Forever 21 was one of the booming fast-fashion retailers. At it’s peak the company made a whopping $4,4 billion in revenue. But now the once flush company is filing for bankruptcy. So, what happened? The company’s Korean founders, Jin Sook Chang…
“Iceclog” (Icecat content log) is the Icecat blog, where you will find e-commerce insights about Product Information Management (PIM) and syndication tools, best practices, market trends, brand popularity rank statistics, product reviews, the latest partnerships, cryptos, technologies, and technical manuals…
Last Thursday, Rene Rozendal (Icecat) organised an inspiring networking event for the toys industry. Among the 150 attendees were leading toys players such as LEGO, Selecta, Intertoys, Van der Meulen, Wehkamp, Google, Maxi Toys, Planet Happy, 3sixtyfive, Hatch and many…
Data-sheet production soared by 140% thanks to AI During 2018, the annual revenues of global product content publisher and syndicator Icecat (NPEX: ICECAT) increased by 19% to 8.4 million euro compared to one year earlier. Roughly, one third of the…
Where can you meet us in January and February? Do you have challenges with product content management in your industry, whether Electronics, Toys, FMCG (CPG), Fashion, Office, DIY, Health & Beauty, or other verticals, the Icecat team looks forward to…
Africa - "the forgotten continent" is going through a mobile internet and e-commerce revolution of its own. The African continent is ripe for digital retail expansion With 54 countries, 1.29 billion people in 2018, but a limited internet penetration of…
Black Friday is a US tradition, which spread all over the world thanks to social media. This year it happens on the 23rd of November and, will be the kickoff of the busiest sale season. According to NFR over 30% of…
Amsterdam, October 15, 2018: The quarterly revenues of Icecat N.V., the listed publisher of product data for the global e-commerce market, expanded by 19.7% to 2.13 million euro during Q3-2018, compared to the same period one year earlier. The profit…
Download the full Icecat N.V. YH1 2018 report (pdf) Icecat N.V., the listed provider of product data to the global e-commerce market, enjoyed an annual revenues growth rate that accelerated to 24.4% over the first six months of 2018 (from 21.5%…
In Q3, 2017, HP is back as the leader of the global e-channel in terms of product data-sheet downloads via the Icecat network. HP is replacing Philips, which had jumped to the No 1 popularity spot in Q2, partly to…
The benefits of Icecat’s IPO, a renewed focus on the business and the consolidation after the take-over of Iceshop B.V. are visible in the figures of Year Half 1, 2017. The annual revenue growth of Icecat N.V. has accelerated to…
Facebook is dying. How many times did you hear that? In 2017, there are 700 million active Instagram users and in the US it’s the preferred social network for teenagers after Snapchat. However, Facebook is still not dead. Time after…
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 3, 2017: In 2016, Icecat’s revenues expanded by 10.3% to 6 million EUR, and the use of its product database by e-commerce companies grew by 29%. 2016 highlights Icecat prepared its successful IPO at NPEXIcecat data-sheets…
In Q1 2017, Icecat served 3.5 billion data-sheet, versus 1.7 billion registered in 2016. This is an impressive annual increase of 143%. In Q1 2017, especially the Icecat XML data and Icecat LIVE (JS/JSON) interfaces became way more popular compared with…
Based on the Icecat sample of connected webshops in Q1 2017, the most popular standard webshop software platforms are Magento Commerce (9%), PrestaShop (8%) and VirtueMart/Joomla (4%). PrestaShop made relatively more progress, over the past years, than its contenders, and…
Online Shopping Market in Japan, if you have never visited Japan, will picture you a lot of common stereotypes. For instance, you might think Japanese really eat sushi every day, I still get this question often. Or that you can still…