Heading into Black Friday next week, Walmart and Amazon have the best prices online for the season’s hottest toys, according to research from global ecommerce analytics firm Profitero. On average, Walmart’s toy prices are seven percent lower than other retailers Read more
Major League sports have been trying to limit sales of licensed goods online and on marketplaces like Amazon since the spring, and a crackdown on marketplace sellers escalated in early November. Some merchants and manufacturers who are being negatively impacted Read more
Amazon predicts record-setting sales this year from businesses selling on Amazon as they prepare for a busy holiday season. To help keep up with demand, sellers will benefit from the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) service and growing Seller Fulfilled Prime Read more
eBay’s latest press release describes its efforts to boost holiday sales through social media campaigns. A new national survey reveals the overwhelming majority of Americans (81%) increasingly struggle when it comes to finding perfect holiday gifts. Nearly two-thirds (65%) of Read more
Shyp, the leading provider of parcel pickup, packaging, and shipping for small to medium businesses, announced a new integration with Shopify, the leading cloud-based multi-channel commerce platform, to make the fulfillment process easier than ever before. Merchants in San Francisco, Read more
Amazon published a press release announcing the launch of 35 days of Black Friday deals, here’s an excerpt with a link to the full press release showing examples of the deals it will be offering as often as every five Read more
The USPS published results of its fiscal year on Tuesday, see the full press release for more details and tables. After accounting for a $5.8 billion retiree health benefit prefunding obligation, the U.S. Postal Service posted a net loss of Read more
PayPal and Ipsos released their third annual cross-border commerce report. The global insights research, which investigated the online domestic and cross-border shopping habits of more than 28,000 consumers in 32 countries, reveals new opportunities for merchants to expand their international Read more
eBay published the following post on its corporate blog on Monday, announcing it has updated its mobile shopping app: With the holidays quickly approaching, many of us are on the go and taking advantage of our mobile devices to search, Read more
The U.S. Postal Service today announced it was ready to deliver a lot of cheer – in the form of roughly 16 billion cards, letters and packages – this holiday season. The Postal Service, the largest ecommerce deliverer, is projecting Read more
