Alibaba has launched a direct attack on eBay and Amazon, unveiling an e-commerce site in the U.S. today that is focused on selling products from a wide variety of categories,… Read More
eBay is drastically scaling back its plans for same-day delivery, but says rumors that the service is shutting down are completely false. “It’s just not true,” said Christopher Payne, an SVP and head of eBay North America, in an… Read More
PayPal President David Marcus has just been hired away by Facebook to head up the social network’s messaging division. The announcement is a huge loss to eBay-owned PayPal, which has gone… Read More
Amazon quietly unveiled a new initiative today that will encourage more companies to use its payments platform for the check-out process. The new offering is subtle, but will allow it to compete… Read More
If same-day delivery is the future of retail, then the present is all about free shipping. Free shipping continues to gain in importance, hitting an all-time (non-holiday) high in the first quarter at 58 percent,… Read More
eBay is urging customers to change password information after a cyberattack allowed unauthorized access to names, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth. The attack also compromised a… Read More
EBay is rolling out of a mobile update and is refreshing one of its online experiences today in hopes of creating a customer experience it describes as hunting for treasure and being part of a… Read More
PayPal went on the offensive today after a German-based security company demonstrated how a hacker could unlock the Samsung Galaxy S5 and put a PayPal user’s account at risk. In… Read More
Amazon.com is investigating the possibility of delivering packages by aerial drones. But, for now, it is sticking to city streets. The online retailing powerhouse has received an option to take… Read More
Let the custody battles begin. Shareholder activist Carl Icahn reversed course today, saying he no longer supported the idea that PayPal be completely spun off from eBay. Since January, Icahn… Read More
eBay is continuing its expansion into the Pacific Northwest, with the latest growth coming in Portland. The Oregonian reports that the online giant has snatched up another floor in the… Read More
Shareholder activist Carl Icahn continues a daily stream of threats aimed at eBay and PayPal, and yet has failed to make public his full business case for separating the two… Read More
The Skype spin-off has become a core piece of evidence in Carl Icahn’s campaign to force eBay to spin-off PayPal into a separately traded company. In response, eBay issued a letter… Read More
In a letter sent to eBay shareholders today, Carl Icahn calls eBay’s corporate governance “dysfunctional,” particularly when it came to Skype’s $8.5 billion sale to Microsoft in 2011. It is… Read More
eBay has acquired PhiSix, a 3-D virtual fitting room technology company in the Bay Area, to help consumers make more confident purchases online. The San Jose-based e-commerce giant did not… Read More
MOUNTAIN VIEW–For eBay, competing with Amazon is difficult, in part because the company’s services have reshaped the playing field for retailers everywhere. “Amazon has raised the game in terms of… Read More
It looks like eBay isn’t too concerned about its competitor’s audacious plans to have fleets of aerial drones delivering products to customers’ doorsteps. During an interview with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang today,… Read More
Microsoft today unveiled a new place to buy its products: eBay. Just in time for a holiday push, the Redmond software giant today announced the debut of its eBay store in… Read More
If you want to get your hands on the Xbox One before anyone else, you’ll have to pay some extra dough to a guy who received his console two weeks… Read More
eBay made some big moves Tuesday, expanding its same-day delivery service to 25 cities by the end of 2014 and making its shopping experience more personalized. “The world is changing,… Read More
eBay is buying Seattle startup Decide.com, gobbling up the online shopping research service that predicted whether prices were going up or down on consumer electronics, housewares and other products. As… Read More
eBay today rolled out its eBay Now same-day delivery service to the desktop, positioning itself further to make same-day deliveries on a broad scale and battle the likes of Amazon… Read More
Window shopping may not be such a cost-free endeavor in the future if some new technologies take off. According to a new Reuters report, Internet commerce giant eBay is slated… Read More
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a bill this week which could make it easier for states to collect sales tax from purchases made online, whether the online retailer… Read More
High-ranking Microsoft execs like CEO Steve Ballmer bristle when they see employees carrying MacBooks or iPhones around the office. So, what’s the equivalent at e-commerce juggernaut eBay? Well, you guessed… Read More
eBay continues to bolster its operations in the Seattle region, inking a lease for 53,000 square feet at the One Bellevue Center building in downtown Bellevue, reports The Seattle Times.… Read More
First Twinkies, now Starbucks gift cards. On Thursday, Starbucks unveiled 5,000 special edition $450 gift cards made of steel and sold only on Gilt.com. Those sold out in less than… Read More
Imagine, for a second, that it is the year 2004. The latest trends are Bluetooth technology, the revolution of video blogs and a promising iPod competitor called the Dell Digital… Read More
Facebook’s initial public offering last week has sparked a new conversation about IPOs. But what really does it mean when a company offers shares to the public, and why should… Read More
Another day, another tech giant sets up shop in Seattle. Perhaps no story over the past 24 months has shaped the technology community in Seattle as much as the arrival… Read More