TechWhy returned goods from your online shopping splurges are ending up on eBayReturns from retailers like Target are now being bulk-sold on eBay, where smaller sellers can buy them up and resell them individually.
NewsDOJ: eBay workers sent live cockroaches and a fetal pig to publishers in bizarre stalking effortFormer 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.
NewsStudy: Older women win in the sharing economy because people trust their adsMost Airbnb hosts do not know this.
TechHow to stop Uber, Hulu, Pornhub, and more from selling your dataCalifornia’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.
Tech27+ smartphone apps you should delete in 2020It’s a new decade. Time to get these privacy-invasive, depression-causing, money-sucking apps off your phone for good.
NewsNow Facebook friends eBay, Stripe, and Mastercard are bailing on Libra tooIn the span of one week, four big corporate partners have backed out of Facebook’s controversial plan to launch a digital currency called Libra.
Co.DesignThe battle for India’s $32 billion furniture market heats upIkea 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.
NewsThe best Amazon Prime Day alternative sales from Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and eBayDeals on iPhones, MacBooks, Google Homes, and televisions are just some of what’s on offer from competitors fighting Prime Day.
ImpactPeople 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.
Fast Company MagazineThis iPhone app makes web navigation truly hands-freeHeadGaze, from eBay, allows people who can’t use their hands to click, turn pages, and scroll.
NewsWhite House aims to crack down on counterfeit goods sold onlineThe hope is to crack down on third-party sellers using sites like Amazon and Walmart to sell fake goods.
Co.DesignFrom GV: 5 lessons to jump-start your design careerDesigners 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.
NewsGet ready for the first-ever trillion-dollar shopping seasonA new report from eMarketer says consumers will spend big over the holidays, thanks in part to high consumer confidence.
NewsHere 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.
Work LifeSome of the U.S.’s biggest companies are founded by immigrantsThis is just a glimpse at the positive impact immigrants have had on the U.S. economy.
Co.DesignIs 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.
NewsAmazon, eBay, and Etsy stock are tanking after Supreme Court sales tax decisionThe decision overturns a 1992 rule that let internet commerce essentially operate tax free.
TecheBay’s new feature finds the products you might actually buyThe marketplace is using big data–and a questionnaire–to help sort through the 1.1 billion items its merchants offer.
TechDesigners 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.
TechMastercard Is Launching A Branded Podcast On The Future Of MoneyMade with Gimlet Creative, “Fortune Favors the Bold” aims to tell stories about how our relationship with money is changing.