Allegro News
Allegro appoints customer engagement head
Polish marketplace Allegro has announced that it has appointed Edyta Sidwa as its new head of customer engagement. The role, which closely resembles a marketing position, will be based at Allegro HQ in Warsaw and she is already in post. They say that Sidwa will be
How to start selling on Allegro in Poland
When we decided to find out how to sell on Poland's biggest marketplace, we realised that no one at Tamebay had any knowledge of Allegro, so our first step was to find someone who did. Our expert is Zornitsa Mincheva Dobreva, Head of International Expansion
Allegro TV ad has 11 million Youtube views and rising
It's a trend that has been emerging over the past few years. Big brands are spending more and more to create the most popular Christmas ad of the year. John Lewis and the others spend millions on a heartwarming, or tear-jerking, advert to keep their
Allegro sells for $3.3bn – time for marketplace sellers to take stock
Barry Doyle is the CFO at XSellco. In this post he looks at Polish ecommerce and the sale of Allegro. The global media and technology conglomerate Naspers announced the sale of the Allegro Group on October 14 for $3.3bn, a tidy profit on the $1.5bn it
Allegro acquired by Private Equity partnership
eBay and Alibaba have been outbid in their efforts to acquire Allegro, the largest ecommerce marketplace serving Poland. Instead the company will be acquired by private equity firms Cinven, Permira and Mid Europa. Paying $3.253 billion values Allegro's 20 million registered users at just over $162
XSellco adds CDiscount, Fnac & Allegro support
XSellco have announced the addition of Cdiscount, Fnac and Allegro to their XSellco Fusion help desk solution. Through these integrations, XSellco Fusion users can now provide a premium level of customer support to buyers on these marketplaces. The French eCommerce market, worth €65 billion, is the
Last week’s news: eBay feedback and defects updates, Amazon price fixing and more [video]
There was lots of news last week, including news on eBay's feedback an defects system and also news from Amazon related to drones and a price fixing seller who may be extradited to the USA. Find out more in the video, it's less than 3
eBay and Alibaba bid for Allegro
Following on from the news that Polish marketplace Allegro is up for sale, it's not surprise that eBay are interested in acquiring the largest marketplace in Poland. Allegro accounts for more than 50% of the Polish ecommerce market and has 14 million registered users so it's
Polish marketplace Allegro may be sold off
According to Bloomberg, Allegro may be being put up for sale by Africa conglomerate Naspers who currently own the marketplace. Multichannel experts at Pentagon say that “Polish ecommerce is outpacing the rest of Europe, with 23% growth year-on-year compared to 18% in the rest of
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