eBay accepted 50 sellers to its Retail Revival program in Austin, Texas and held workshops for them this month on “how to thrive in the digital marketplace,” with sessions on “best practices in excelling on the eBay platform.” eBay launched Read more
Amazon opened a new 48,000 square foot office for Alexa tech teams located in Santa Barbara, California, and plans to create 150 additional tech jobs in the city, the company announced on Tuesday. Amazon currently has dozens of open roles Read more
The US Postal Service launched USPS Premium Tracking, which, for a fee, extends the length of time that customers can access the tracking history of a domestic package. We were first to report the new feature on Sunday thanks to Read more
eBay issued a statement in response to a letter from activist investor Starboard Value LP to its Chairman Thomas Tierney and interim CEO Scott Schenkel – see this morning’s Newsflash article (“Starboard to eBay: Sell Classifieds, Cut Marketplace Costs“). In Read more
Activist investor Starboard Value LP stepped up pressure on eBay to move faster to separate its eBay Classifieds Group and to cut eBay Marketplaces costs. It also voiced its support for Managed Payments and eBay’s initiative to increase revenue from Read more
eBay named a new General Manager of Canada as it moved Andrea Stairs to a new role leading marketing for eBay North America. Stairs has been at eBay since 2005. She became President & Managing Director of eBay Canada in Read more
Amazon felt no impact from the shorter holiday shopping season in the fourth quarter, according to Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky, who was speaking to Wall Street analysts on Thursday in a post-earnings conference call. Many retailers and online merchants Read more
Online marketplace Bonanza has brought in a new executive to run its marketplace. Greg Braukus comes from Terex Corporation where he was most recently Director of Enterprise eCommerce. His first day at Bonanza was January 2nd. He spent over four Read more
UPS is aggressively working to attract smaller online merchants through its UPS Digital Access Program, and on Wednesday, it announced a collaboration with Square, an online payments and store-hosting service. The new solution provides Square’s ecommerce customers with UPS shipping Read more
PayPal grew revenue 18% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2019 (foreign currency-neutral), it announced on Wednesday. The number of payment transactions in the quarter – 3.5 billion – was up 21% year over year. Merchant Services volume grew 26%. Read more
