Carl Icahn has been pressuring eBay to spin off PayPal into a separate company since January, and for the first time eBay faces a contested proxy (the issues on which shareholders vote, such as board nominations). eBay said its board has considered Read more
eBay confirmed Canadian sellers’ concerns about exposure on eBay.com search results. An eBay seller asked during a weekly chat session on the Canadian boards whether eBay favored U.S. sellers for searches conducted by U.S. buyers for Best Match searches. (Best Read more
The U.S. Postal Service and Sony Pictures are collaborating on a marketing campaign to promote Priority Mail and a movie called “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” due out in theaters nationwide on May 2, 2014. USPS Chief Marketing and Sales Officer Read more
eBay kicked off a sweepstakes on Tuesday designed to promote the eBay Fashion category. eBay will give away daily prizes and will deposit $2,500 into the grand prize winner’s PayPal account so they can go on an eBay Fashion shopping Read more
Walmart will begin selling used video games in stores and online later this year, a move that could prove disruptive to online sellers. The retail giant announced its plans as it readies the launch of a new trade-in program for Read more
In an online advertising ecosystem dominated by Google’s multi-billion dollar machine, competitors like Microsoft’s Bing and others can feel hard-pressed to compete. Bing however is working on being more responsive to their search advertisers and has implemented some changes. Microsoft’s Dare Obasanjo Read more
A Wall Street analyst thinks he has the solution to the “eBay versus Carl Icahn” debate over whether to spin off PayPal: he says Google should buy eBay. Colin Sebastian of RW Baird is muddying the waters with a new Read more
eBay laid off employees at its Magento division, it confirmed, with Recode reportingMagento’s head of product Jimmy Duvall among the “dozens” of those laid off. eBay Enterprise absorbed Magento into its unit in November, possibly a contributing factor to the layoffs. Recode also Read more
While it might seem counter-intuitive, there are some cases where eBay recommends sellers escalate claims buyers have filed against them. We heard several instances during a recent eBay Town Hall meeting where eBay panelists advised sellers to escalate cases in which buyers Read more
Amazon announced plans to open its fourth fulfillment center in Washington State. The nearly 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center will be built in Kent, Washington. Amazon has existing warehouses in Sumner and Bellevue, and a DuPont site is near completion. Amazon Read more
