In recently published article [in Polish], Rafał Brzoska, chairman of Integer.pl Group - second biggest mail/courier service in Poland - explains chalenges standing before Polish e-commerce market, specialy from point of view of mail services.

- "Polish e-commerce market is one of the biggest growing markets in Europe (...) in two years time it should be worth up to 30 billion zlotys"

- "Betting on innovation is the only right way"

- "As e-commerce is revolutionizing the retail world, so will modern forms of product delivery be revolutionizing postal and courier market"

- "Up to 80% of customers choose e-commerce shops based on courier capabilities"

- "We should develope m-commerce - Polish people want to use more mobile payments but not many sites allow to do that"

- "We need to breake cross-border e-commerce barrier (...) Polish people want to buy products from foreign sites"

European consumers face difficulties when buying services cross-border, reveals the latest report published on November 29, 2013 by the European Consumer Centre Network (ECC-Net).

"Commissioner for Consumer policy, Neven Mimica said: "Creating a true single market and enabling e-commerce to fulfil its potential growth could generate benefits of up to €200 billion for consumers. Unjustified discrimination based on the nationality or place of residence in the provision of services is forbidden by EU law. I want to make sure that consumers know their rights and that these rights are fully respected and enforced.""

A new report by the European Consumer Centre Network (ECC-Net) investigates the scams faced by consumers when shopping online. The report focuses on fraud in cross-border e-commerce and what consumers can do to protect themselves from online fraud.

"12% of internet users across the EU have already experienced online fraud, and 8% have fallen victim to identity theft. The highest figures of internet users that say they have experienced online fraud are in Poland (18%), Hungary (17%), Malta (16%) and UK (16%), while respondents in Greece (3%), Slovenia (6%) and Spain (7%) are least likely to have experienced online fraud."

FusePump assesses the issue of e-Commerce on marketplaces: "65% of e-shoppers prefer to buy from marketplaces so it makes sense to use one to sell your products internationally. The bigger marketplaces all operate overseas and have a loyal customer base that uses the marketplace as their main port of call for researching and purchasing products."

FusePump provides as a source for the percentage of e-shoppers preferring marketplaces: "Eccomplished, April 2012 via Econsultancy’s Ecommerce statistics October 2012"

Telecompaper publishes data on the French e-Commerce market: "France’s e-commerce market rose by 14 percent to EUR 12.1 billion in the first quarter, compared to the year-earlier period, according to ecommerce and distance selling association Fevad. Nearly 19,000 new e-shopping sites were created over the last 12 months, taking the number of active e-commerce sites to 120,000. The number of online shoppers reached 32.6 million in the first quarter, 5 percent more than a year earlier. Nearly two-thirds of online shoppers visited at least one of the top-15 e-commerce sites in the first quarter. Among over 65 year-olds, the progression was 27 percent. The average shopping basket fell by 4 percent to EUR 85, the lowest ever recorded by Fevad."