eBay-owned Gumtree rebuilds its classifieds platform around mobile, launches …The Next WebThe eBay-owned classified listings platform Gumtree has launched a new iPad app today in line with its redesigned, responsive desktop site as it revamps its mobile strategy to keep up with competitors. The company said the new site was …
Read More »The Alibaba Effect: How China’s eBay Transformed Village Economics – NPR (blog)
NPR (blog) The Alibaba Effect: How China's eBay Transformed Village EconomicsNPR (blog)The Chinese e-commerce behemoth, Alibaba, is poised this week for what could be one of the biggest IPOs in Wall Street history. One reason Alibaba has been so dominant in China is its business-to-consumer platform, Taobao, a sort of …
Read More »Alibaba is China’s answer to Amazon, eBay and PayPal and it’s heading for the … – CBC.ca
CBC.ca Alibaba is China's answer to Amazon, eBay and PayPal and it's heading for the …CBC.ca"And people keep on asking me what's the difference between Amazon, eBay and Alibaba. I would say Amazon and eBay are e-commerce companies and Alibaba is not an e-commerce company. Alibaba helps others to do …
Read More »Unearthed Copies Of ET Set To Be Auctioned On Ebay – Kotaku Australia
Unearthed Copies Of ET Set To Be Auctioned On EbayKotaku AustraliaRemember when copies of the game were then unearthed in a brilliant publicity stunt for Microsoft? Now the story has another twist: the Alamogordo City Council has agreed to auction off 800 copies of the game on EBay. Soon you …
Read More »EBay, PayPal need to make room for Apple Pay – MarketWatch
Financial Post EBay, PayPal need to make room for Apple PayMarketWatchAnd while neither Chief Executive Tim Cook, nor any other Apple AAPL, +3.07% executives will say it publicly, the advent of the company's Apple Pay digital payment system may just be designed to make payment services like eBay Inc.'s EBAY, …
Read More »EBay (EBAY) Down In Pre-Market Trading – TheStreet.com
EBay (EBAY) Down In Pre-Market TradingTheStreet.comeBay Inc. provides online platforms, tools, and services to help individuals and merchants in online and mobile commerce and payments in the United States and internationally. Currently there are 18 analysts that rate eBay a buy, no analysts rate it a … More: continued here
Read More »Ebay’s Paypal embraces virtual currency bitcoin. Could help bitcoin get some … – Washington Post
Forbes Ebay's Paypal embraces virtual currency bitcoin. Could help bitcoin get some …Washington PostWhile the deafening buzz around Apple Pay drones on, one of its competitors quietly did something important. Paypal, the eBay-owned mobile payment system and the world's second biggest, announced that it would soon let customers pay in …
Read More »Olive Garden’s all-you-can eat pasta passes for sale on eBay – Fortune
Today.com Olive Garden's all-you-can eat pasta passes for sale on eBayFortuneTurns out that a seven-week, all-you-can-eat pasta binge is more desirable than even Olive Garden may have realized. The chain of Italian eateries sold all 1,000 of its Never Ending Pasta Passes in a little over an hour on Monday, …
Read More »eBay (EBAY) Plunges as Apple Announces Payment Service
E-Commerce service provider eBay Inc.'s (EBAY) shares tumbled 2.8% to settle at $52.73 after technology giant, Apple (AAPL), unveiled a new payment service 'Apple Pay' at a conference in Cupertino. More: continued here
Read More »While marketplace sales on Amazon soar in August, eBay’s sales falter – InternetRetailer.com
While marketplace sales on Amazon soar in August, eBay's sales falterInternetRetailer.comMeanwhile, eBay's same-store sales grew 5.9% in August. That's down from 9.7% growth in July and well below the 15.7% second quarter e-commerce growth rate the U.S. Commerce Department reported last month. eBay's fixed-price sales grew 6.9% in …Is it Time …
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