Austria. Belgium. Denmark. France. Germany. Greece. Ireland. Italy. Netherlands. Norway. Portugal. Spain. Sweden. Switzerland. UK.

Key Stat: Third-party marketplaces have a 39% share of total ecommerce sales in Europe—rising to 47% in Austria and 45% in Germany and Italy. Executive Summary. Online marketplaces are driving disproportionate ecommerce growth.

The Western Europe region of the Global Media Intelligence Report includes poll results from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK.

Note that GWI interviews and represents each country’s online population ages 16+ (in Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK, and the US) or ages 16–64 (in other markets)—not its total population.

Respondents were from Asia-Pacific (Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam); Europe, Middle East, and Africa (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, UAE, UK); Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, Mexico); and North America (Canada, US).

These percentages are closer—albeit higher—than the stubbornly low penetration levels in European ecommerce markets like Austria and Italy. What to Expect as Ecommerce Markets Mature. These ecommerce penetration figures in the Gulf, however, translate into billions of dollars of revenues every year.

Austria. Time spent with broadcast TV in Austria was significantly lower than the regional average. At 1:46 daily, it’s 24 minutes less than Western Europe’s average of 2:10. This placed Austria last in the region for broadcast TV consumption. Austria also ranked last in the region for time spent with social/messaging.

How we got here: Klarna became available to eBay shoppers in the UK, Austria, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain in December 2024. Electronics, fashion, and collectibles are some of the most popular categories where eBay shoppers are paying with Klarna, according to the companies.

The integration will affect multiple regions, including the US, UK, Germany, and Austria, where Freevee content will migrate to Prime Video's "Watch for Free" section. According to Amazon's official statement, this restructuring aims to enhance user experience by offering a unified streaming destination.

Instacart is also adding its Connected Stores solutions—which includes electronic-shelf label capabilities, an in-store app mode, and pickup fulfillment technology—to all Aldi US locations and will test Caper Carts at an Aldi store in Austria.

The news: Klarna is available as a payment option on eBay across Europe, rolling out in the UK, France, Spain, Austria, Italy, and the Netherlands after a pilot in Germany, per a press release. eBay shoppers will be able to pay using Klarna’s Pay in 3, Pay in 30, or big-ticket Financing option.

Germany, Australia, Austria, Poland, Turkey, Chile, and Argentina will all see the cost of ad-free YouTube viewership rise. US Premium prices increased by $2 in July. The pricing news comes as YouTube is deepening its crusade against ad blockers, triggering an outcry from consumers who feel YouTube’s focus is no longer on serving consumers but advertisers.

Respondents were from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, and US.

Respondents were companies with a business focus of entirely B2B (38%), mostly B2B (36%) or approximately equal split between B2B and B2C (25%), B2B revenues of $200 million and over, based in North America, UK, France, Spain, Nordic countries, Austria, Germany and Switzerland from various industries with a job title of Manager (42%), Director (27%), VP (16%), C-Level Executive (9%) or Product Manager (

Erste Group Bank (Austria) – €308.55 billion. 30. Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (Germany) – €294.82 billion. 31. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (Sweden) – €274.19 billion. 32. Raiffeisen Gruppe (Switzerland) – €269.26 billion. 33. Svenska Handelsbanken (Sweden) – €264.08 billion. 34. DNB Bank (Norway) – €261.95 billion. 35. VTB Bank (Russia) – €258.96 billion. 36.