While the USPS is best known for delivering the mail, it’s also the number one seller of the most widely used type of alternative financial service in the United States: the Postal Service sold 97 million money orders with a Read more
LivingSocial, the Groupon-like “local marketplace to buy and share the best things to do in your city and beyond,” is drawing on some retail heavy hitters to help it reboot. The company just hired Atul Kavthekar, CFO of Sears’ Health Read more
Etsy continues to encourage its sellers who sell locally – for example, shoppers who use the Etsy mobile app can receive notifications about Etsy Local events. In a new announcement, the marketplace said it has made creating and joining Etsy Read more
Booksellers are finding that not only do they have to compete with Amazon.com and other sellers on the marketplace, they now have to compete with Kindle formats and even rentals. In early May, EcommerceBytes reported that Amazon was testing the listing offer Read more
Stamps.com revealed that its planned acquisition of Endicia is still proceeding through the Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust review process. CEO Ken McBride said during the company’s recent quarterly earnings call, “We are currently in the regulatory review process with the Department of Read more
