eCommerce

eCommerce
eBay’s Ramping Up Drop-Off Services With FedEx
May 11, 2016

eBay and FedEx are pairing up to expand the eCommerce firm’s Valet service, which will be expanding it to 1,600 FedEx locations nationwide in the following few months. The extension follows testing in Atlanta and the great Los Angeles areas — and is hoped to...

China Regulators Cleaning Up eCommerce Reputation
May 06, 2016

It appears that not everyone is playing fair in eCommerce in China, and regulators in the country are out to do something about it. Reuters reports that China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce has begun a campaign to put a stop to unscrupulous practices...

Amazon’s Billion-Dollar Marketplace Milestone
May 05, 2016

Amazon Business is in … well … business. Reuters reports that Amazon’s business marketplace, across which businesses and suppliers connect, has generated $1 billion in sales in its first year. Catering to businesses in the U.S., Amazon Business — which first launched on April 28, 2015...

Judge: $26M Ruling On Amazon’s In-App Charges Too High
May 03, 2016

It appears that Amazon has gotten to make a return of its own — in the form of an initial penalty recommended by the FTC. The Hill reports that the Federal Trade Commission, pursuant to its findings that Amazon was liable for unauthorized in-app purchases...

eCommerce
Coach Cuts Back Its Digital Presence
April 27, 2016

ECommerce is all the rage these days, but hurtling headlong into the dark of online retail isn’t for every brand. In fact, Coach thinks it can do better than most with an approach that doesn’t require companies to go from 0 to 60 in five...

eBay Beats The Street With Improving Sales
April 27, 2016

After some stumbles in its last several earnings reports, eBay managed to stage something of a surprise for watchers last night as sales went up for the first time in five quarters and earnings beat The Street’s expectations. The result clocked in despite FX pressures...

Pitney Bowes Pivots To eCommerce
April 27, 2016

Finding technology and eCommerce to be a natural marriage, Pitney Bowes continues to expand from the former into the latter. Yesterday (April 26), the company announced the launch of a cloud-based payments engine that integrates with third-party shipping and eCommerce platforms. The payments processing aspect...

Amazon’s Prime Now Restaurant Delivery Expands In West
April 27, 2016

After expanding its Prime Now Restaurant Delivery to San Diego earlier this year, Amazon has now added the service farther up the California coast. The eCommerce giant announced yesterday (April 26) that Prime Now Restaurant Delivery has launched in San Francisco. According to a company...

Is Amazon Going Prime-Only On Select Videos, Games?
April 25, 2016

While Amazon’s push to expand Prime membership shows no signs of slowing, it initially appeared that the latest move in that regard was focused directly on gamers (especially those who also happen to be cinephiles), but perhaps, the situation isn’t that cut-and-dry. On Friday (April...