It’s ironic that the top channel for shopping for tech products is brick-and-mortar stores, but that’s the finding from a new report from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The CTA’s 26th Annual Consumer Technology Holiday Purchase Patterns study says technology Read more
Kabbage launched a payment solution for small businesses designed to help them get paid faster. “Two-thirds of Kabbage’s more than 200,000 customers rely on invoicing to receive payments today and wait as long as 90 days to be paid,” it Read more
Walmart is kicking off holiday-shopping deals at midnight on October 25th. “Customers can get a jumpstart on their holiday shopping with deals on top items in electronics, gaming, toys, home and sporting goods while supplies last,” it wrote in its Read more
Amazon.com grew sales 24% to $70 billion in the third quarter of 2019, the company announced today. Of interest to sellers, it included in third-quarter highlights the following: “Since the beginning of the year, Amazon has launched more than 150 Read more
Holiday shoppers plan to spend 4% more this year than last, including online and offline purchases, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF)’s annual shopper survey conducted with Prosper Insights & Analytics More than half of consumers surveyed (56 percent) Read more
eBay Inc. reported third quarter 2019 results on Wednesday, showing revenue of $2.6 billion – flat, on an as-reported basis and increasing 2% on a foreign exchange (FX) neutral basis. Gross merchandise volume (GMV) of $21.7 billion was down 4% Read more
Amazon has added thousands of new locations for free package pickup nationwide. New partners include GNC, Health Mart and Stage Stores. Since its US launch in June 2019, Amazon Hub Counter has brought in tens of thousands of Amazon customers Read more
eBay is urging people to be on the lookout for early mentions of holiday shopping, known as “holiday creep,” as part of its new marketing campaign. With its Holiday Jargon Jar, it will donate a dollar every time a retailer Read more
Amazon added two countries to Linked accounts and Build International Listings. That means pro sellers who wish to reach Australia and the UAE can do so at discounted rates and can access all of their selling accounts with one sign-in. Read more
Adobe is expanding support for Amazon for small- and medium-sized sellers who use the Magento commerce platform, one of several announcements made at the MagentoLiveEurope 2019 conference going on this week in Amsterdam. On Friday, Adobe also announced enhancements to Read more
