Amazon.com Marches Across Europe, Dominating E-Retail in the Region, says Internet Retailer

CHICAGO, June 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Cross-border sales on the marketplace section of its six localized European websites (in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands) helped Amazon.com Inc., the top-ranked e-retailer in Europe, grow its total 2014 European web sales roughly 20% to an Internet Retailer-estimated 20.09 billion euros ($23.62 billion USD) from 17.58 billion euros ($19.68 billion USD) in 2013, according to Internet Retailer's just-released 2015 Europe 500 guide. Now in its fifth edition, the trusted e-commerce resource provides comprehensive rankings, financial numbers and operating details of Europe's 500 largest web merchants based on their 2014 online sales. Hailing from 33 countries, the web merchants ranked in the 2015 Europe 500 collectively grew their web sales 15.6% to $141.35 billion USD.

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In Germany and the United Kingdom, where Amazon has been selling online since the late 1990s, web sales increased 13.1% to $11.91 billion and 14.4% to $8.34 billion, respectively. Amazon operates 20 fulfillment centers across Europe and offers in much of the region Amazon Prime, its loyalty program that offers free two-day shipping and other perks. Besides Amazon, 14 other web merchants listed in the top 25 of the 2015 Europe 500 rankings sell beyond their home country; they are Tesco Stores, Otto Group, Staples Inc., Apple Inc., Dixons Stores Group, John Lewis Plc, Zalando, Vente-Privee, Marks & Spencer, J. Sainsbury Plc, ASOS Plc Holdings, Next Plc, Carrefour Group and Royal Ahold N.V.

In addition to detailing web sales, growth rates and rankings, the 2015 Europe 500 contains a wealth of other vital financial and operating metrics per ranked e-retailer, including conversion rates, web traffic, SKUs online and e-commerce vendors used. "Despite lingering recession in many countries, e-commerce in Europe continues to skyrocket," says Jack Love, Internet Retailer publisher. "And there's no better resource than the Europe 500 to give you the competitive information you need to grow your online business globally."

The 317-page publication is now available in a digital version, and all of its proprietary data can be accessed and customized by user preference through a subscription to Top500Guide.com, the world's largest online database of competitive e-commerce information.

For research information or to arrange an interview with an Internet Retailer analyst, contact: Mark Brohan, vice president, Internet Retailer, at 312.362.9535 or [email protected].

For media inquiries, contact: Anna Applegate, corporate marketing communications, Internet Retailer, at 312.572.6264 or [email protected]. 

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