QVC’s parent company Liberty Interactive is acquiring online shopping site Zulily for $2.4 billion. Liberty Interactive’s CEO said the Zulily team built an “impressive business around entertainment, discovery and value to the customer,” which he said fits perfectly with the Read more
eBay has a new Chief Marketing Officer for North America to help with its new focus under Devin Wenig, who replaced John Donahoe has CEO a month ago. Suzy Deering will report to Hal Lawton, who is Senior Vice President Read more
Retailers and online merchants generally set return policies based on the type of goods they sell, but when selling on eBay and Amazon, merchants must adhere to one-size-fits-all policies with few exceptions. eBay revealed it will be changing its returns Read more
Etsy is encouraging sellers to brand their shops with the introduction of a new icon. Sellers can create an icon that represents their brand and upload it to Etsy where it will be consistently displayed through the website. “Having a Read more
Nearly 3,000 people had weighed in on the comments section of an article about Amazon’s tough working conditions by Sunday afternoon – and the issue was not about the company’s warehouse workers. An article in Sunday’s New York Times says Read more
Amazon is helping Chinese businesses sell internationally and is on a mission to help them build their own globally recognized brands, though the extra competition may not go over so well with merchants in domestic markets outside China. Amazon China Read more
eBay is discontinuing its new bulk label printing tool, though it gave sellers no warning. Sellers began reporting the tool missing in late July via the eBay discussion boards. It appears eBay will begin automatically directed sellers to a previous version Read more
PayPal hired a new PR executive to help manage the company’s brand, according to PR Week. Ben Edwards will work to help consumers understand how PayPal can offer safer, simpler, and more affordable ways to manage and move money. He will Read more
Etsy is testing a new navigation bar, and vintage sellers who often feel overlooked can breathe a sigh of relief, as Vintage is one of the eight categories highlighted. Etsy explained the new nav bar “helps shoppers more immediately understand Read more
eBay is using machine learning and “deep learning” to help determine what a shopper is looking for when they enter a search term. eBay researcher Hassan Sawaf heads the team tasked with developing tools and services in language technology – Read more
