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Bringing the Like, Want and Own to the GSI Commerce platform

By Jose Mallabo on Monday, October 24, 2011

Earlier this month, eBay Inc. made some big news from Innovate when it announced plans to integrate Facebook’s Open Graph into its commerce platforms – including GSI Commerce.

The release stated:

eBay Inc. also plans to integrate Open Graph functionality into its GSI business unit’s Social Media Services framework. This will enable large merchants worldwide to offer their customers similar ways to connect with their friends through shopping, using GSI’s existing Open Graph-enabled content management system. GSI’s commerce platform supports more than 180 retailers in the U.S. and globally, including many leading national brands.

Like my colleague Richard Brewer-Hay, chief blogger for eBay Inc., I have watched eBay move its community-based marketplace into today’s social web over the last couple of years – and now, we’re doing the same at GSI. After Innovate last week, I was anxious to catch up with some of the core team behind GSI’s Social Media Services to learn more about what it all means.

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Tags: data analytics, eBay, F8, Facebook, GSI Commerce, Innovate 2011, John Donahoe, Jose Mallabo, Marty Armstrong, Nick Magilton, Open Graph, Victor Colon

eBay + GSI Commerce. Deal Closed!

By Jose Mallabo on Monday, June 20, 2011

On March 28, eBay Inc. announced that it had agreed to acquire GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion. Today the company announced the closing of that deal. As you may recall in the original announcement a couple of months ago, eBay CEO John Donahoe said:

“We intend to lead the next generation of commerce innovation. The acquisition of GSI, which offers the most comprehensive integrated suite of online commerce and interactive marketing services available, will significantly strengthen our ability to connect buyers and sellers worldwide. Combined with eBay Marketplaces and PayPal, we believe GSI will enhance our position as the leading strategic global commerce partner of choice for retailers and brands of all sizes.”

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Tags: acquisition, eBay, GSI Commerce

It’s Just Commerce Now: Internet Retailer Conference 2011

By Duane Peck on Thursday, June 16, 2011

Convergence. It’s a theme that’s been on the tip of everyone’s tongue at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition 2011 in San Diego. It’s in keynote speeches and PowerPoint decks; on marketing brochures and booth graphics. Whether it’s the blurring of lines between offline and online commerce via mobile, social and local forces, the impending union of the Web and television, or even the collision of print and digital news media (the themes of the show’s first three keynotes, respectively), convergence is everywhere at IRCE 2011.

Convention Center Exterior

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Tags: Chris Payne, Convergence, Duane Peck, eBay, Internet Retailer, Lamborghinis, mobile, Social, X.Commerce

My 5-minute rewind on ecommerce 2010

By Jose Mallabo on Thursday, January 13, 2011

Not too long ago you could do an industry round up on ecommerce by looking through a straw. There were two major ecommerce players – Amazon and eBay – and brick and mortar retailers launching Web sites to compete with them and their own stores. Then came search marketing and online payments.

Looking back at what ecommerce became in 2010 requires a much bigger straw. Local shopping, social media, couponing, mobile commerce and private sales became more than words buzzing around ecommerce last year. They became a bigger part of the consumer experience and are quickly becoming core to the segment.

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Tags: Amazon.com, classified ads, ecommerce, eBay, Facebook, Groupon, GSI Commerce, holiday 2010, Jose Mallabo, Kindle, LinkedIn, Pennsylvania, Social Media, Twitter