03 May 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
EBay has warned Locog about being ready for the "unprecedented demand" that will be placed...retail director for eBay, said: "London 2012 organisers must ensure plans are in place to cope ...
countries today, according to the Everything Everywhere lobbying campaign.
Concerns expressed by eBay ...
29 Feb 2012
| by Ed Owen
Internet auction site eBay will tomorrow (1 March) launch its first TV campaign since 2007...Using the tagline, "EBay: your shopping universe", ads will showcase the site as a one-stop-shop to find more than 30 million items for sale at any one time, and will run throughout March. EBay would not reveal the value of the campaign.
EBay claims 60% of its sales are not auctions, but new items bought ...
27 Feb 2012
| by George Nimeh
EBay has used the Mobile World Congress to dial up its emphasis on frictionless mobile commerce..., Nokia, Samsung, Sony and Nokia, eBay is focusing on how to enable commerce on them.
In 2011, eBay ...
) in payment volume. eBay's mobile apps have been downloaded more than 70 million times. In 2012, eBay expects ...
) in mobile payment volume.
The deal with Three.co.uk expands eBay's reach and proximity to consumers ...
07 Feb 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
Details of the sale remain undisclosed but reports from TechCrunch have valued the acquisition at $10m.
Adku already works with major ecommerce sites Amazon and eBay. It was founded a year and a half ago in San Francisco by three former Google engineers.
Ajit Varma, co-founder and chief ...
23 Dec 2011
| by Tim Watson and Richard Matthews
and eBay and Amazon reduces the profits of the whole retail industry.
This Christmas, we re already seeing the start of a high street upheaval based on that digital revolution.
With eBay s pop-up store ...
29 Nov 2011
're there. So we were thrilled to think eBay might be hitting the high street..., Marketing picks one at random and waits three minutes for our call to be answered.)
eBay Thank you for calling eBay, can I have your first and last name, please?
Mktg (Gives name.)
eBay May I have your user ID?
Mktg I don't have a user ID. I've heard eBay is opening a physical store in London. Do you ...
22 Nov 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
EBay has acquired recommendations start-up Hunch for a reported sum of $80m (£51m)...., said: "We expect Hunch's technologies to benefit eBay shoppers as they browse and buy, and to bring sellers on eBay new ways to connect the right products with the right customers."
EBay did not disclose the value of the deal, but TechCrunch reports it as $80m .
The acquisition comes one month after eBay ...
21 Nov 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
the off.'
Clicks from bricks
The success of pure online retailers, such as ASOS, eBay and Amazon, should not be a deterrent to those looking to open a bricks-and-mortar store, however, according to eBay.
A spokeswoman for the auction site insists that 'it is not eBay versus the high street ...
17 Nov 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
The public will get their first encounter with eBay sales assistants in December when the brand...The eBay Christmas Boutique in Soho's Dean Street will be open on 1-5 December, staffed by a mix of eBay employees and temporary staff.
It will stock 200 lines of products from brands such as Zavvi, Debenhams and iwantoneofthose.com.
The only way to buy the products will be through the eBay mobile app ...
02 Nov 2011
| by John Thekanady
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Further proof of savvy shopping is that eBay is the second most popular retail site by percentage ...
:
Amazon.co.uk: 63%
Ebay.co.uk: 58%
Tesco.com: 34%
Argos.co.uk: 30%
Asda.com: 19%
While ...