eBay acquired a used-clothing shop Twice that allowed people to send in their used clothing and accessories and have the company sell the items for them on a consignment basis. The founders told customers it was shutting down the site Read more
If merchants can help clothing and apparel shoppers find the right fit when shopping online, they can potentially save a significant amount of money by reducing return rates. TechFlash reported on Wednesday that Amazon acquired Shoefitr, “whose 3-D technology helps consumers purchase Read more
After a failed attempt to sell itself to UPS, TNT Express has entered into an agreement with FedEx. According to a joint press release, the two companies said they had reached conditional agreement on a recommended all-cash public offer of Read more
Stamps.com will acquire Endicia for $215 million in cash pending regulatory approval, including antitrust scrutiny courtesy of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. The two companies provide online postage solutions, including solutions for online sellers. Stamps.com said the move would help it compete Read more
Sellers are losing yet another source of free traffic thanks to Facebook’s acquisition of TheFind. The ecommerce search engine, which provided a source of free and low-cost traffic to online merchants, will go offline in a matter of weeks. “Disappointing Read more
Israeli press are reporting PayPal made another acquisition, this one a “predictive cyber security company.” According to Globes.co.il, it’s PayPal’s second acquisition of an Israeli firm. When asked to confirm the acquisition of CyActive, a PayPal spokesperson told EcommerceBytes, “We Read more
Mobile payments got serious attention with the launch of Apple Pay, and PayPal is not sitting idly by. Dan Schulman announced his first acquisition as PayPal President, a Boston company called Paydiant that is working on an alternative to Apple’s Read more
UK’s privatized postal service Royal Mail has acquired StoreFeeder, an ecommerce platform for multichannel sellers that promises to help merchants manage and automate their ecommerce operation from a single interface. In addition to integrating with eBay, eBay Click and Collect, Read more
eBay has acquired Vivanuncios, a Spanish-language classifieds site in Mexico owned by W3 Ltd. Vivanuncios, founded in 2006, receives 15 million visits per month and had more than half a million published ads in the fourth quarter, 2014. eBay Classifieds Read more
Bongo urged online retailers attending this year’s IRCE conference to “Expand into International eCommerce with Bongo.” Now, the company has sold itself to FedEx. The shipping carrier said the acquisition of Bongo allows it to expand its “cross border enablement Read more
