eBay announcement by Scott Schenkel follows: We regularly review and actively manage our investment portfolio to ensure that our investments support the company’s strategic direction and complement our disciplined approach to value creation, profitability and capital allocation. Against this backdrop, Read more
eBay has promoted Wendy Jones, a 13-year company veteran, to Senior Vice President, Global Operations and named her to take on additional responsibilities leading eBay’s global customer service operations. Wendy will continue to lead eBay’s Operating Committee, which oversees the Read more
eBay posted the following announcement over the weekend to advise users about the consequences of Hurricane Matthew: Hurricane Matthew Impacts Southern U.S. – Shipping, Communication Potentially Delayed Our hearts go out to all those affected by Hurricane Matthew. Due to Read more
eBay data reveals top Halloween costumes for the family include Superheroes, Supervillains, and Star Wars. Results show that revelers have their sights set on transforming themselves – and their pets – into fairytale princesses and Pokemon trainers. The DataLabs team Read more
Shoppers in Africa now have access to eBay.com inventory: MallforAfrica (MFA), Africa’s largest global platform which provides African consumers access to billions of items, announced today the eBay “powered by MallforAfrica” app in Africa is now available to its customers Read more
eBay has signed an agreement to acquire Corrigon Ltd., a pioneer of visual search technologies. Corrigon helps identify objects within an image, matching both visual and textual elements to ensure that the image is recognized, correctly classified and best-matched to Read more
eBay sent a letter to some sellers this week warning them it had detected a possible policy violation, and it concerned and annoyed recipients of the email. The subject line of the email was titled “Attention: “Offers to buy or Read more
A year after eBay launched a pilot program to give sellers more control over dealing with returns from “bad buyers,” it’s expanding the program to include many more sellers. The Returns Resolution pilot gives participants broader options in dealing with Read more
You may be used to seeing eBay promote the Valet program to shoppers, encouraging them to sell their unwanted items through the consignment program. But now eBay is encouraging shoppers to buy items that are for sale through the program. Here’s an example of Read more
eBay said 27% of its listings are available through its Global Shipping Program (GSP). And citing statistics from last year, eBay said sellers can get a big boost in sales thanks to the program. “Approximately 16% of sellers who enrolled Read more
