eBay has announced a trial with Argos in the UK to allow its users to purchase items online and then pick them up in a local store. Using the Click and Collect scheme from the high street retailer, 50 merchants will allow consumers to tap online and pick their goods …

How to view Messages time stamps on iOS 7CNETOne of the most annoying things about messaging on iOS is the lack of true time stamps for messages. It felt as if iOS would randomly place a time stamp throughout a conversation, but there was no obvious pattern. Because the time …

Mercent Announces E-Commerce Partnership and Platform Integration With …Marketwired (press release)SEATTLE, WA–(Marketwired – Sep 23, 2013) – Mercent™, a leading technology company that enables retailers to profitably reach and convert more shoppers online, announced today it has signed a strategic partnership with eBay Enterprise. eBay Enterprise …EBay Partners With Mercent to …

Royal Mail offers new pension deal in bid to stave off strike threatifaonline.co.ukRoyal Mail has sought to stave off a strike threat to its £3bn stock market flotation by offering its workers a new pension deal. Plans for the initial public offering risk being derailed by the Communication Workers Union, …

Newbury Weekly News Group West Berkshire warned Royal Mail privatisation 'a disaster'Newbury Weekly News Grouppic by louise 01/11/04 Post Office Nby. POSTAL deliveries in rural West Berkshire could be slashed to once each week, union chiefs have warned. But Newbury MP Richard Benyon has championed plans to privatise the Royal …

A temporary solution has been found to a long-term problem for those in Yemassee upset by the closing of the town's U.S. Post Office. More: continued here

eBay Buyers Exploit Loophole in Returns ProcessEcommerceByteseBay is increasingly encroaching on sellers' ability to offer their own returns policies despite being a "venue only." The company is changing its User Agreement to give it more flexibility in dictating seller terms, and it appears it already has a …and more » More: …

Hilton Head Island Packet Yemassee's post office problem gets temporary fixHilton Head Island PacketPictured is the mobile U.S. Post Office stationed at Yemassee's Town Hall parking lot on Monday afternoon. The temporary solution allows residents to stay in town rather than drive to the nearest facility in Early Branch, about …

Heller chides plan to close Sun Valley post officeReno Gazette-JournalDean Heller says he has heard nothing new about the push to consolidate the solo-staffed postal station and the Sparks location since USPS announced in October 2011 that it was considering the closure. / AP File …Heller: No word on postal closingLas …

Royal Mail strike is 'almost inevitable'Hastings and St. Leonards ObserverDISGRUNTLED Royal Mail workers in Hastings and the surrounding area are planning a 'Custer's Last Stand' style strike against controversial plans to privatise the service. The Government announced earlier this week that it intend to open the Royal Mail… More: continued …