With a montly trading volume exceeding $2,2 billion in 2014, B2B-Center.ru, Russia’s main electronic trading platform, serves more than 200,000 clients from 120 countries. CEO Alexey Degtyarev recounted for East-West Digital News how this business started and gained such strong traction in Russia and beyond.
Dr. Victor Dostov is one of the leading experts and managers in Russian retail payment sectors. He has served as the President of the Russian Electronic Money Association since 2009. Considering his extensive track record and experience in pioneering digital payments in Russia, CoinTelegraph could not pass up the opportunity to ask Victor some questions on Bitcoin in …
Amid signs of renewal of the Russian e-commerce marketplace scene, ShopAlike, an international fashion-focused aggregator launched back in 2009, has been making headway in the Russian market for almost a year. In an exclusive interview with East-West Digital News, Charles Bellissen, Global Head of Sales at Visual-Meta GmbH – the German company behind the platform …
Yesterday Ozon Holdings, one of Russia’s most established players on the Russian e-commerce scene, announced that Maëlle Gavet, its French-born CEO since 2011, is moving on from the company. Israeli-born Danny Perekalsky, currently Ozon’s deputy CEO, has been appointed as new CEO. He will assume the new role immediately, with Gavet staying with the company for a …
Moscow – IXcellerate, Russia’s premier carrier-neutral data centre operator, is pleased to announce the appointment of Roman Linin as Chief Financial Officer, joining COO Dmitry Fokin and CEO Guy Willner. Roman brings about invaluable business experience in management, finance and accounting. Before joining IXcellerate Roman held a position of Investment Director in the Elbrus Capital, a private equity fund, responsible …
Launched in 2008 by Oskar Hartmann, a German entrepreneur born in the former Soviet Union, KupiVIP quickly became Russia’s leading flash sales site in the field of fashion. When the cross-border e-commerce market emerged in Russia, the company lobbied against what Hartmann called – with some justification – “duty-free e-commerce.” But KupiVIP also launched its …
Groupon, which began operating in Russia in 2010, has asserted itself since then as a leader in the Russian coupon sales market. The site has also developed a cross-border business, selling virtually anything from smartphones to tableware and cappuccinators to Russian consumers. Erik Bosgoed, head of logistics at Groupon International GMBH Switserland, explained to East-West …
Over the past few years Boxberry, a relatively new player on the Russian e-commerce shipment market, has been developing a competitive offer for deliveries and customs clearance from the USA and Europe to Russia. The company specializes in express cargo – sending packages worth up to 1,000 euros and weighing up to 31 kg. Part of …
The destiny of an electronic monument in memory of Steve Jobs in St. Petersburg has attracted public attention this week after its owner, a Russian company named “West-European Financial Union” (ZEFS in Russian), withdrew it in an expression of its radical anti-US and anti-gay stance. The monument had been placed last year in the yard of the St. …
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Online advertising in the Russian market offers strong opportunities for international competitors in a large number of industries. For example, digital advertising in Russia and specifically on Yandex, is proven to be more effective than advertising on the leading Russian TV channels. Below is an adaptation of the Yandex.Direct success story for the travel industry, which …
On December 8th a two-week incubator for Russian startups begins in Cambridge, Massachusetts – part of the successful Startup Access program that has already hosted a number of these events. The program provides startups the opportunity to work with experienced mentors who assist teams in creating a professional business plan to develop a successful marketing strategy. There …
As the largest e-commerce store in its region, Ozon has been called the “Amazon.com of Russia.” But this morning on stage at Disrupt Europe in London, Ozon CEO Maelle Gavet shot down the notion that her company should be called an Amazon clone. For one thing, she said, Ozon was founded 16 years ago, which was …
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