eBay's French Connection
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The PayPal expansion is one more step toward the company's global growth.
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Will dirty dealers scare eBay users off?
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A brand new year and already so much to purge. It is time for eBay, that all-season national yard sale. But who wants to put up with the annoyances of holding an eBay auction?
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EBay, the world's largest online marketplace, today posted a quarterly profit that rose 77 percent from a year ago, fueled by growth in its international and PayPal businesses.
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Vuitton, Dior sue for counterfeit auctions Auctions of counterfeit couture on eBay have gotten the online tat bazaar into hot water with French fashion types, who are demanding it cough up â¬37m in a civil complaint.â¦
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eBay (Quote, Chart) has acquired a popular online classifieds Web site in the Netherlands, the company said Wednesday. The San Jose, Calif.
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A French Web site offering soft porn and sex toys now wants to sell itself to investors in what would be France's first porn-industry stock market listing.
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Blog: Now comes a site for people who want to sell old electronics gear online but don't want to become eBay Power Sellers.
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Craiglist owner launches Craigslist rival eBay has challenged itself to a duel in the web classifieds market. Last week, the company that owns a 25 per cent share in Craigslist launched a Craigslist rival, unveiling a U.S. version of Kijiji, the classifieds site it's been running in various other parts of the world since early 2005.â¦
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Mega-auctioneer eBay could turn the business upside down.
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Following complaints, eBay has announced a new policy regarding use of racially offensive terms in its listings.
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A new study suggests consumers save billions of dollars by shopping on eBay auctions.
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BRUSSELS - The keys of the kingdom were posted on eBay . Fed up with a three-month political standoff, a Belgian teacher posted an ad on the online auction site: "For Sale: Belgium, a Kingdom in three parts . . . free premium: the king and his court (costs not included)."
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eBay battles several days' worth of PayPal glitches.
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French companies and farmers have reeled in deals reportedly worth up to five billion euros (dollars) in China during a state visit to the country by President Jacques Chirac, but executives were said to be ...
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Amazon.com may not offer free delivery on books in France, the high court in Versailles has ruled.The action, brought in January 2004 by the French Booksellers&#39; Union (Syndicat de la librairie fran&#231;aise), accused Amazon of offering illegal discounts on books -- and even of selling some books below cost.The court gave Amazon 10 days to start charging for the delivery of books, which should at least allow the company to maintain the offer through the end-of-year gift-giving season. After that, it must pay a fine of &#8364;1,000 ($1,470) per day that it continues to offer free delivery. It must also pay &#8364;100,000 in compensation to the booksellers&#39; union.Retail prices, particularly of books, are tightly regulated in France.Using &quot;loss leaders,&quot; or selling products below cost to attract customers, is illegal. Other restrictions apply to books -- retailers must not offer discounts of more than 5 percent on the publisher&#39;s recommended price. Many independent booksellers choose to offer this discount in the form of a loyalty bonus based on previous purchases. Larger booksellers simply slash the sticker price of books.But the free delivery offered by Amazon exceeded the legal limit in the case of cheaper books, the union charged.The union said it was pleased with the court&#39;s ruling, which would help protect vulnerable small bookshops from predatory pricing practices.Amazon.com did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Earlier this year, the union won a similar legal victory against Alapage.com, an online bookseller with operations in France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The appeals court ruled that Alapage must pay a fine of &#8364;50,000 for illegal pricing practices including the offer of free delivery.It&#39;s not been a good month for U.S. e-commerce sites doing business in France: Last week,&#160;the French auction regulator sued eBay France for breaching rules on the conduct of auctions. The regulator said that eBay&#39;s failure to comply exposed consumers to the risk of fraud. In its defense, eBay France maintained that it is not an auctioneer and that it has &quot;invented another way of buying and selling&quot; not covered by the rules.
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Business & money: French desperate to keep bank out of foreign hands