FedEx is now making residential ground deliveries on Sundays year-round, it announced on Wednesday. FedEx. Corp CEO Raj Subramaniam said the practice was started over the holiday shopping season. “Delivering seven days a week was critical to our success this Read more
In yet another eBay management move, Fergus Campbell, head of communications for eBay’s UK Gumtree classifieds business, is moving to become head of corporate communications for eBay UK. His predecessor is reported to have left eBay UK in September. Campbell Read more
ShippingEasy has released a guide to this year’s rate changes by the major carriers. UPS raised its rates on December 29th, FedEx raised its rates effective January 6th, and new USPS rates will go into effect on Sunday, January 26th. Read more
Amazon commissioned a survey that found small- and medium-sized businesses who sell on Amazon are more likely to have high growth than those that don’t sell on its marketplace. “Small businesses that sell in Amazon’s stores are 2.5 times more Read more
Amazon is making it slightly easier for sellers who use its FBA fulfillment service by easing standards for the Inventory Performance Index (IPI). This comes after stricter rules went into place on January 1st. Introduced in the fall of 2017, Read more
UPS is making it easier for online merchants to offer its shipping services in their stores. On Monday, it announced plug-ins to make UPS tools and services available within WooCommerce, PrestaShop, OpenCart, and Magento. The new plug-ins are part of Read more
Facebook attempted to stifle competition and use its market power to do so, according to a class action lawsuit filed by four developers on January 16, 2020, the Verge reported. And the plaintiffs are trying to force Facebook founder and Read more
Sellers should be aware of Etsy latest changes to categories and attributes, announced on Friday. As the marketplace explained, sellers select a category for their listing by which shoppers can filter results when searching Etsy. Categories also act as tags, Read more
eBay CEO Scott Schenkel visited the White House and Capitol Hill “to explain the unique role eBay’s platform plays in connecting US small businesses with global buyers.” eBay issued the following announcement on its eBay Main Street government relations website: Read more
Amazon opened a new corporate office in England located in Central Manchester. Over time, the Manchester office will be home to both technical and non-tech employees, including software development engineers, solutions architects, applied scientists, business development specialists and finance analysts. Read more
