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Used furniture is about to become a $16.6 billion business. Even Ikea is getting in on it

Americans dump 12 million tons of furniture annually. What if we kept these pieces circulating in the economy?

Used furniture is about to become a $16.6 billion business. Even Ikea is getting in on it

Why returned goods from your online shopping splurges are ending up on eBay

Returns from retailers like Target are now being bulk-sold on eBay, where smaller sellers can buy them up and resell them individually.

Why returned goods from your online shopping splurges are ending up on eBay

DOJ: eBay workers sent live cockroaches and a fetal pig to publishers in bizarre stalking effort

Former employees of eBay allegedly sent harassing mail to a couple that publish an e-commerce newsletter and even plotted to install a tracker on their car.

DOJ: eBay workers sent live cockroaches and a fetal pig to publishers in bizarre stalking effort

Study: Older women win in the sharing economy because people trust their ads

Most Airbnb hosts do not know this.

Study: Older women win in the sharing economy because people trust their ads

How to stop Uber, Hulu, Pornhub, and more from selling your data

California’s new privacy law’s most powerful and controversial feature is the right to stop companies from selling data they collect on you to other companies. Here’s how you can take advantage.

How to stop Uber, Hulu, Pornhub, and more from selling your data

27+ smartphone apps you should delete in 2020

It’s a new decade. Time to get these privacy-invasive, depression-causing, money-sucking apps off your phone for good.

27+ smartphone apps you should delete in 2020

Now Facebook friends eBay, Stripe, and Mastercard are bailing on Libra too

In the span of one week, four big corporate partners have backed out of Facebook’s controversial plan to launch a digital currency called Libra.

Now Facebook friends eBay, Stripe, and Mastercard are bailing on Libra too

The battle for India’s $32 billion furniture market heats up

Ikea is making a play for India’s massive furniture market—but it faces stiff competition from local startup Pepperfry, which has mastered many of the e-com tricks that elude the Swedish giant.

The battle for India’s $32 billion furniture market heats up

The best Amazon Prime Day alternative sales from Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and eBay

Deals on iPhones, MacBooks, Google Homes, and televisions are just some of what’s on offer from competitors fighting Prime Day.

The best Amazon Prime Day alternative sales from Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and eBay

People are willing to pay a fortune to have lunch with Warren Buffett (for charity)

In 2000, a charity lunch with the billionaire went for $25,000. This year, it will be more than $3.5 million.

People are willing to pay a fortune to have lunch with Warren Buffett (for charity)

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This iPhone app makes web navigation truly hands-free

HeadGaze, from eBay, allows people who can’t use their hands to click, turn pages, and scroll.

This iPhone app makes web navigation truly hands-free

White House aims to crack down on counterfeit goods sold online

The hope is to crack down on third-party sellers using sites like Amazon and Walmart to sell fake goods.

White House aims to crack down on counterfeit goods sold online

From GV: 5 lessons to jump-start your design career

Designers have never been more in demand. But when you’re just starting out, how do you identify the right opportunity? GV partner Kate Aronowitz shares tips for designing the ultimate design career.

From GV: 5 lessons to jump-start your design career

Get ready for the first-ever trillion-dollar shopping season

A new report from eMarketer says consumers will spend big over the holidays, thanks in part to high consumer confidence.

Get ready for the first-ever trillion-dollar shopping season

Here are the top 5 e-commerce retailers of the 2018 holiday season

#1 will dominate online holiday sales in the U.S. with a 48% share of the market.

Here are the top 5 e-commerce retailers of the 2018 holiday season

Some of the U.S.’s biggest companies are founded by immigrants

This is just a glimpse at the positive impact immigrants have had on the U.S. economy.

Some of the U.S.’s biggest companies are founded by immigrants

Is Silicon Valley doomed to become the next Detroit?

The moral and economic decline of Detroit’s elite offers an important cautionary tale for Silicon Valley.

Is Silicon Valley doomed to become the next Detroit?

Amazon, eBay, and Etsy stock are tanking after Supreme Court sales tax decision

The decision overturns a 1992 rule that let internet commerce essentially operate tax free.

Amazon, eBay, and Etsy stock are tanking after Supreme Court sales tax decision

eBay’s new feature finds the products you might actually buy

The marketplace is using big data–and a questionnaire–to help sort through the 1.1 billion items its merchants offer.

eBay’s new feature finds the products you might actually buy

Designers Finally Have A Seat At The Table. Now What?

Companies are finally listening to designers, writes Google Ventures’ Kate Aronowitz. Here’s what designers need to do now.

Designers Finally Have A Seat At The Table. Now What?

Impact

Ikea’s 8 principles for circular design show how to build a business based on reuse

How Biden’s pick to head the ATF was derailed by intense opposition from gun rights groups

Extreme heat is extremely bad for the economy

News

Japan could elect its first female prime minister after Yoshihide Suga steps down

Biden is mandating COVID vaccinations for these types of federal employees

‘Understaffed’ IRS is letting the top 1% evade billions in taxes, Treasury Department says

Co.Design

How 9/11 changed architecture and urban design forever

40% of UK healthcare workers have PTSD from the COVID crisis. A new ad makes it easy to say thanks

It’s not just you. Google Search really is getting worse

Work Life

Science explains why you don’t care about your Future Self (and how to get stuff done anyway)

This is how each generation is feeling about returning to the office

The one thing employees want most from their managers in a hybrid office