More and more online shops are switching from being a traditional web shop to establishing themselves as marketplaces. Besides giants like ebay and Amazon, brands like Otto, Zalando, Douglas, Kaufland, Etsy but also social media platforms like Facebook or Pinterest are coming into the market. How will those changes shape the future of retail platform for sellers and retailers.

Bernd Vermaaten
Platform economies beyond Amazon and Ebay
About Bernd Vermaaten
Bernd Vermaaten has held various management positions over the past 15 years following his bank training and economic studies in Leipzig. Prior to his engagement at solute GmbH, he was responsible for worldwide commercial affairs within the PTV Group as Head of Global Finance and was involved in the M&A process with Porsche Automobile Holding SE (PSE).
In May 2018, he became commercial manager and took over the management of the company in October 2018.