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The first country you choose doesn’t just set your launch date. It sets your logistics footprint, your working capital cycle and your compliance load for everything that follows.
Compliance failures rarely surface at launch. They surface six months later, when cash is tighter, growth has accelerated, and unwinding the mistake costs more than getting it right would have.
Ads don’t kill margin overseas. The supply chain does, longer lead times, more customs exposure, more fulfilment nodes, more currency movement, all multiplying the moment you cross a border.
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Brands rarely fail to grow. They fail by growing too early, pouring spend and ambition onto governance that isn’t structured, logistics that can’t absorb it, and channels that were never sequenced. Once Explore...
Most brands don’t lose internationally because they picked the wrong market. They lose because they never built a roadmap at all, so expansion becomes a series of launches and reactive fixes...
Amazon handed prep work back to sellers, and the consequences of getting it wrong land on you rather than on them. A carton that arrives wrong gets refused, refused stock sits somewhere earning nothing, and a launch date moves.
FBM keeps the things worth keeping. Your packaging, customer data & margin. It also puts Amazon’s performance metrics directly on your dispatch times, which is a comfortable trade at home and a much harder one from four thousand miles away.
On a marketplace, a slow delivery is the marketplace’s fault. On your own store it is yours. The box that arrives, the day it arrives and how easy it is to send back are all part of what someone bought, and they decide whether a first order becomes a second one.
Treated as a cost, a return is written off twice, once on the refund and again on the unit. Treated as inventory, a lot of it goes back on sale. What decides which of those happens is how quickly the unit gets looked at and how far it had to travel to be looked at.
Stock held inside the market it sells into arrives as a domestic delivery. No customs event on the order, and nothing for your customer to settle before the courier hands the parcel over. Ours sits in the UK, the Netherlands and the US, which covers...
End-to-end playbooks for cross-border growth
Pre/post-event intelligence tied to EU expansion
Supplements and EU health regulations
Cosmetics and personal care expansion
Sports & outdoor brand expansion into Europe
Selling clothing brands into European markets
CE marking, WEEE & compliance in Europe
Amazon, Otto, Zalando & European strategy
Market-by-market guides, incl. size & sector data
VAT, customs & import tax across EU markets
Selling requirements and extended producer responsibility rules
Warehousing, fulfilment & cross-border shipping
DELIVER Europe is the flagship European logistics and supply chain event, held annually in Amsterdam. The confirmed 2026 edition drew 2,000+ attendees and 60+ speakers, with a strong focus on AI-driven supply chain technology and circular economy and PPWR packaging themes.
The 2026 edition ran roughly 9,000 pre-scheduled matchmaking meetings between 1,000+ retailer and brand leaders and logistics providers, one of the highest-value structured networking formats in the logistics event calendar. AI in supply chain and net-zero/circular economy themes are expected to carry forward, aligning closely with the cross-border delivery, reworks and returns conversations Expandly leads with.
DELIVER Europe draws supply chain and logistics leaders from across the EU, alongside brand-side operations teams and technology vendors. Held in Amsterdam, it sits at the center of the region most US brands consider for their first EU warehouse.
The structured 1:1 matchmaking format, roughly 9,000 meetings across the 2026 edition, puts decision-makers directly in front of logistics providers rather than relying on show-floor chance encounters. If a European 3PL or carrier partnership is what you need, this format gets you in front of them properly rather than hoping for a useful conversation on the floor.
Pre-scheduled matchmaking puts Expandly directly in front of qualified retailer/brand decision-makers rather than relying on booth traffic.
Founders and operations leads researching warehousing and packaging compliance ahead of a European launch.
Teams evaluating new technology and providers for existing EU fulfillment operations.
Providers helping brands navigate EPR and PPWR packaging requirements across the EU.
Four tracks anchor the confirmed agenda, based on the 2026 edition's format and its 9,000-meeting matchmaking structure.
Sessions on AI-driven forecasting, warehouse automation and supply chain visibility.
Covers the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and circular economy requirements shaping EU packaging decisions.
Sessions on order fulfillment speed and last-mile delivery across European markets.
The event's defining format: pre-scheduled meetings pairing retail and brand decision-makers directly with logistics and technology providers.
Preview themes to expect at DELIVER Europe 2027, based on the confirmed scale and direction of the 2026 Amsterdam edition.
The 2026 edition's 60+ speakers focused heavily on AI applications in forecasting and warehouse automation. For a US brand, this points to faster, more reliable fulfillment options becoming standard across EU 3PL providers.
Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation requirements were a headline theme at the 2026 edition. Brands that plan packaging compliance alongside fulfillment avoid costly redesigns once already shipping into the EU.
The Netherlands' central location and fast VAT registration kept it a focal point for multi-country EU fulfillment strategy at the 2026 event.
The structured 1:1 format ran roughly 9,000 meetings across the 2026 edition. This is one of the highest-value logistics partnership venues on the calendar precisely because of that structure, not just its attendee count.
DELIVER Europe's confirmed 2,000+ attendee scale and focus on AI and circular economy themes make it one of the most useful stops for a US brand serious about EU fulfillment, not just VAT and marketplaces.
The 9,000-meeting matchmaking structure is what sets this apart from a typical trade show. If you need a European logistics partner, this format puts you in front of them properly, and the reworks and returns side of fulfillment gets a proper hearing rather than a passing mention.
Getting fulfillment and packaging compliance right together avoids the most common and costly retrofits later.
DELIVER Europe's 2026 Amsterdam edition confirmed more than 2,000 attendees and 60+ speakers, giving the 2027 edition a strong benchmark to match or beat.
2,000+attendeesThe 2026 edition ran roughly 9,000 pre-scheduled matchmaking meetings between retail and brand decision-makers and logistics providers, one of the highest-value networking formats on the calendar.
9,000pre-scheduled meetingsA Netherlands warehouse typically reaches Germany and neighboring markets within one to two days by road, a key reason brands choose Amsterdam as their EU base.
1-2daysThe confirmed 2026 Amsterdam edition drew 2,000+ attendees and 60+ speakers, with roughly 9,000 pre-scheduled matchmaking meetings, making it the flagship European logistics and supply chain event.
The 2026 edition centered on AI-driven supply chain technology and circular economy and PPWR packaging themes, both increasingly relevant to any brand fulfilling orders in the EU.
Its invitation-only, pre-scheduled 1:1 matchmaking structure pairs retail and brand decision-makers directly with logistics and technology providers, rather than relying on show-floor chance encounters.
The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation adds to existing EPR obligations, and getting ahead of packaging and circular economy requirements avoids costly retrofits once a brand is already shipping stock.
Hold stock in an EU warehouse so orders ship locally, fast, and at lower cost than shipping each parcel from the US. A central location such as the Netherlands reaches Germany and neighboring markets within a day or two by road.
Extended Producer Responsibility makes you financially responsible for the packaging and certain products you put on a market, paid through registration and fees, per country.
If EU fulfillment and packaging compliance are still open questions, this is where the answers get concrete.
Expandly runs fulfillment for US ecommerce brands out of our Netherlands warehouse as part of the Global Expansion Pathway (GEP™), alongside EPR packaging registration, VAT and compliance. We can put together a briefing ahead of the show so you know exactly what a European fulfillment and packaging setup would look like for your brand. Want to talk through your options?