February
Plibersek says fashion industry must act on environment, or she will
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek delivers a call to arms for fashion brands to rethink volume and speed of manufacturing.
- Lauren Sams
AI shock: Tech companies axe 34,000 since start of year
Microsoft, Snap, eBay and PayPal have each scrapped hundreds or thousands of roles since the start of January.
- Camilla Hodgson
November 2023
Secret is out in battle for $50b luxury resale market
Australia is flooded with sites for second-hand luxury items, but making a profit when buyer and seller want the best bang for their buck is difficult.
- Lauren Sams
April 2023
Yes, people will pay $40,000 for an old ‘Rocky’ tape. Here’s why
Collectors are finding that their childhood has a price – and it’s going up.
- David Streitfeld
July 2022
Amazon gains on Prime Day shopping event
The two-day shopping event is now a prominent day in the retail calendar, and the online giant’s website visits further increase.
- Carrie LaFrenz
April 2022
The most important attribute of a leader, according to this eBay exec
Amrita Blickstead says trust is essential – and shares the most valuable piece of career advice she received when she was being poached for another job.
- Natasha Boddy
Warren Buffett is auctioning one last private lunch for charity
Berkshire’s CEO held the annual dining date for 20 years before COVID-19. Every winner since 2008 has paid more than $US1 million. Ebay bids open on June 12.
- Updated
- Josh Funk
Young Rich Lister’s fast rise and fall
Domm Holland raised $168 million from big names like Stripe, but his one-click online checkout hopeful Fast will close this week after less than three years.
- Michael Bailey
March 2022
- Exclusive
- Payments
Forget BNPL: this Dutch start-up wants Aussies to pay now, buy later
Recharge, which offers worldwide access to prepayment services like digital gift cards and mobile phone top-ups, is launching in Australia after raising $US35 million ($47.9 million).
- Hans van Leeuwen
January 2022
- Exclusive
- Venture capital
Melbourne tech firm equals VC record with $US350m funding
Alok Kulkarni’s Cyara has cemented its spot in Aussie start-up legend, raising $US350 million ($500 million) from K1 and pressing pause on an IPO.
- Yolanda Redrup
January 2022
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
If crypto disappeared would anybody actually notice?
The idea that a whole new crypto-based version of the World Wide Web is coming down the track does not hold up in the numbers.
- Leonid Bershidsky
September 2021
Evergrande meltdown ensnares stocks with very few China links
Though there may not be an obvious connection between some US tech stock and China, that does not mean the selloff makes no sense.
- Vildana Hajric and Katie Greifeld
- Exclusive
- Funding
Selling a company as easy as posting an eBay listing
Melbourne-based company Flippa, which runs an online marketplace for people to buy and sell online businesses, has raised $15 million in a round led by Sydney-based venture firm OneVentures.
- Natasha Gillezeau
August 2021
- Exclusive
- Tech crackdown
Anti-vaxxer ‘rubbish’ declining on Facebook: GPs
Australia’s general practitioners say they are seeing less COVID-19-related disinformation on Facebook than a year ago.
- John Davidson
July 2021
E-commerce Young Rich Listers in $101m split
A Young Rich Lister behind one of Australia’s most successful e-commerce businesses has bought out his co-founder, for what on some measures looks like a steal.
- Michael Bailey
May 2021
eBay’s revenue growth slows despite e-commerce boom
eBay’s Australia and New Zealand revenue rose 2.5 per cent in 2020, a fraction of the 55 per cent growth in online retail sales.
- Updated
- Sue Mitchell
Cochlear taps Alison Deans as its new chairman
The former CEO of eBay Australia will take over from outgoing chairman Rick Holliday-Smith on August 21.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Regulators allowed to directly remove dangerous eBay listings
Online marketplace eBay has created a special portal which enables Australian regulators to take down unsafe and banned goods without eBay’s permission.
- Tom Burton
- Exclusive
- Funding
E-commerce tech firm banks $15m funding round
Thirteen-year-old Australian retail tech business Comestri has banked $15 million in funding from Moelis after a bumper year on the back of COVID-19.
- Yolanda Redrup
eBay Australia tackles counterfeiters in $4b sneaker market
Sneakers are big business in Australia but counterfeiting is rife. eBay’s authentication process is aimed at restoring buyer trust.
- Sue Mitchell
