EcommerceBytes (blog) ANALYSIS-EBay lures big retailers in Amazon battleReutersEBay tells retailers it can help them tackle Amazon threat. * RadioShack, B&N, Toys "R" Us sell through eBay stores. * EBay tests same-day delivery with Target, Macy's, Walgreen. By Alistair Barr and Dhanya Skariachan. Aug 7 (Reuters) – EBay Inc (EBAY.Analysis: EBay lures big retailers in…
Aug. 8, 2012, 8:30 a.m. Once a scrappy auction site for mum and dad sellers, eBay is enticing some of the world's largest retailers by arguing it can help them compete better against e-commerce leader Amazon.com. More: continued here
Post office blues — of 1842Los Angeles TimesThe U.S. Postal Serviceis in trouble, and there's no telling whether it will survive. It's been battered by the Internet and a dragging economy, besieged by commercial competitors and stymied in its efforts to trim a costly web of post offices and … More: continued here
[On Monday, eBay announced] that it’s using OpenStack to manage a high-volume dev, test, and experimentation environment where apps are created for eBay Marketplaces. More: continued here
Clinton's Pivot to Africa: Food StampsDallas Blog (blog)She hopes to bring the President Barack Obama's 'Food Stamp' culture to all over Africa. According to the Guardian, “Hillary Clinton's morally superior speech in Africa was deluded. Clinton's warning about the exploitation of Africa's resources was … More: continued here
EBay Inc, once a scrappy auction site for mom and pop sellers, is enticing some of the world's largest retailers by arguing it can help them compete better against e-commerce leader Amazon.com Inc. EBay … More: continued here
Great Britain creates a souvenir worth writing home aboutThe Seattle TimesI am not a big fan of souvenirs. Photographs of places that I have visited and of people that I have met sustain my memories longer than any key chain, pennant, sweater, coffee mug or other trinket can. This is even truer of the London…
TameBay More gold medal stamps exceeds Beijing totalTameBayCycling once again featured high in Britain's haul of gold medals and if our cyclists in the velodrome were a country then they'd be sitting eighth in the rankings. Special mention to “Queen Victoria”, who bowed out of competitive riding today …and more » More: continued here
Can Liquidity Services Grow Into An eBay Or Amazon?Seeking AlphaLiquidity Services, Inc. (LQDT) operates leading online marketplaces for surplus and salvage assets and has been growing revenue at a consistent 20% clip during the past seven years. Earnings growth has been stable over the same period but has been … More: continued here
PolicyMic Be wary of talk about privatizing the post officeLos Angeles TimesFor another, over a long period the post office has been a reliable steppingstone to the middle class for African American families. (Black workers make up about 11% of the USPS payroll, about twice their representation in the overall workforce.) Maybe …Ackerman Says He…