You may be old enough to remember when stores were closed on Thanksgiving Day. These days, it’s the kick-off to holiday shopping both in-store and online. A survey from Deloitte found 79% of the 1,200 consumers responding planned to do Read more
A.C. Moore is closing all of its crafts stores, it announced on Monday, citing the “headwinds facing many retailers in today’s environment.” The company did not say what would become of its online marketplace it launched just 3 months ago, Read more
Etsy updated sellers on Friday about new capabilities of its Etsy Ads program that lets sellers advertise their listings across Etsy and Google Shopping. In the update, Etsy described the new features as follows: Bulk Editor for listing selection: managing Read more
In October, Etsy redesigned its Shop Stats tool, and on Friday, it announced some enhancements to the analytics tool. We had noted feedback from a seller that the October redesign eliminated a feature that had allowed sellers to sort stats Read more
Heritage Auctions will share its data with hobbyDB, a site for collectors that lets them research, track, value, buy, and sell collectibles and licensed merchandise. According to Heritage Auctions’ announcement, “Collectors from around the world already come to hobbyDB to Read more
There are 5 Mondays before the Christmas holiday, and FedEx expects to see package-volume spikes for at least three of them. It’s predicting it will move over 33 million packages through its global network on Cyber Monday, which falls on Read more
ShipWorks improved its comparison-shipping tool for high-volume, multi-channel merchants. The Best Rate tool automatically displays rates and transit times across multiple shipping carriers, and it allows sellers to shop rates for a specific service level (number of days in transit). Read more
UPS expects to deliver 5% more packages during the holidays than last year’s holiday shopping season, and it issued an announcement to say it’s well prepared for the surge. “During the 2019 peak holiday season, running November 29 through December Read more
Last week, eBay released a “Most Wanted” Holiday Guide with top-selling items across fashion, home, electronics, and entertainment. Today, it released a similar guide devoted to toys. And next week, eBay will release a “digital toy book” featuring “rare, retro Read more
UPS published its 2020 rates on its website on Monday without a press release announcement. It also failed to break out the average rate increase by service, such as UPS Ground. Instead, it wrote, “the rates for UPS Ground, UPS Read more
