At the end of September Yandex has announced about launching of the project “garderob.yandex.ru”- an online service which helps to choose clothing and footwear and gathers offers from Ukrainian and Russian stores. At the moment there are over 60 thousand proposals from Ukrainian stores at the portal.

Ukraine appeared on the list of the countries where Lamoda intends to develop. This was enabled due to one of the biggest deals on the Russian e-commerce market. JP Morgan investment division has invested in the development of online retailer Lamoda from $ 55 million to $ 80 million, becoming the owner of a minority stake on the company.

Is it possible to fall in love with the country in 2 days and not just with the landscape, architecture and people, but also with opportunity to build business here? Yes, it is! Proved by organizers of Trade Mission to Ukraine for Mail Order and E-commerce companies which was held in Odessa on September 20-21, 2012.

Ukrainian market entry for business running is “frightful” for many Western companies due to necessity to go deep into all legal and operational features of the foreign country. And this is with understanding that it would be financially costly in any case! Organizers of Trade Mission to Ukraine for distance selling and E-commerce companies (20-21 of September 2012, Odessa) will share secret information with participants: how to run business in Ukraine remotely without official office opening. Thus saving money, time and… nerves!

Ukrainians are purchasing online more and more often. Continuing rise of prices and decrease of products quality make people look for alternative places to shop.

According to information of consulting company “GRT & C“ Ukraine is the ninth in Europe in terms of the Internet audience volume with 15.5 million of Internet users at the beginning of the year.

In the new study of Nielsen Company is stated that over the last two years number of consumers willing to buy food and drinks online increased by 44%.

Ukrainian State Enterprise of Posts “Ukrposhta” introduced two new types of international money transfers between Ukraine and Russia on the 1st of September.

Over the first half of this year a record high amount of clothing and footwear was imported into Ukraine – for nearly $ 700 million. But retailers have low chances to sell these goods: store traffic decreases as well as citizens’ desire to overpay for second-rate collections. Meanwhile, selling by catalogue companies, online boutiques and improvised shopping clubs which allow to dress edgy without spending a fortune increase turnovers.

And the market will have nothing to offer, as the number of quality retail space required for international operators coming out, is growing rapidly, not only in Kyiv, but also in the regions of the country.