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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

Local retail: Know before you go

By Fiona Dias on Monday, March 14, 2011

Last week, I was at the aptly named NRF Innovate 2011 conference in San Francisco. There has been an explosion of innovation in the digital space, especially in the social, mobile, and local arenas.

Innovate 2011

While it's exciting to see so much digital innovation and funding from the venture community, I'm disappointed with how many start-ups are leading with deep discounts as the core of their value proposition.

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Tags: daily deals, Fiona Dias, Groupon, Innovate 2011, Jeremy Geiger, Microsoft, Milo, NRF, Retailigence