Zalando

5️⃣ years of engineering the future of fashion. It's an exciting day as we celebrate the 5th anniversary of our tech hub in Zurich, Switzerland! We set out to attract top talent and build a center of innovation, and this team has delivered. Our data scientists, engineers and product managers have been the driving force behind some of the most customer-facing magic on our platform, such as: 🔸 Making sizing simple with our body measurement feature and bringing style to life with the Virtual Fitting room. 🔸 Supporting customers in discovering what inspires them through search, conversational AI, fashion trend insights, and personalized outfit and styling suggestions. 🔸 Powering decision-making across the company with the Locally Relevant Assortment framework to offer and show each of our customers the most relevant assortment for them. To every team member who has contributed; Your dedication, creativity, and collaborative spirit are what push the boundaries of fashion and tech. We're immensely proud of the impact our hub has made. Here’s to many more years of innovation and growth!

This October, the Zalando Women's Network (ZWN) is demonstrating the power of meaningful action for Breast Cancer Awareness Month! 💖 Meet Diane Sicsic and Katrin Krause, as they kick off the campaign at one of four bake sales across our Berlin campus, a brilliant way to raise funds and bring this initiative further. They're also providing visibility for vital self-examination information, including through information posters placed in bathrooms and leaflets distributed at events. With a movie night, an informative talk, a Zumbathon, and a panel discussion still lined up, the ZWN is championing wellbeing and showing how our internal networks can foster support and make a real-world difference. #InsideZalando #ZalandoERGs

Built to Grow: the ambition that drives Zalando Partner Day. We got together with 300+ leaders from our partner brands and presented what’s new and what’s exciting at Zalando. Our motto was - one community, one conviction: change is why we're built to grow. Partner Day is where our beliefs come to life. It’s where Europe’s most ambitious fashion and lifestyle brands come together to shape what’s next. It’s where ideas turn into action, partnerships turn into impact, and ambition turns into momentum. We open up the engine behind Zalando, our technology, tools, insights, and ecosystem, and push it further. We build it together. We accelerate what works. A huge thank you to our partners for showing up with ambition, ideas, and energy, and for making Zalando Partner Day 2025 a milestone for our industry. Our moderator & hosts: Tamu McPherson | Andreas Roedl, VP Fashion Zalando And main stage speakers: Lea Rytz Goldman, Global Brand President, Tommy Hilfiger | Mathieu Sidokpohou, CCO, Executive Board Member, MD Europe, adidas | Sarah Miyun Hong, VP Wholesale & Digital Concessions, AllSaints | Matteo Sinigaglia, CEO Fashion Box SPA REPLAY | David Schneider, Co-Founder Zalando | David Schröder, Co-CEO Zalando | David Fischer, Founder & CEO, Highsnobiety | Tarek Müller Co-Founder & Co-CEO, ABOUT YOU | Sebastian Betz, Co-founder & Co-CEO, ABOUT YOU | Anne Pascual, SVP Product Design, Experience & Content, Zalando | James Rothwell, SVP Marketing, Zalando | Joanna Rogers, Managing Director Zalando Marketing Services | Ramilya Krawinkel, VP Partner Platform, Zalando | Matthias Haase, VP Content Solutions, Zalando | Lena - Sophie Röper (geb. Krups), VP Designer, Zalando | Laura Toledano Khelif, GM Western Europe, Zalando | Jan Bartels, SVP, ZEOS | Matthias Schulte, CEO, Tradebyte And brand interview partners: Bjørn Gulden, CEO adidas | Stefan Larsson, CEO PVH Corp. | Sanne Sehested, Creative Director & Founder of Gestuz | Mattias Wicksell, VP EMEA Sales, Nike | Sarah Miyun Hong, VP Wholesale & Digital Concessions, AllSaints #BuiltToGrow #ZPD25 #ZalandoPartnerDay2025

The Black Girls Tech Summit 2025 is coming back for its seventh year and I am excited that Zalando is back as the Headline Sponsor! We’re opening our doors to a global movement that has already united 12,000+ Black women in tech across 37 countries powered by Girls Talk Global. This year’s theme, The Shift: Power, Progress & Possibility, is all about accelerating change and redefining what’s possible for BPOC women in technology, entrepreneurship, and leadership across Europe and beyond. Here’s how Zalando is proud to power the day: 💡 Future Tech Trends & Skills: our experts will share the insights every tech professional needs for 2026 and beyond. 🤝 Leaders at Lunch: senior Zalando leaders will connect directly with attendees for career-defining conversations. 🌟 1:1 Mentoring Pods: Zalando colleagues will guide attendees on breaking into leadership, finding opportunities, and acing interviews. Why does this matter? Because representation, access, and community transform industries. And by backing BGTS 2025, we’re investing in a future where power, progress, and possibility belong to everyone. This isn’t just another event. It’s the only Black Girls Tech Summit in 2025. It’s where careers shift, networks spark, and futures get built. 🎟️ Tickets are moving fast: Early Bird is SOLD OUT. Don’t wait until it’s too late. 👉 Join us in Berlin: https://lnkd.in/dDDeZy8P #BGTS2025 #Zalando #WomenInTech #InclusiveTech #BerlinTech

