Ecommerce Industry News
eBay published a list of its most-wanted products this holiday season. Not coincidentally, the eBay hottest products list comes from a few select categories that eBay has spent the last 12 months investing in and […]
Retailers and merchants lose a lot of money due to cyber crime, and the National Retail Federation (NRF) wants to get the word out to consumers: shop safe. In a post this week, the NRF […]
Etsy has been keeping sellers informed about shipping matters as holiday shopping ramps up, and today the marketplace updated sellers on a seasonal change in how it displays holiday shopping delivery estimates to shoppers. As […]
Five weeks ahead of Christmas, eBay said holiday shipping is on track. “We’ve seen strong on-time delivery performance from both USPS and UPS,” eBay’s shipping team wrote in a post on the Seller Announcement board […]
After launching in September of 2020, the Walmart membership program has nearly 10 million members, about one-quarter of Walmart.com online customers. Walmart doesn’t disclose numbers – the estimate comes from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, LLC […]
President Biden nominated two people to the USPS Board of Governors on Friday, one of them with some ecommerce chops. Derek Kan currently oversees business operations and strategy for Deliverr, which is a fulfillment service […]
This year’s eBay holiday marketing includes three real-life popup stores in Detroit, Houston, and Miami. With the number of buyers in decline and holiday shopping in full force, eBay is doubling down on its strategy […]
eBay is flush with cash this week. It sold an 80% share of its eBay Korean unit for $3 billion on Sunday, and today it announced it sold over 134 million shares in Adevinta ASA […]
As Yahoo Small Business rebrands today, some people may have trouble remembering when Yahoo was the search engine of choice, preceding Google. Twenty-three years ago, Yahoo launched the Yahoo Stores platform – a predecessor to […]
Etsy appointed Marla Blow to its Board of Directors. Blow is the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Skoll Foundation, which was founded in 1999 by eBay’s first President, Jeff Skoll. An excerpt from […]