online marketplace

How Neighborhood Goods Is Breathing New Life Into The Department Store Model
How Neighborhood Goods Is Breathing New Life Into The Department Store Model
March 12, 2019  |  Retail

For physical retail, and department stores in particular, it’s both the best of times and worst of times. The headline topping the news this week...

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Strange Bedfellows? Trade Unions And Gig Marketplaces
Strange Bedfellows? Trade Unions And Gig Marketplaces
March 08, 2019  |  Matchmakers

In the U.K., says Labour Xchange Co-Founder Jonathan Key in the latest Matchmakers podcast, millions of people are underemployed. Matching ad hoc employees to work they...

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eBay, Investors Discuss Future Of StubHub, Classifieds Biz
eBay, Investors Discuss Future Of StubHub, Classifieds Biz
February 27, 2019  |  Legal

According to reports, eBay is in settlement talks with activist investors in the hopes of avoiding a proxy fight on the online marketplace. Citing sources...

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Fiverr CEO On ClearVoice Acquisition, Focusing On Gig Talent
Fiverr CEO On ClearVoice Acquisition, Focusing On Gig Talent
February 13, 2019  |  Gig Economy

As the gig economy grows and becomes more diverse (with more skilled workers entering the marketplace), opportunities abound for platform providers that can meet the...

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Inside Rebag’s Rent-To-Resell Luxury Handbag Model
Inside Rebag’s Rent-To-Resell Luxury Handbag Model
February 07, 2019  |  Retail

Supposedly, we live in a disposable society, a place where products are thrown away instead of maintained, repaired and kept for years (or, in some...

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Online Sales Of Used Goods Spreads Globally — And Is Growing Up
Online Sales Of Used Goods Spreads Globally — And Is Growing Up
January 23, 2019  |  eCommerce

What’s new is old – and then new again. That’s not some silly riddle, but a description of a growing part of eCommerce, one that...

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Hackers Steal Discount Vouchers From Pinduoduo
Hackers Steal Discount Vouchers From Pinduoduo
January 21, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Pinduoduo, the Chinese Nasdaq-listed Internet marketplace that lets consumers get discounts from merchants, announced Sunday (January 20) that an online collective stole tens of millions...

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Eyeing IPO, Airbnb Asserts Back-To-Back Profitability
Eyeing IPO, Airbnb Asserts Back-To-Back Profitability
January 15, 2019  |  IPO

Airbnb, one of several tech giant companies potentially getting ready for an initial public offering (IPO) this year, said on Tuesday (Jan. 15) that it’s...

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Ant Eyes Investment In Indonesian eCommerce Co
Ant Eyes Investment In Indonesian eCommerce Co
January 11, 2019  |  Investments

Bukalapak, an online marketplace company from Indonesia, will soon announce a new round of funding, according to reports. Naver Corp. is said to be one...

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