eBay and Etsy are making contributions to social justice organizations, they announced this week joining the many organizations, including brands and retailers, that have been making statements about racial disparity over the past week. (Update 6/3/2020: Amazon donated $10 million Read more
eBay’s new CEO Jamie Iannone posted a message on LinkedIn today with a copy of the following email he sent to all global eBay employees last night. Heartbroken. Exhausted. Infuriated. Horrified. These are the words that many of us are Read more
eBay executive Jordan Sweetnam shared some shopping trends in a post on Saturday. People are looking for new ways to unwind, he said – “There’s been a surge in sales of things that create a backyard playground, along with heightened Read more
eBay lost a Chief Executive as it breaks up the company for a second time due to pressure from activist investors. Damien Hooper-Campbell joined eBay in 2016 as its first Chief Diversity Officer and is leaving the online marketplace for Read more
eBay announced today it will protect sellers’ accounts from being downgraded through July 19th. In March, it had promised to protect accounts through the June 20th evaluation period. eBay updated the March announcement to state, “Your account will be protected Read more
It was interesting to see how online marketplaces performed in the first quarter of 2020, since it reflects how sellers on their platform fared. eBay’s US GMV was down 4% year-over-year in the first three months of the year, but Read more
On his one-week anniversary of officially taking the helm at eBay, Jamie Iannone posted a message on social networking site LinkedIn. The new CEO thanked his predecessor Scott Schenkel, who had filled the position left vacant by Devin Wenig’s abrupt Read more
eBay was sued by its own collection agency on Friday. eBay hired IC System, Inc. to go after delinquent accounts, but it claims eBay provided inaccurate customer data that got it into legal trouble. According to IC System’s legal complaint, Read more
eBay may hold a virtual conference for sellers, according to executive Marnie Levine. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, eBay had cancelled it is annual eBay Open seller conference normally held in July, but it had planned to send executives to Read more
eBay is allowing certain sellers to request a deferral for some of their fees in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and it has extended the application period to April 15th. Sellers in the US who have a subscription to an Read more
