As eBay tries to increase cross-border trade and keep up with delivery and package-pickup trends, its UK arm has hired a new director of shipping and logistics. Mike Pitt joins eBay UK from retail consultancy the Javelin Group. In its Read more
Amazon announced it will build a new fulfillment center in the UK in Dunstable, north of London. The news comes after company had announced plans for a new fulfillment center in New Jersey earlier this week. The Dunstable warehouse will be 310,000 Read more
Etsy passed along a message from PayPal in a discussion thread about missing payments from sellers’ accounts. PayPal said the problem was resolved, but refused to disclose if the problem was on its end. For well over a week, some Read more
Postal workers in the U.S. will hold protests around the nation on May 14, a week before their contract with the USPS expires on May 20th. In a press release from the APWU (American Postal Workers Union), the union says Read more
The head of Google Shopping has left the company, his new employer revealed on Monday. Sameer Samat has been named President of Jawbone, a maker of consumer technology and wearable devices. Samat had been Vice President of Product Management at Read more
eBay management has a formidable task as the corporation prepares to split into two separate companies. Imagine the head of every corporate-level department trying to decide where they and each of their employees should go – eBay or PayPal. (This Read more
The USPS has touted its efforts to cut costs, but it’s also getting hammered on the issue of slow and undeliverable mail. A bipartisan group of senators told Postmaster General Megan Brennan that slow mail delivery and poor service was Read more
Amazon is planning to open a new fulfillment center in New Jersey. The 1 million square-foot fulfillment center will be located in Carteret, bringing Amazon’s total footprint in New Jersey to more than 2.5 million-square-feet. Amazon went into the New Read more
Amazon is moving sellers to its new Manage Inventory page that had been in beta testing. Sellers can try the new page now (there’s a “try it now” button on the current page). The permanent migration for all sellers will Read more
Etsy is receiving a lot of attention today, but not in a good way. A new Wall Street report called into question the ability of the Etsy to deal with the problem of fakes and trademark infringement. Counterfeits are a Read more
