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I have been thinking about an article I read on PYMNTS regarding Facebook and its Bay Area almnus eBay. There are a few things at play here which needs to be unpacked – who can acquire eBay, eBay’s decline and does Facebook make sense for eBay’s shareholders. Pierre Omidyar started AuctionWeb that would become eBay […]
When I see the words eBay in my mind the first thought that comes to mind is the marketplace concept in which users can list their second hand goods in either a “buy-now” or auction environment. It was the element that placed eBay on the map and subsequently provided a launch pad for them to […]
I have been thinking about eBay over the last 6 weeks. The primary reason for it is “why did eBay repratriate $6 billion?” but also other news such as – David Marcus leaving Paypal into a newly created role at facebook, eBay being hacked and not saying much about it and the continued focus on […]
We are 2 weeks away from Christmas day which will be the crescendo of all online shopping globally. Did planning in earlier quarters return value? How many satisfied customers did your business have? The point is the month of November and December is when business weaknesses or strength are shown to the world. Amazon has […]
We are a week or 10 days away from the Alibaba IPO. Alibaba’s IPO is currently driving the ecommerce industry as companies ensure that they are best prepared after Alibaba raises billions. One company clearly working hard to combat Alibaba’s potential impact is Rakuten. Rakuten has been acquiring US based businesses which they will add […]
Last week was dominated by 2 stories – eBay posting disappointing results and Amazon unveiling a “all you can read” Kindle package. The eBay news is not surprising – Google hit the company with a search penalty based on low quality content and also eBay is still battling with the after effects of being hacked. […]
Apple appoints a new commerce chief, Google becomes a $1000 stock, eBay hires a CPO from Apple and Alibaba is no Amazon.. Apple is a brand trying to regain its vibrancy after the passing of their inspiration and leader Steve Jobs. However, one of the things Jobs did that gets lost in all the iDevices […]
Thoughts on ecommerce scaling from a VC, Flipkart to allow advertising ala Amazon, Amazon to add advertising into mobile search results, Souq raises $75M, a United eBay, Birchbox to open physical store, The death of flash sales and much more Revenue generation for ecommerce businesses is currently a hot topic as business models are being […]
Modnique Launches into Four More Countries, Amazon hikes the price of Prime in Europe, The eBay Turnaround that Never Had to Be, Zalora to IPO?, Amazon rejected in Czech Republic, Snapdeal to be a the most interesting IPO in Indian ecommerce?, The phases of commerce and much more It has been an interesting week in […]
Amazon Coins come to UK & Germany, Magento becomes part of eBay enterprise, Microsoft closes Bing Shopping , eBay has not given up on China and much more eBay has finally done what everyone expected when they acquired Magento. They have made it part of eBay enterprise which is the old GSI Commerce. Magento for […]
Amazon acquires GoPago, MTN enters the commerce race, eBay wants to help retailers, Social Network Odnoklassniki Shuts Down E-commerce Marketplace, Alibaba to enter Brazil and much more It is the second last week of 2013 and on reflection it has been a massive year for ecommerce. Amazon continued to show the lead for all ecommerce […]
eBay acquires Shutl and is subject to an investigation, same old Amazon seen in quarterly results, Fab redesigns and much more. It was a bumper news week for the ecommerce industry. Amazon announced a second quarter in which they made a loss but their stock price increased. I have been thinking about Amazon.com in some […]
eBay invests into Snapdeal, Lazada’s big bet on Southeast Asia, How online shopping is helping Nigeria fix its Internet reputation, Tencent to invest in JD.com?, Copycat Business Model Generates Genuine Global Success for Start-Up Incubator, Google ups the importance of commerce, Rakuten has big plans for Europe and much more. There are 2 stories that […]
Alibaba & Amazon comparison, Amazon, eBay, and Wal-Mart are the big 3 in mobile commerce, Meet Vipshop and much more It is Black Friday today in the US and having a look around the globe this marketing driven event is clearly now part of global ecommerce. Merchants worldwide have decided to latch on to the […]
The last 2 weeks has been full of news, so much has happened globally that is takes a while to make sense of all of the news. In terms of the importance of news – I am going to highlight a few stories that has big implications for the next 12 months. The second biggest […]
Alibaba’s IPO was one of the headline stories of 2014. The Chinese ecommerce business raised record amounts of cash that will allow them to pay shareholders back for showing faith in them. Alibaba is also in a position unlike any of their global competitors to aggressively acquire companies that will put them in good stead […]
Fab wants to become like IKEA, Rocket Internet helps the Brazil ecosystem, eBay offers more logistical opportunities for retailers and are considering investing into Snapdeal The first calendar week of 2013 is in the record books. In South Africa, I reckon we will see more online shops re-opening and starting to process orders that was […]
It is not often that an entrepreneur has a successful business twice. Most entrepreneurs have one major exit and then they become Angel investors. While they are building their business for the second time they either take money off the table from investors or the take their companies public. Michael Rubin in my opinion is […]
Amazon earnings, Google retires it is mobile shopping apps, Bigcommerce raises capital, eBay takes Now to the desktop and much more. The week that finished was full of ecommerce news. Needless to say it was dominated by Amazon’s earnings which missed. I am not too surprised as Bezos has been investor mode since early January. […]
Amazon powers ebook market in Japan, Rakuten acquires Viki, eBay acquires decide.com and much more.. I have had a busy September thus far – travelled to an undisclosed location, thinking about some ecommerce related posts and digesting all the ecommerce news that is hitting my inbox and RSS feeds. Thus you are not seeing things […]