The biggest investment in Flipkart’s 10-year history comes at an opportune moment for ecommerce in India. Tencent, eBay and Microsoft have made investments aggregating to $1.4 billion in Flipkart, India’s leading online marketplace. The latest funding round from the three Read more
BigCommerce, the leading ecommerce platform for fast-growing and established brands, and Envato, the leading community for buying and selling creative assets, today announced the launch of a new BigCommerce category in the world’s largest theme marketplace, ThemeForest. Through this partnership, Read more
Amazon announced plans to create more than 5,000 new part-time roles over the next year in Virtual Customer Service, a program in the company’s award-winning customer service organization that offers employees the flexibility to work from home as a customer Read more
Sotheby’s and Invaluable announced a multi-year partnership extension, strengthening a relationship that has helped Sotheby’s increase the number of online bidders and buyers participating in its auctions. Rob Weisberg, CEO of Invaluable, the world’s leading online marketplace for fine art, Read more
Amazon announced the launch of Amazon Business (www.amazon.co.uk/business), a new service to meet the procurement needs of businesses of every size. Sellers on amazon.co.uk now have the opportunity to grow their sales by reaching business customers – from small businesses Read more
Etsy, Inc., which builds markets, services and economic opportunity for creative entrepreneurs, announced the appointment of Rachel Glaser as Chief Financial Officer. Rachel, who will start on or about June 1, 2017, will report to Etsy, Inc. CEO and Chair, Read more
The first SME Growth Tracker of 2017, a quarterly report by Capital Economics commissioned by Amazon UK and Enterprise Nation that assesses growth prospects and views on the broader UK economy from small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), has found that Read more
Bonanza founder and CEO Bill Harding published the following post on the Bonanza blog, detailing a strategy to try to replicate the holiday-shopping sales boost throughout the year: Deck the halls! It’s been a jolly first quarter for Bonanza sellers, Read more
eBay UK published the following post on its Announcement Board this week encouraging Irish sellers to list items on eBay.com in order to reach European buyers: Irish sellers can now reach buyers in over 30 European countries via our new Read more
Amazon announced that Prime members in the UK now have exclusive access to purchase tickets for luxury Amazon lounges, Premium Seating and Pre-Sales for music concerts and entertainment shows across the UK available on Amazon Tickets. New Amazon lounges at Read more
