In the face of some recent negative stories about Amazon growing too big (search news sites for “Amazon antitrust”), the company issued a press release touting how beneficial its marketplace is for small businesses. Amazon said small businesses and entrepreneurs Read more
Etsy appointed a former PayPal executive to head technology, naming Mike Fisher its new Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately. Fisher will report to Etsy’s new CEO Josh Silverman and is tasked with, among other things, evolving Etsy’s technology strategy, and Read more
eBay named the winners of its SHINE Awards for Small Business. Among 2,400 submissions, 15 finalists earned a place across five categories. eBay selected Angie Cardona-Nelson of eWaste Direct its 2017 Small Business of the Year. Senior Vice President of Read more
Online marketplace Bonanza created a new tool to help sellers. The Seller Checklist is designed to walk users though the tools and features available to sellers to help them increase sales and focuses on: finding your audience, expanding your reach, Read more
To list on eBay, or not to list – that’s the question Terapeak will help sellers answer with new tools for sellers on the Shopify ecommerce platform. Sellers can link their Shopify accounts with Terapeak and can use the new Read more
Amazon.com announced today its second-quarter sales rose 25% to $38 billion. Net income was $197 million in the second quarter compared with net income of $857 million in second quarter 2016. Press release follows: Amazon.com, Inc. today announced financial results Read more
Amazon will open a robotics-powered fulfillment center in Michigan, the second in the state. The 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center will employ 1,500 fulltime employees and be used to fulfill smaller customer items, such as books, electronics and toys. Press release follows: Read more
Bank of America and PayPal entered into a strategic partnership that will soon allow Bank of America customers to pay for items with PayPal in stores and seamlessly link their Bank of America cards into PayPal. Press release follows: Bank Read more
Despite its increasing use of robotics at warehouses, Amazon is seeking 50,000 warehouse workers to help out in fulfillment centers across the US as it gets ready for the holiday shopping season, it announced on Wednesday. Amazon Jobs Day will Read more
eBay announced two new search features to help shoppers find items using images they have on their mobile devices or images they find on social networking sites like Pinterest. Image Search and Find It On eBay are powered by artificial Read more
