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Day: September 8, 2016

Rakuten Acquires Japanese Mobile Marketplace App

September 8, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

Rakuten has acquired Fablic, which operates Japanese marketplace app FRIL. Rakuten calls it a flea market app, but based on a recent profile of the company, it sounds like a Poshmark-Etsy mashup. TechInAsia.com described FRIL as a consumer-to-consumer marketplace for used Read more

Marketplaces, NewsMobile apps, Rakuten

A Chance to Get Your Questions to eBay CEO Devin Wenig

September 8, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay CEO Devin Wenig will participate in an interview on Thursday where he will also take questions from users via Facebook. Wenig will take part in a #LeadershipLive conversation on Thursday, September 8th at 2pm ET. “Hosted by Facebook VP Read more

Marketplaces, NewsDevin Wenig, eBay, Ecommerce executives

CEO Reveals Gateway Drug that Gets Shoppers Hooked on Etsy

September 8, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson had some interesting things to say to Wall Street analysts on Wednesday, including talking about a competitive advantage that gets shoppers hooked on the marketplace. Dickerson called weddings a “gateway drug” to Etsy – brides and Read more

Marketplaces, NewsChad Dickerson, Etsy

Pitney Bowes Gains Ecommerce Traction

September 8, 2016July 18, 2017 Ina Steiner

Online sellers generally don’t think of Pitney Bowes as a tool for printing USPS shipping labels for their ecommerce packages – unless they are large enterprises – but this year, that’s starting to change. The company expanded its coverage beyond Read more

News, ShippingPitney Bowes, Shipping


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