Press releases

Here you will find the latest information about Shopware and details about all innovations relating to the Shopware universe.

28/06/2018
Shopware capitalises on considerable growth with first UK office

Leading open source eCommerce platform Shopware is strengthening its UK business with the opening of a dedicated London office. Having enabled more than £5bn in gross eCommerce volume, Shopware is the largest eCommerce platform operating in the Germ...

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04/06/2018
A building with vision: Shopware breaks new ground

At the end of 2015, Shopware moved to its new headquarters in Schöppingen, Germany. Last Monday, less than three years later, the software company officially started construction of yet another building to make room for massive expansion.

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18/05/2018
Shopware Community Day 2018: Shopware looks beyond the horizon with visions of tomorrow

Almost every child has creative potential and the ability to come up with unconventional solutions. But as we get older, this potential dwindles more and more. At the Shopware Community Day 2018, shopware AG looked at how each individual can counter...

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02/03/2018
UKFast offers Shopware-optimised hosting package

UKFast now offers a Shopware-optimised hosting package. The service is designed to enable merchants to take full advantage of the hardware as well as the eCommerce platform for the result is improved webpage load speed and a solution that can cope w...

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01/03/2018
Shopware Community Day 2018 – tickets now available

On 18 May, Shopware once again invites online retailers, agencies, technology providers, developers and eCommerce enthusiasts to look beyond their horizons and bring the unexplored into focus. Germany's leading shop system manufacturer is holding th...

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01/03/2018
Shopware Community Day 2018 – tickets now available

On 18 May, Shopware once again invites online retailers, agencies, technology providers, developers and eCommerce enthusiasts to look beyond their horizons and bring the unexplored into focus. Germany's leading shop system manufacturer is holding th...

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27/02/2018
Shopware version 5.4 released: More clarity, even better performance

Shopware made their most recent major release, version 5.4, available to the public for download. Following requests from the community, Shopware 5.4 contains numerous useful features for shop owners, agencies and developers alike.

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14/02/2018
Shopware and Williams Commerce announce partnership for enterprise-grade customers

Established in 2008, Williams Commerce is a full-service eCommerce provider who have helped over 350 eCommerce customers transact millions of pounds and dollars. The broad capabilities of Williams Commerce include specialisation in a variety of eCom...

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19/01/2018
Shopware and Akoova seal partnership

Shopware, the leading open source eCommerce platform that is trusted by over 60,000 businesses and Akoova, the leading eCommerce Cloud Hosting Platform, have announced a strategic partnership that enables retailers to run their Shopware sites on K-H...

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21/12/2017
Technology Fast 500: Shopware wins award

Shopware, Germany’s leading manufacturer of eCommerce software, was once again recognised with the Technology Fast 500 Award at the beginning of December 2017. Auditing and consulting group, Deloitte, awards the prize annually to the fastest growing...

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20/12/2017
Why mywalit decided to migrate to Shopware

mywalit is a premium Italian brand of designer leather wallets, bags, coin purses and handbags. Founded in 2005 in Lucca, Italy, the company operates internationally with offices in Italy, the UK and the United States and distribution centres in all...

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05/10/2017
Shopware exhibits at the Webwinkel Vakdagen

Now twelve years running, the Dutch eCommerce exhibition Webwinkel Vakdagen once again takes place in the heart of Utrecht, where vendors and online shops come together to gain insight into the current issues surrounding digital sales. With over 10,...

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12/09/2017
Shopware Community Day 2018 at the Landschaftspark in Duisburg

Once a year, Shopware, Germany’s leading provider of eCommerce platforms, holds what has become one of the most important eCommerce events of the year: The Shopware Community Day. The company has publicly announced the official date for the much ant...

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11/09/2017
Shopware exhibits at the eCommerce Expo in London

Following the success of previous years, Shopware will once again be taking part in the largest eCommerce trade fair in Britain, the eCommerce Expo in London. Together with four co-exhibitors, visitors will be introduced to the latest innovations re...

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18/08/2017
Shopware exhibits at JTL-Connect

Shopware AG will once more take the opportunity of exhibit at the JTL-Connect on 25 August 2017 in the Mitsubishi Electric HALLE in Düsseldorf.

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16/08/2017
Shopware given "Innovator of the Year" award

shopware AG has once again lived up to its reputation as a company managed in a visionary way. The renowned business magazine brand eins, in conjunction with the Statista online portal, has given the shop system creator the "Innovator of the Year aw...

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16/08/2017
Shopware given "Innovator of the Year" award

shopware AG has once again lived up to its reputation as a company managed in a visionary way. The renowned business magazine brand eins, in conjunction with the Statista online portal, has given the shop system creator the "Innovator of the Year aw...

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08/08/2017
Nina Völker and Stefan Zessel to manage shopware sales

Schöppingen, 7 August 2017 – shopware AG is repositioning its sales for the future. From 1st of September, Stefan Zessel as new Director Sales & Relations D-A-CH and Nina Völker as Director Sales & Relations International will manage the sales team ...

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05/07/2017
Borussia Dortmund wins the overall prize at the Shop Usability Awards 2017

Schöppingen/Berlin, Germany, 27.06.2017 – At the Shop Usability Awards banquet held at the K5 Conference in Berlin, the online shop from one of Germany’s most renowned football clubs, Borussia Dortmund, stood in the spotlight as overall winner. Earl...

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09/06/2017
"Hello Human": SCD 2017 puts people centre stage in a digital world

The theme of last Friday's (9 June) Shopware Community Day explored the new “Age of the Customer", where people must always remain the focus of attention. 1,600 merchants, partners, developers and eCommerce enthusiasts from across Europe met in Ahau...

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Wiljo Krechting

Wiljo Krechting

Manager Public Relations

Wiljo Krechting is an ecommerce expert and Manager Public Relations at the ecommerce platform provider Shopware. The media professional has a master’s degree in political science and journalism from the universities of Münster and Melbourne, where he gained experience as a foreign correspondent for the publisher Axel-Springer-Verlag. Krechting has worked as a journalist at Rheinische Post, WELT, BILD, Hamburger Abendblatt and the Australian business portal theaustralian.com.