Online marketplace eBay reports that the number
of its traders who are turning over more than £1 million
annually had nearly doubled over the last year. The Guardian writes that according to eBay, 127
companies are on track to achieve a turnover of at least £1
million during 2010, compared with 66 in 2009. “Seven of
the companies only started selling goods on ebay.co.uk this year,
and 11 are increasing their turnover by more than 300 percent
annually”.
Tesco.com has launched a
“drive-thru” service. Similar to the home-delivery
service, customers shop online. Instead of having products
delivered to their doorstep, however, customers drive to their
nearest Tesco to have them loaded into their car boot. According
to the Telegraph, Tesco says the service will appeal
to “shoppers who want their goods picked and packed but who
do not have the time to wait at home for delivery”.
Visual search engine and online retailer
Like.com has been bought by
Google for an undisclosed sum. According to
Reuters, Like’s technology can be useful in
helping Google compete with Microsoft’s Bing, which includes the
ability to search products based on visual
characteristics-similar to Like’s capabilities.
N Brown has gone live with its US website for plus-size apparel
title Simply Be.
Marks & Spencer is now looking for a new head of
international to replace Carl Leaver, who left more than a year
ago. It is also looking for a director of online, reports
This Is Money. What’s more, the City is
speculating that Robert Swannell, currently chairman of
HMV, is to succeed M&S chairman Sir Stuart Rose,
who is due to retire early next year.
The Herald Scotland interviews Angus Ferguson,
owner of self-proclaimed “liquid deli”
Demijohn.
The deadline for offers to buy Confetti has been
pushed back from today to Thursday, writes Manchester Evening News.
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