New data fromeBay UK reveals June saw the biggest year-on-year spike in new businesses joining the platform, up 335%, as the trend of setting up a lockdown start-up became more mainstream.
New insights released by eBay reveal how shopping habits shifted as the UK entered lockdown on 23 March 2020 and, as all but essential physical stores closed doors, online became the default way the nation shopped.
Royal Mail, Post Office and eBay have today shared 10 tips to support small businesses and budding marketplace sellers as they sell and ship more goods online.
eBay has announced it is working with teams in the NHS Supply Chain, the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Army/MoD, to create a new online portal to help ease some of the PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
The digital revolution has dramatically altered the way that consumers can browse and purchase a range of products and services. In the past decade we have seen a huge trend for people in the UK switching from visiting high street
With SMEs struggling to keep their businesses running through the coronavirus crisis, eBay UK has today pledged a major cashflow boost by offering payment holidays for all sellers and any new businesses joining the site.
Following its announcement on Friday to restrict sales of masks and hand sanitiser products, eBay UK is widening its emergency listing restrictions policy to include toilet roll, baby formula, nappies, baby wipes and tampons.
Today will bear witness to the peak pre-Valentine’s Day rush for online shoppers in the UK, as they look to snap up last minute gifts for their loved ones in time for delivery – from top of the range tech
Sunday marks the start of ‘re-resolution week’, offering brands a fresh opportunity to tap into the lucrative ‘new year, new me’ mindset as Brits put their New Year’s Resolutions into action three weeks after they have been set. That’s according
In today’s world, there has been a shift away from independent merchants and market stalls towards high street brands, leaving many struggling to thrive in a saturated market. Big players spend millions of pounds every year on Christmas marketing campaigns
New data released today from eBay UK suggests Black Friday is becoming a day for Small Business such as independent local retailers, reversing the trend of big brand consumerism inherited from across the pond:
Black Friday is getting bigger in the UK and could start as soon as this Wednesday – according to new insights from eBay Advertising, which suggest that consumers are actively searching for deals up to nine days before the event.
With over 1,000 entries submitted already, eBay UK has upped the ante for its Business Awards by extending the deadline for entries to the 30th of August. The third annual awards programme aims to showcase the best of the 200,000
Despite challenging conditions for retailers, the number of new, self-made business millionaires on eBay has soared by 18% in the past 12 months to their highest in almost a decade, new figures to mark the opening of the 2019 eBay
eBay has opened its first UK concept store. The pop-up store will be located in the heart of Wolverhampton and offer 40 small businesses from the local area the chance to showcase and sell their products for a month.
Online marketplace eBay today announced that businesses on its Retail Revival programme, a partnership with the City of Wolverhampton to help small retailers online, have reached £1 million in sales in just three months.
Online marketplace eBay today announces a 12-month partnership with Wolverhampton to help small retailers get online, grow the local economy and demonstrate that online and high street retail can coexist.
As a nation we are waiting longer to buy property, and more of us are unable to get on the housing ladder as home ownership has slumped to just 63% of the population, down from 73% a decade ago. Millennials
eBay has revealed that the number of self-made ‘eBay millionaires’ selling on the marketplace has grown by over 300, or more than over 50 percent, year-on-year.
eBay has appointed Nikin Patel as director of consumer-to-consumer (C2C) selling in the UK, as the original global marketplace continues to make online and mobile selling quicker and simpler, with exciting new updates to its Android and IOS native apps
Online marketplace eBay is braced for a 30 per cent surge in new business registrations this month. January is the most popular time to start-up online, according to new figures released by the marketplace. eBay, which has operated for over 20
Physical media is the nation’s entertainment format of choice once more, with 52% of Brits preferring physical books, music, film/TV and video games to digital downloads, according to eBay’s Guide to Physical Media, released today. This new insight, based on
eBay.co.uk today announced the launch of its 2016 Christmas campaign – claiming to deliver the ultimate shop for the festive season. The integrated campaign is led by a national television advertisement launching this weekend. Together with the vision of director Nick
eBay, one of the world’s largest marketplaces, introduces Laithwaite’s Wine, the world’s leading home-delivery wine merchant, to its site. A wide selection of red, white, rose’ and sparkling wines plus mixed cases are now available on the UK site from
Web giant Amazon have been named as the top retail brand on social media, according to Social Insights on the Retail Industry, a report by social media monitoring firm Brandwatch. Making up the top three were two other retailers, Etsy
