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Everything we find normal online today, we owe to Amazon. But to become even more successful, the empire of Jeff Bezos will also have to break through in fashion and food. That cannot happen without physical stores, says retail expert Natalie Berg of NBK Retail.

German retail giant Metro has finally reached an agreement with the consortium of property investor X+Bricks on the sale of its Real hypermarkets. The deal is causing unrest among the staff.

Bol.com is a superpower in the Benelux e-commerce sector, but its exact figures have long been a well-kept secret. In order to support its own share price, owner Ahold Delhaize has been considering more openness about the figures in recent months, but for fear of Amazon's expansion to the Netherlands, this plan has been abandoned.

Return costs determine a large part of our online buying behaviour: almost one in two Belgians would not make an online purchase if they were charged five euros to return the products.

French distributor of office and school supplies Bureau Vallée has acquired its Belgian counterpart Buro Market, as a new step in the company’s international expansion.

The owner of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, has issued a bid of thirty billion dollars for eBay. It is not the first time that the stock exchange company has shown interest in the bidding site.

Eyewear brand Ace & Tate has opened a store on Antwerp's luxury shopping street Schuttershofstraat. The interior has been decorated with recycled plastic waste, in an attempt to lower its carbon footprint.