Ebay Readings
Caban, J. (n.d.). Business Environment of EBay, Wal-Mart, & Best Buy - Associated Content. Business and Finance section of Associated Content. Available:http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/260660/business_environment_of_ebay_walmart.html?cat=55.
The founder of EBay was Pierre Omidy. In 1995, Omidy originally called his invention Auction Web and then was renamed into EBay (derived from Echo Bay)(see About.com for history).
As the above reading is a little out of date, these are the figures from the 2012 annual report:
31,500 employees
Owned and leased properties in 33 countries
In 2011, EBay yielded a net income of 3.23 billion US$ from an annual revenue of 11.651 billion US$
In 2012, EBay yielded a net income of 2.6 billion US$ from an annual revenue of 14.1 billion US$.
Since 2005, the net income has 3-folded (2011) and dropped slightly after that.
In 2011 EBay acquired GSI, a leading provider of e-commerce solutions and interactive marketing services, together with ten more businesses. Further, in the 2012 annual report brands4friends (German Shopping Club Website), GittiGidiyor (Turkish E-shopping mall), Zong (Californian Mobile Shopping service working with Ebay's other acquisition Paypal) and several smaller brands are mentioned.
Previous acquisitions include Paypal, Skype, Shopping.com, Rent.com, classifieds such as Kijiji, Gumtree.com, LoQuo.com, Intoko, Marktplaats.nl, and Mobile.de.
Caban, J. (n.d.). Business Environment of EBay, Wal-Mart, & Best Buy - Associated Content. Business and Finance section of Associated Content. Available:http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/260660/business_environment_of_ebay_walmart.html?cat=55.
The founder of EBay was Pierre Omidy. In 1995, Omidy originally called his invention Auction Web and then was renamed into EBay (derived from Echo Bay)(see About.com for history).
As the above reading is a little out of date, these are the figures from the 2012 annual report:
31,500 employees
Owned and leased properties in 33 countries
In 2011, EBay yielded a net income of 3.23 billion US$ from an annual revenue of 11.651 billion US$
In 2012, EBay yielded a net income of 2.6 billion US$ from an annual revenue of 14.1 billion US$.
Since 2005, the net income has 3-folded (2011) and dropped slightly after that.
In 2011 EBay acquired GSI, a leading provider of e-commerce solutions and interactive marketing services, together with ten more businesses. Further, in the 2012 annual report brands4friends (German Shopping Club Website), GittiGidiyor (Turkish E-shopping mall), Zong (Californian Mobile Shopping service working with Ebay's other acquisition Paypal) and several smaller brands are mentioned.
Previous acquisitions include Paypal, Skype, Shopping.com, Rent.com, classifieds such as Kijiji, Gumtree.com, LoQuo.com, Intoko, Marktplaats.nl, and Mobile.de.
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