Ecommerce Industry News
Social commerce site Polyvore shut down last week, and users are upset at how the new owner is handling the closure, their content, and their data. Former Yahoo engineers launched the site in 2007, and […]
Yahoo had built a respectable ecommerce platform called Yahoo Stores, but executives considered it expendable and nearly jettisoned the Yahoo Small Business unit after renaming it Luminate, then Aabaco. The Yahoo corporation found a different […]
Yahoo Inc. has identified data security issues concerning certain Yahoo user accounts. Yahoo has taken steps to secure user accounts and is working closely with law enforcement. As Yahoo previously disclosed in November, law enforcement […]
Yahoo announced on Thursday that certain user account information was stolen from the company’s network in late 2014 “by what we believe is a state-sponsored actor.” “Based on the ongoing investigation, Yahoo believes that information […]
The ecommerce store-hosting service formerly known as Yahoo Stores, aka Aabaco, published a refresher for storeowners on the new features it has added this year. More accurately, Yahoo’s Aabaco Small Business unit, which provides additional services in […]
Uncertainty continues for online merchants who use Yahoo Small Business even as a major development in its parent company’s saga was disclosed on Monday morning: Verizon is acquiring Yahoo. However, merchants appear to have some […]
The head of social shopping site Polyvore announced the pending sale of her company to Yahoo. Described as a way to “discover and shop for things you love in fashion, beauty and home decor,” the […]
PayPal has partnered with eBay rival Yahoo Small Business, the ecommerce and local-marketing arm of search giant Yahoo. The two are collaborating to help small retailers sell and process payments online. The head of PayPal […]