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Media Momentum Looking for the E-commerce Growth Drivers

Media Momentum is this year again looking for Europe’s strongest growing online businesses.

Whoever managed to generate revenues of at least 1.5 million euro in 2009 can apply for the 2010 award. Entry deadline is March 1, 2010.

Last year, e-commerce companies such as BuyVIP, Net-a-Porter, Private Outlet, Spartoo and Zooplus made it to the top 50 list of growth drivers.

Here the video from the Media Momentum Awards 2009:

Exciting Commerce is a media partner of the Media Momentum Awards and will report from the awards ceremony in London on May 12, 2010.

Originally posted in German by Jochen Krisch, adapted for excitingcommerce.com by Jason Soo.

The Hipstery and The Rise of Mystery

Surprise packages have always been a popular attraction in the live shopping scene.

The Hipstery ("Home of the famous Mystery Shirt") has made it their mission to step-up the surprise effect using a scientific and mysterious method of finding a suitable t-shirt for every person:

The creators pay particular attention to the entertainment factor, or “The Hipstery Experience”.

Although just a few months old, this small but well thought out model has generated astonishingly good resonance and word of mouth is travelling faster than previously expected.

This is another example of how you can creatively market surplus goods if you would only take the time to brainstorm new ideas.

In comparison to predecessors like the American SomethingStore ("Surprise & Delight") or the Dutch Shop A Box ("Gegarandeerd een verrassing"), The Hipstery definately brings the surprise experience to a new level.

The idea is that you don’t only bestow a nice surprise to yourself, but in particular also to your friends and acquaintances.

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• The Big Ideas For E-Commerce in 2010
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• Catch of the Day on its Live Shopping Year in Australia

Originally posted in German by Jochen Krisch, adapted for excitingcommerce.com by Jason Soo.

Exceed Program To Support Young Entrepreneurs in Germany

After the successful launch of Exciting Commerce’s new Exceed Program a few days ago, the first workshop has now been set for February 12 in Frankfurt. The Exceed Program, short for “Exciting Commerce Seed Program” was launched on the first day of the Live Shopping Days 2010 conference and involved 50 or so young entrepreneurs, coaches and industry experts.

Together with an existing startup team, we will be using the workshop to take a rather average business idea and develop it into a future oriented business model with true disruptive potential.

The Exceed Program supports innovative founders with their next generation e-commerce applications. Exceed operates along two tracks:

• On the one hand, ambitious startup teams will be brought together with experienced coaches to help them (further) develop their existing business models.


• On the other hand, exciting new ideas and untapped markets will be regularly reviewed - and along those lines, workshops and coaching sessions will be setup for entrepreneurs who want to become active in such areas.

The Exceed Program also encompasses the financing side. Due to interest raised from investors at the Live Shopping Days conference, the first investor rounds will be organized in the coming weeks (tentative locations: Munich and Hamburg). A separate announcement will be made shortly.

Interested Exceed investors (institutional and private) who want to be a part of the emerging e-commerce future in Germany/Europe are welcomed to get in contact via: exceeding@excitingcommerce.de

Originally posted in German by Jochen Krisch, adapted for excitingcommerce.com by Jason Soo.