Mercari is inviting some sellers into its beta test of a new, faster listing tool – all sellers need is a photo and title along with a selling price in order to list an item for sale. The tool is available through its mobile app. Mercari is also running a special referral promotion that runs through next weekend to encourage sellers to get their friends and colleagues to sign up. In an invitation email, Mercari told invitees to try its…
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Before you buy something in a brick-and-mortar store, you interact with it. You test drive cars, you touch blankets, you smell candles. In ecommerce, that interactivity is missing, which puts a lot of pressure on product photography to fill the void. Fortunately, your brain can process images in as little as 13 milliseconds. It can remember more than 2,000 images with 90% accuracy over the span of a week. So product photos have a bit of a competitive advantage when it…
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Amazon often touts how its marketplace is good for small businesses, and last year, it launched new features to help them stand out. Now Amazon is testing a “Small Business” search filter to help shoppers isolate their search results to products offered by small businesses. “As part of our ongoing efforts to support small businesses, we’re testing a Small Business Search filter. The Small Business Search filter helps customers filter their searches to discover products from small business brands and…
Poshmark announced a new paid-ad feature called Promoted Closet, which is in beta testing. The move toward offering more ads on Poshmark is no surprise after Naver acquired the ecommerce platform last year for $1.2 billion. At the time Poshmark said it would leverage Naver’s advertising capabilities to drive further monetization. According to Monday’s announcement, sellers who participate in the beta testing in the US will have an opportunity to try the tool for free and provide feedback. Similar to…
Due to the “rampant rise of deliveries via truck,” New York City is testing a pilot program designed to reduce the negative environmental and safety impact. Over 80% of New Yorkers receive at least one package per week, according to NYC’s Department of Transportation, and 18% of residents receive packages on four or more days per week. Local delivery hubs, known as microhubs, will provide designated curbside or off-street locations for delivery trucks to unload items onto smaller, low-emissions vehicles…
[ad_1] In the course of a drunk driving investigation, police officers will usually administer a series of so-called “field sobriety tests” (FSTs). This may consist of a battery of three to five tests, usually selected by the officer; these may include walk-and-turn, one-leg-stand, horizontal gaze nystagmus, fingers-to-thumb, finger-to-nose, Rhomberg (modified position of attention), alphabet recitation, or hand-pat. In an increasing number of law enforcement agencies in Orange County, California and across the nation, a “standardized” battery of three tests will…
E-commerce Alibaba Group on Wednesday said it is developing a ChatGPT-style tool that is currently in internal testing, joining a race by tech companies globally to show they are up to speed on generative artificial intelligence (AI) developments. The Chinese e-commerce group’s statement came after the 21st Century Herald newspaper reported that Alibaba is developing a ChatGPT-like dialogue robot which is currently open to employees for testing. When asked about the newspaper report, which also said that Alibaba might combine…