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eBay began life as auction-only website AuctionWeb in 1995 and its first sale was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. In the early 2000s, eBay launched its virtual mall, allowing retailers to set up their own store. A ‘buy it now’ option was also introduced, allowing customers to either choose to bid, or end the auction early for a fixed price. It also operates ticket website StubHub.
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eBay scraps selling fees for secondhand clothes
eBay has become the latest marketplace to ditch its selling fees for fashion-seeking UK users in its latest effort to encourage shopping for pre-owned clothing.
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‘Online is the new car boot sale’, says Charity Super.Mkt founder
Charity Super.Mkt co-founder Maria Chenoweth has said “online is the new car boot sale” when speaking about the role of pre-loved in the fashion market, alongside Depop, eBay and River Island at LIVE 2024.
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eBay to axe 1,000 roles
Online marketplace eBay will lay off around 1,000 staff in the US, equating to an estimated 9% of its current workforce.
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Exclusive: eBay was most popular secondhand platform over Christmas
eBay has topped Vinted and Depop to be named the most popular secondhand platform in December 2023 as demand for pre-loved gifting surged over Christmas.
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Data
Merry click-mas: Top 50 most-visited retail websites for Christmas
To understand how retailers fared online over the crucial golden quarter, we teamed up with Similarweb to track how many visits the biggest retail websites in the UK received from Black Friday to New Year’s Eve
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Analysis
The top retailers for CX as voted for by UK shoppers
Marks & Spencer and eBay are among the businesses named by consumers in Retail Week’s How They’ll Spend It 2024 report for offering the best shopping experiences.
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Analysis
What will 2024 bring? Retail bosses predict the year ahead
As 2024 begins, what do retailers think will top the agenda for the year ahead? We asked leaders of some of the UK’s biggest retail businesses to get out their crystal balls and make some predictions
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Vinted, eBay and Etsy sellers face new tax rules
Sellers on platforms including Vinted, eBay and Etsy now face new tax rules set by HMRC in a bid to crack down on tax evasion.
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Interview
Q&A: eBay director of luxury on ‘diminishing the stigma’ of buying pre-loved
As pre-loved luxury becomes growingly more popular, eBay director of luxury Keith Metcalfe sat down with Retail Week ahead of Christmas to discuss the diminishing stigma of gifting secondhand, the importance of authenticity guarantee and why pre-loved and luxury go hand in hand
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Analysis
Retail Horizon 2024: How can retailers accelerate efforts to tackle climate change?
As retailers grapple with meeting long-term environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) targets, while at the same time balancing costs and profitability for shareholders, consumer behaviour has shifted during the cost-of-living crisis.
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Analysis
Golden quarter: How retailers are preparing for another cash-strapped Christmas
With the macroeconomic environment looking gloomier than ever, we spoke to some of the UK’s biggest retailers to get their take on whether this year’s festive season will be feast or famine.
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Opinion
‘The retail industry must make circularity first choice for furniture’
After the launch of retail-wide sustainability partnership the Circular Change Council, eBay’s general manager of home, refurbished and electronics Kumaran Adithyan outlines why making it easier for customers to buy and sell secondhand furniture is crucial for achieving sustainability targets
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Analysis
Retail 2024: How eBay, THG and The Fragrance Shop are investing in green initiatives
Top retail bosses have given exclusive interviews to Retail Week, revealing their sustainability strategies featured in Retail 2024, our annual flagship report.
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Exclusive: eBay teams up with retailers to tackle furniture waste
eBay has launched the Circular Change Council alongside major retailers to promote circularity and reduce furniture waste.
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Interview
Q&A: eBay’s Kirsty Keoghan on how Love Island tie-up is rekindling passion for pre-loved fashion
Retail Week pulls eBay’s global general manager of fashion Kirsty Keoghan for a chat about the impact of the Love Island partnership, the steps retailers can take to become more sustainable and being the “OG of selling pre-loved fashion”.
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Analysis
Fashion and beauty retailers will be most resilient this Christmas
Fashion and health and beauty will be the only two sectors to record both value and volume sales increases this golden quarter, Retail Week’s new report reveals
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Amazon mobile users fall ahead of Prime Day as Shein and Temu grow
The number of Amazon mobile users in the UK has fallen by 1 million since the start of the year, while Temu and Shein’s daily mobile users have been growing.
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Analysis
Are fashion influencers still influential in 2023?
With several fashion brands including Boohoo and Abbott Lyon naming influencers and celebrities as brand ambassadors, collection designers, and in PrettyLittleThing’s case creative directors, influencers have certainly stolen the show in recent years.
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M&S teams up with eBay and Oxfam to sell secondhand school uniforms
Marks & Spencer has launched a tie-up with online marketplace eBay and anti-poverty charity Oxfam to sell second-hand school uniforms.
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eBay appoints stylist Amy Bannerman for new director role
eBay has appointed fashion stylist and second-hand fashion advocate Amy Bannerman as its in-house pre-loved style director.