Deb Stowe | October 15, 2025 | Horizontals, People
Norway-based Vend Marketplaces has named Yale Varty as chief commercial officer (CCO), effective Dec 15. “Vend is entering a new phase of growth with a clear focus... Nik Flegont | October 15, 2025 | Automotive, Horizontals, Financials / Deals
Youxinpai, a used car auction site owned by the China-based No.1 classified 58.com, has entered into collaboration with Shandong Yuantong Group automotive... Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | October 14, 2025 | Recruitment, Horizontals
Mercari has announced it will shut down its on-demand jobs app, Mercari Hallo, citing market conditions and usage trends as key factors. Launched in March last... Andrzej Sowula | October 14, 2025 | Horizontals
Allegro, the leader in b-to-c and e-commerce marketplaces and No. 2 in c-to-c classifieds in Poland, has announced plans to build a new logistics center in... Sharon Hill | October 13, 2025 | Real Estate, Horizontals, Financials / Deals
Four real estate industry insiders --- Keith Robinson, co-CEO at Next Home, Inc.; James Dwiggins, co-founder and CEO at NextHome Inc.; Greg Robertson, principal... Damian Shore | October 13, 2025 | Horizontals, People
Sonia Oriol Segura (above) has left multinational marketplaces operator Adevinta and joined Trustap, where she will lead the growth and performance function.... Prabhu Prasad | October 13, 2025 | Horizontals
Dubizzle Group, a UAE-based classifieds marketplace and parent of real estate portal Bayut, has announced an IPO representing approximately 30.3% of the group’s... Patrick Kosmider | October 11, 2025 | Real Estate, Horizontals
Germany-based general goods marketplace Kleinanzeigen will launch a new offering in spring 2026, aimed at real estate professionals to "bundle all listings within... Damian Shore | October 10, 2025 | Horizontals
Spain-based Wallapop has utilized AI to crack down on fraudulent listings and make listing items easier on its marketplace, according to CEO Rob Cassedy, but some... Andrzej Sowula | October 10, 2025 | Horizontals, Financials / Deals
Lithuania-based classifieds group Diginet, owned by Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), has reported robust financial results for FY2025 (the 12 months to April 2025),... Damian Shore | October 09, 2025 | Horizontals, People
Antoine Jouteau (above) has announced his departure from France-based marketplace horizontal LeBonCoin (LBC), where he was CEO. This was Jouteau’s second stint at... Lars Herlin | October 09, 2025 | Real Estate, Horizontals
“Finn.no and other real estate marketplaces have not evolved much in terms of thinking about customer value and how they communicate the value they bring, since we... Damian Shore | October 09, 2025 | Automotive, Horizontals, Financials / Deals
The private-equity-led consortium that acquired multinational marketplaces operator Adevinta last year has selected investment banks Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan to... Nik Flegont | October 08, 2025 | Real Estate, Horizontals, PropTech / IBuying
The leading Cyprus-based marketplace Bazaraki, operated by Larixon classifieds, has reported over 230,000 active users per month and around 950,000 monthly visits... Damian Shore | October 08, 2025 | Horizontals, People
Amandine de Souza (above), former CEO of LeBonCoin (LBC) — Adevinta’s France-based marketplace horizontal — has been appointed COO of Arlettie Pris.... Andrzej Sowula | October 07, 2025 | Horizontals, Financials / Deals
Ringier Axel Springer saw revenue increase 4.5% while its net profit grew by 48.4% in 2024, according to a report on WirtualneMedia.pl. The company earned PLN666... Nik Flegont | October 06, 2025 | Horizontals
The AdTech vertical of the largest Russia-based classified Avito has extended its services to sole traders. Previously they were available only to companies. From... Hasan Aga | October 06, 2025 | Horizontals
Classifieds horizontal Dubizzle Egypt has announced the relocation of its headquarters to Cairo Festival City (CFC). The CFC is a prominent mixed-use commercial,... Andrzej Sowula | October 02, 2025 | Horizontals
Poland-based media group Wirtualna Polska Holding (WP) has signed an agreement with Adform, a European programmatic advertising software provider, to implement... Nik Flegont | September 29, 2025 | Horizontals, People
The largest Russia-based classified Avito has appointed Alexander Chesnokov director of financial planning and analysis, effective October 1. He will be... Lars Herlin | September 29, 2025 | Horizontals
Stockholm-headquartered general goods marketplace Tradera's collaboration with Meta is now live, enabling users in Sweden and Denmark to co-publish ads on Facebook... Nik Flegont | September 29, 2025 | Horizontals
The largest China-based horizontal classified 58.com is transitioning from an internet company to an ‘AI-native enterprise’, and is striving to ensure that all... Nik Flegont | September 29, 2025 | Horizontals, Financials / Deals
The largest Kazakhstan-based marketplace, classified and fintech business Kaspi.kz has paid KZT134 billion taxes into the state coffers, 2.7 times more than the... Andrzej Sowula | September 26, 2025 | Horizontals
Poland-based media group Wirtualna Polska Holding (WP) has joined the Polska Chmura (Polish Cloud) Employers’ Association, with the aim of developing its own cloud... Prabhu Prasad | September 25, 2025 | Horizontals, People
Malaysia-based marketplace operator Frontier Digital Ventures (FDV) has promoted co-founders Patrick Grove and Lucas Elliott to executive chairman and executive... Lars Herlin | September 25, 2025 | Horizontals
Martin Holmblad has been CEO of GulOgGratis since early last year. Denmark-based general marketplace GulOgGratis (“Yellow and Free”) has joined the Meta Partner... Pavel Marceux | September 24, 2025 | Real Estate, Horizontals, Financials / Deals, In-Depth
Scout24 to acquire Fotocasa, Habitaclia property sites from EQT in $178M deal Market reaction muted. Investors don’t see much synergy with DACH business EQT to... Ignacio Landivar | September 24, 2025 | Real Estate, Horizontals, People
Germany-based general goods marketplace Kleinanzeigen has appointed Karl Wolfart (above) as sales director for real estate, effective Aug. 1. He succeeds Klaus... Ignacio Landivar | September 23, 2025 | Horizontals, Financials / Deals
SMG Swiss Marketplace Group (SMG) --- the operator of ImmoScout24, AutoScout24 and Ricardo.ch --- saw its shares jump on Friday, Sept. 19, as it made its debut on... Prabhu Prasad | September 23, 2025 | Horizontals
Gumtree Australia Markets Limited, the operator of auto marketplaces CarsGuide, AutoTrader and horizontal Gumtree, has teamed up with Australian Community Media... 
