Two-thirds of consumers surveyed (66 percent) said they would be interested in virtual shopping, according to the Walker Sands 2015 Future of Retail Study. And the days of shopping using virtual reality may be closer than you think as technology from Read more
Readers are reporting that the left navigation bar on their eBay Store listings has disappeared. One seller opened a case on the Ecommerce EKG announcement board on Tuesday (February 24, 2015) to report the problem. The seller said they had contacted eBay Read more
Etsy said a spam message posted to its Announcement Board was the result of human error, not a hacking incident. The message had aroused fears from users of a possible hack, since only Etsy employees are announced to post messages Read more
Online merchants who rely on inventory from overseas can breathe a sigh of relief thanks to a new labor deal reached between dockworkers and shipping companies. An ongoing labor dispute at ports on the West Coast had created enormous disruptions Read more
eBay has expanded its Click and Collect service to Australia thanks to a partnership with Woolworths. Buyers will be able to choose from more than 40,000 items on eBay and pick up their orders from their choice of more than Read more
UK’s privatized postal service Royal Mail has acquired StoreFeeder, an ecommerce platform for multichannel sellers that promises to help merchants manage and automate their ecommerce operation from a single interface. In addition to integrating with eBay, eBay Click and Collect, Read more
When Amazon first made public its plans to use drones for package delivery, the company said that the project would be on hold until federal regulators write rules for the commercial use of unmanned aircraft. Now that they have, Amazon has Read more
Target announced Monday that, effective immediately, all online orders of $25 or more now qualify for free shipping, with virtually no exclusions. The new minimum is down from the previous threshold of $50. The key competitive advantage may be found Read more
Etsy is undertaking an investigation into how a spam message made its way onto the Etsy Announcement Board on Sunday morning. The incident followed a rash of complaints about spam being posted on the discussion boards, which some user call Read more
eBay is running a 3-day promotion for UK sellers, and as usual, this one is restricted to private (casual) sellers. The invitation-only promotion allows private sellers to list up to 100 auction or fixed-price listings and pay no insertion fee. Read more
