Etsy is promoting Halloween shopping and is counting on sellers to “fund” the promotion. Etsy invited sellers to hold a sale on their Halloween-themed items – specifically asking them to offer a 20% discount and offer free shipping. Many sellers Read more
Last month, a courier company participating in the Amazon Delivery Service Partner (DSP) program laid off workers in New England, and now comes word that another DSP courier is doing the same, this time in North Carolina. WSOC-TV in Charlotte Read more
Retail chainstore Best Buy is hiring thousands of workers for the holiday shopping season for both its stores and its distribution centers. It will hold a holiday hiring fair on October 10 and 11 – all US Best Buy stores Read more
Amazon is retiring its sweepstakes service known as Amazon Giveaway. The last day to create a new giveaway is October 10, 2019. As we explained when Amazon launched the program in 2015, Amazon Giveaway allowed businesses to easily setup and Read more
Etsy announced it has joined a program called BlackRock’s Emergency Savings Initiative. The online marketplace said it wants to better understand the specific financial challenges Etsy sellers face, and said it would pilot new solutions to help sellers address those Read more
Walmart is selling fashion ecommerce site ModCloth, which it had acquired in March of 2017. It said at the time that the acquisition provided it with the experience of a well-recognized specialty apparel ecommerce brand that’s trusted by millions of Read more
PayPal pulled out of the entity overseeing Facebook’s new crypto currency initiative. PayPal was reportedly spooked by backlash from regulators in and outside of the US. Facebook had announced the Libra Association in June, an independent, non-for-profit entity created to Read more
The National Retail Federation forecasts 2019 holiday sales will grow between 3.8 and 4.2 percent. There is more money in families’ pockets. However, uncertainty around issues including trade, interest rates, global risk factors and political rhetoric – what it called Read more
UPS is growing its air express network, citing demand for faster deliveries from ecommerce and small business customers, as well as the healthcare industry. It announced Thursday it will boost infrastructure to support its growing air fleet, including a new Read more
Would you want your customers to be able to sign electronically for packages sent via USPS mail in cases where you send them signature-required? One clear benefit: no delivery delays if the resident isn’t home when the mail carrier stops Read more
