerce can be a harsh mistress. Things move quickly, and a young startup can show loads of promise only to lose its way in the fickle world of business. Or they get in way over their heads with a new business investment due to meteoric growth. In the case of Lesara, the financing of their new logistics center in Erfurt came too late. 

How does Facebook get special treatment so that they can collect data and breach user privacy? They lobby with politicians all over the world to stop legal systems from protecting people's data policy. Typically, when a company gets big enough, they are able to hold politicians in a seemingly vice-like grip. Let's face it – everybody has a price. 

Business is still booming in China, the world's largest e-commerce market. China's two largest online retail companies, Alibaba and JD.com, are forming partnerships with smaller players to combat slowing growth in the Chinese e-commerce market. This development is important to keep in mind for foreign brands entering the Chinese market through e-commerce. "Foreign brands new to the Chinese market should first focus on the higher end of the market and serve a niche that domestic competitors can't appeal to."

Shouldn't the job of an online shop be finished as soon as a customer clicks the checkout button? One would think so, but a new study shows the potential and strengths during the checkout process, shipping and returns, and how these things are done in Germany's 100 largest online shops.

Alibaba has been making in-roads to Europe for quite some time. Their FinTech company, Ant Financial, has now acquired the currency exchange and payments company WorldFirst. Although other steps into Europe have already been made by the Chinese Internet giant, acquiring this UK payments company is a major one. There will definitely be more to come from Alibaba, as well as other Chinese e-commerce giants.