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eBay is expanding its 1-hour delivery service, eBay Now, to new locations in the San Francisco area, New York area, Chicago, and Dallas, the company announced Monday. In addition to expanding its service area, eBay is adding features that may seem a bit backwards — an in-store pick-up option and a desktop access to the Continue Reading →

In the race to scale a same-day delivery service nationwide, eBay says it’s ready to step on the gas. CEO John Donahoe said in an interview last week that his company will this year begin rolling out same-day delivery options for eBay.com transactions in which the buyer and seller are located in the same geographic Continue Reading →

eBay has announced a new iOS app called eBay Exact that lets you buy customizable 3D-printed merchandise on the go. You can download the new addition now directly from Apple’s App Store. The products in question are available from three leading 3D printing companies, according to eBay: Brooklyn-based MakerBot, France-based Sculpteo, and Toronto, Canada-based Hot Continue Reading →

Apple, the world’s most valuable technology company, is seeking a trademark for “iWatch” in Japan as rival Samsung readies its own wearable computing device. The iPhone maker is seeking protection for the name, which is listed in a category for products such as a handheld computer or watch, according to a June 3 filing with Continue Reading →

For the most part, commercial space travel is still a few years off, and any plans for space settlements still seem like the dreams of sci-fi enthusiasts. But it’s never too early to start planning, right? Elon Musk sure thinks so. And PayPal apparently does, too. Or at least the eBay-owned company is pretending it Continue Reading →

Square — a company best known for the small, white plastic cube that can read credit cards when plugged into a smartphone or tablet — is taking on the likes of Etsy, Amazon, and eBay with the launch of its own online marketplace called Square Market. The expansion from mobile payments to online retail might Continue Reading →

In two recent columns, here and here, I wrote about two of the three consumer economic trends that are and will dramatically change consumer and buyer behavior well into the 2020s. The third major consumer economic trend will see us move from an ownership to a rental society. This trend as with the prior two Continue Reading →

Have you ever been walking down the street, saw something you just had to have in a shop’s window only to find out that store is closed for the day? Bummer, right? Thanks to eBay’s “shoppable windows,” that may never happen again. Over the next few weeks in busy parts of New York City, eBay Continue Reading →

eBay is launching virtual stores called “shoppable windows” this month that the e-commerce company hopes will help retailers generate more sales from their existing physical store networks. The first four of these screens will open from June 8 through July 7 in busy parts of New York City, such as the lower east side and Continue Reading →

Since 2010, I have been speaking about what I see as three new consumer economic trends that will alter consumer behavior in the developed countries of the world. A number of aligning forces are significantly increasing the influence and impact of these three trends. In a recent column, I wrote about Conscious Capitalism, one of Continue Reading →