Growth And New Beginnings In Retail 

By  |  February 5, 2021
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eBay

eBay concluded last year with a flourish, with results for its last quarter and full year exceeding expectations amid growth in its ranks of buyers. In retail personnel, current Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos will be handing off his CEO responsibilities to Andy Jassy and moving into an executive chairman role. And in authentication, digital identity tools are being used to help spur travel and tourism during the pandemic. All this, Today in Data.

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    Data:

    27: Number of years Jeff Bezos served as CEO before announcing he is stepping down.

    $781M: Amount of eBay’s GAAP net income from continuing operations for Q4.

    $26.6B: eBay’s gross merchandise volume (GMV) for Q4.

    11M: Number of new buyers eBay picked up over the course of 2020.

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    1B: Number of rooms that went unoccupied in 2020 in the U.S. hospitality sector.


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