eBay Canada opened up entries for its 13th annual eBay Canada Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. The awards, open to both part-time and fulltime sellers, recognize Canadian entrepreneurs who harness online commerce opportunities to build thriving businesses. Announcement board post Read more
Amazon is opening a new head office in the UK and is doubling the number of R&D positions to 900 at its London Development Center. By the end of the year, Amazon will have over 5,000 corporate and research and Read more
Amazon UK opened a new “Shop the Future” store on its marketplace featuring cutting edge products. Coinciding with the store launch, Amazon commissioned a report with predictions from two futurists on the consumer products set to redefine the future. Press Read more
eBay issued an “important update” for sellers in Australia regarding product identifiers upon which its structured data initiative is based. The marketplace will tighten product identifier validation, it said, warning sellers to ensure their listings contain all the correct product Read more
eBay grew its second-quarter Gross Merchandise Volume by 5%, excluding the impact from changes in foreign exchange rates, and grew revenue by 7%. In the second quarter, eBay added two million active buyers across its platforms, for a total of Read more
Walmart is opening a new fulfillment center in Florida dedicated to fulfilling online orders, enabling faster shipping directly to customers or to stores for free pickup. The 2.2 million square-foot warehouse will house millions of items and is part of Read more
eBay has been cracking down on buyer-seller communications through its messaging system, which, as we wrote in June, has the potential to hamper sales. Now it appears the other shoe has dropped. A reader wrote today to let us know about Read more
eBay offers buyers the ability to leave product reviews, and recently it showed off a key feature – user generated images. In a post on the eBay corporate blog, Lead Product Manager Andy Chan said images bring product reviews to Read more
Amazon has changed the way we look at summer shopping thanks to Prime Day, held on July 11th this year. While relying heavily on third-party merchants to offer Prime Day deals, Amazon itself was the biggest beneficiary. Wall Street analyst Read more
eBay Vice President of Seller Experience Bob Kupbens published a post on Tuesday in which he addressed some of the changes eBay has been making without having made any announcements (though he couched his message as bringing positive news to Read more
