EBay sees revenue of $10B to $12B in 2011The Associated Press(AP) — EBay Inc. expects 2011 revenue to range between $10 billion to $12 billion in 2011, boosted by strong growth in its PayPal business. That's well above the $8.5 billion that San Jose, Calif.-based eBay posted in 2008 and …
Read More »Ahead of the Bell: EBay to hold analyst day (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
EBay Inc. is scheduled to hold its 2009 analyst day Wednesday, and analysts expect the company to give some insight into how it is faring during the economic downturn and what lies ahead, including any plans to improve the experiences shoppers have on its main Web site. More: continued here
Read More »EBay touts transformation, will expand PayPal (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
EBay Inc, struggling to compete in a crowded and slowing e-commerce market, is “remaking” the company, starting by accelerating growth at its nascent PayPal payments system, its chief executive said on Wednesday. More: continued here
Read More »EBay CEO:Ecommerce Giant To Target 'Secondary Market' – CNNMoney.com
Canada.com EBay CEO:Ecommerce Giant To Target 'Secondary Market'CNNMoney.com-(Dow Jones)- EBay Inc. ( EBAY ) Chief Executive John Donahoe said Wednesday that the ecommerce company would focus on the global "secondary market," selling low-volume and liquidation products as part of its effort to transform its core marketplace …Chief Promises a ‘New …
Read More »New EBay will zero in on PayPal as growth slows (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
EBay Inc, struggling to compete in a crowded and slowing e-commerce market, envisions a “remaking” the company by galvanizing growth at its nascent PayPal payments system, its top executive said on Wednesday. More: continued here
Read More »eBay CEO Speaks, Says Done Apologizing for Skype (WebProNews)
eBay held its 2009 Analyst Day today with CEO John Donahoe speaking on the company’s future. As anticipated , a great deal of focus was put on PayPal. A bit more interesting is that Donahoe says that eBay is no longer an online auctions company, nor a retail company. He …
Read More »eBay Pushes for PayPal Success (NBC Bay Area)
EBay Inc.’s name may conjure images of online auctions, but the company is hoping to turn attention to its second-largest business — PayPal — which it expects to blossom significantly in the next few… More: continued here
Read More »EBay’s PayPal envisions doubling in size by 2011 (San Francisco Chronicle)
EBay Inc.’s name may conjure images of online auctions, but the company is hoping to turn attention to its second-largest business _ PayPal _ which it expects to blossom significantly in the next few years. That could be a welcome boost for eBay, which posted… More: continued here
Read More »eBay Kills Dutch Auctions – ECommerce-Guide
eBay Kills Dutch AuctionsECommerce-Guide, United StatesBy Vangie Beal eBay has formally announced that it will discontinue the Dutch auction format on the site. The company says that this listing format in which sellers offer multiple-quantity items for sale in one Auction-style listing is little-used on …eBay Runs Exclusive Promo, Opens Site …
Read More »EBay Says PayPal Will Be Bigger Than Auction Business (Update1) (Bloomberg)
March 11 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. , the world’s largest Internet auctioneer, said its PayPal payment-processing business will become bigger than the company’s marketplace unit. More: continued here
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