eBay is devoting tech resources to using Artificial Intelligence to identify brands in product photos. In a post on the eBay corporate blog, it wrote, “By understanding brand characteristics, we can further cater the shopping experience to individuals and serve Read more
Amazon is offering free shipping to all customers during the holiday season, including those who are not paying for Prime membership. The promotion kicked off in the US today, November 5, 2018, and applies to hundreds of millions of items Read more
A storm struck an Amazon sortation center in Baltimore, Maryland yesterday resulting in two deaths. The facility, known as BWI5, is located at Holabird Ave. Amazon Senior Vice President of Operations Dave Clark posted two updates on Twitter where he Read more
eBay CEO Devin Wenig envisions having an algorithm decide where to place Promoted Listing ads on its site to help eBay monetize pixels on every screen. He made the remarks on Tuesday’s earning call with analysts, where he revealed eBay Read more
Amazon will open another fulfillment center in California. The 640,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Beaumont will fulfill such items as books, small electronics, school supplies, and home goods. The new facility will join Amazon’s other “Inland Empire” fulfillment facilities in Eastvale, Read more
Etsy will host pop-up markets featuring one-of-a-kind items in four cities on Small Business Saturday, a shopping event created by American Express that each year falls on the day after Black Friday. Etsy will host the markets in San Francisco, Read more
Etsy’s Search Analytics tool is now available to all sellers, and the company will hold a chat session on November 7 to discuss the new tool and answer questions. Etsy Search Analytics gives sellers more information about traffic to listings Read more
eBay kicked off its first holiday-shopping campaign today with “eleven days of holiday deals.” The campaign focuses on eBay Deals, a section of its site closed to the majority of third-party sellers and offering heavily discounted commodity goods in tech, Read more
eBay is running a promotion to encourage sellers to offer volume discounts as a way to boost sales. eBay introduced the ability for sellers to offer such discounts last month. eBay kicked off the promotion on Friday and posted it Read more
eBay grew Marketplace GMV (sales) 5% in the third quarter. eBay grew active buyers by 4% across its platforms in the quarter; it had boosted its investment in brand marketing this year. eBay CEO Devin Wenig appears to be pinning Read more