🎒Zalando's Back to School season: fashion, family and fun 🎒 The Back to School season is one of the most exciting and important moments for families—and a huge bellwether for what’s trending in kids' fashion. For us, it’s a dynamic 11-week marathon that looks different across each of our 25 markets, reflecting diverse local traditions and school start times. Here are our top 3️⃣ takeaways: 🔸 Brand power: As kids turn into teens, they're discovering their style and gravitating toward brands. Our family customers sought out an incredible mix, from adidas, Nike, Jordan, and New Balance, to Polo Ralph Lauren and Jack & Jones Junior. 🔸 Must-haves: Outdoor jackets, sneakers, and sweaters were the runaway hits. And a surprise star: socks—creeping into our top 10 as we cover all our customers' needs! 🔸 Seamless shopping is key: Our Back to School Hub was the ultimate one-stop shop, helping customers explore trends and find everything they needed effortlessly. We clocked 2.7 million views in August alone, with our Sports campaign leading the charge! We capped the season by hosting our first-ever offline Kids' event: The Playground! Staged at Berlin’s iconic Tempelhofer Feld, we saw 11,000 sign-ups and hosted amazing workshops with six different brands. It was the perfect warm-up to the school year and a chance to connect with families in person. For us, Back to School is more than a shopping season; it’s a critical step in our journey to become Europe's leading fashion and lifestyle destination for the entire family.

We're proud to be a headline partner for the Design Matters Futures Program, a deep-dive into one of Design Matter's future themes through a dynamic mix of talks, hands-on workshops, and collaborative ideation on 21 November. This year's classes: Forge Your Future Society, Claim Your Future Seat, and Activate Your Future Skills. Speakers from Zalando include Principal Product Designer, João Ramos & Principal Product Manager, Paulina Olsza, and Senior Product Designer Oyindamola A. & Principal Product Designer Felipe Santana. Inspired by ideas sparked at #DM25, these masterclasses offer a unique opportunity to learn directly from DM25 speakers, while building up the skills and perspectives needed to take the lead in reimagining the role of designers in our future. 📍 Venue: Zalando BHW, Hedwig-Wachenheim-Straße 7, 10243 Berlin 📅 21 November 2025 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dxABb_3h

When you’re driving ambitious business growth, you need to act like an owner, and play as a team. That's why the focus of Lounge by Zalando's EXPO 2025 was 'Team Up to Double Up'. Over 18 teams were on the floor, not just talking strategy but actively showing how they’re building the future of our business, from interactive visualisations on inventory models to deep dives on product roadmaps. The main stage kept the momentum going. We heard from Elizabeth E. Carttar (Head of Sustainability) on the five ways we're "Walking the Talk" to drive sustainability, and Kenneth Melchior (VP Lounge) shared critical insights on learning from setbacks and turning challenges into success. Also taking the stage were Lisa Höger (Lead of the newly founded Content Optimization Team at zlCS), Eva Schneider (Lead Banner Post Production), and Juliane Meyer (Styling Manager), who demonstrated how collaboration between their teams is unlocking new levels of efficiency and creativity. Closing the keynotes, Astrid Arndt (CPO) demonstrated how smart collaboration amplifies our impact across the business. A massive thank you to every team who contributed to such a brilliant day! #LoungeByZalando #InsideZalando #ZalandoCulture

Inclusion in sport is about access, visibility — and about having the right gear to perform. When para-athletes talk about adaptive clothing, they're not talking about minor adjustments; they're talking about freedom. As part of the lead-up to the BMW BERLIN MARATHON, we dove into conversations sparked by a panel talk with outstanding para-athletes Ali Lacin, Verena Bentele and Tina Deeken at the Zalando Run Zone. Their insights are powerful: 🔸 It's "armour:” Clothing designed for disabled people boosts confidence and comfort, serving as a powerful tool. 🔸 It's functional: Imagine pants with full-length side zippers—a total gamechanger for prosthesis users who need quick and comfortable access. These small design details make a massive difference in sport and daily life. 🔸 It’s access: Offering adaptive clothing that is both functional and stylish, including sportswear, helps make sports - and fashion - more inclusive. Hit play below to hear why inclusion in sport and adaptive clothing matter. Thanks to Achilles International Germany for hosting us all for a run.👇

Our mobile app just got a cross-platform superpower. 🚀 We recently combined our internal React-based UI composition framework Rendering Engine with React Native in a brownfield integration approach. This enables us to gradually modernise our Zalando mobile app while at the same time introducing cross-platform technologies to build shared experiences for App and Web. René Eichhorn dives deep into this integration approach and the lessons learned so far on our Engineering Blog: https://zln.do/4niClbQ #InsideZalando #ZalandoTech

Nothing shows off team spirit like a style challenge where your Store Manager is the muse! ✨ Our Outlets by Zalando Konstanz team members, Liviu and Madeleine, went head-to-head in a 5-minute sprint to find the best outfit for Heike Böchler, their Store Manager. It’s all about collaboration, creativity, and having a good laugh while getting the job done. Take a look at the stylish outcomes and see which look got the highest score from Heike herself. Discover a career where every day is a fresh challenge, full of great finds and even better team moments: https://zln.do/4a6IIZJ #InsideZalando #OutletByZalando #TeamOutlet