Ecommerce Industry News
Online shoppers in Colorado will pay a new fee for their purchases beginning July 1, 2022. But similar to state sales-tax laws, the Colorado Retail Delivery fee will require retailers and marketplaces to collect it, […]
What if you could tell how many in-store shoppers who picked up your product from a shelf actually purchased the item? If you’re a brand, that’s useful information, and it’s especially helpful if you could […]
Bookselling marketplace Alibris shared some news about a partnership with a Canadian retailer on social media on Wednesday. It didn’t provide a link to more information, and visiting its website revealed the site was down. […]
Three customers filed a class action lawsuit alleging PayPal violated racketeering laws (RICO) over its payment holds practices, but a judge recently sent the case to arbitration, according to an article in Bloomberg. Many companies, […]
With Bill Ready presiding over commerce and payments at Google, the search giant made some significant seller-friendly changes. But after only 2 and a half years, Ready is leaving Google to become CEO of Pinterest […]
A survey of 550 small-business leaders in April found they remained confident despite concerns of a looming recession. While more than four in five respondents (83%) were concerned there would be a US economic recession […]
Amazon’s big Prime Day shopping event is only 2 weeks away, falling on July 12-13 this year, meaning other retailers and online sellers are hoping to capitalize on the halo effect from shoppers whipped up […]
eBay’s System Status Board is currently showing a service disruption with its Sign-in functionality. Going to the eBay Technical Issues board didn’t show any reports (perhaps because people couldn’t sign in to leave a report?), […]
Inventory surpluses among large retailers are leading to widespread discounts for US shoppers, according to Pitney Bowes. Shoppers anticipate taking advantage of markdowns over the next six months, it found in a new survey. It […]
eBay will give away 3 one-hour coaching sessions to the winner of a new sweepstakes. eBay in-house business advisors will give one-on-one coaching sessions and will analyze the winning eBay seller’s store and provide personalized […]