The top 20 of online shopping sites gives pride of place to “marketplaces”. Greg Zémor, Founder and Director of Marketing at Neteven, makes the point in a JDN column.
The situation is very advanced in France with 9 representatives in the top 20 market places, something that is probably peculiar to the local situation. In other European countries, the marketplace scene is more concentrated around a few names and aimed at a large audience (Play.com/Rakuten and HMV in the UK; Hitmeister, Otto, Rakuten and Zalando in Germany) leaving room for brand sites, but their weight is also notable.
