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Google’s Punit Soni: We’re Not Just Playing Around When It Comes to Social Gaming

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 2 at 10:00 am PT

After finding out yesterday that games contribute a staggering amount to Facebook’s top line, we now know exactly how important the category is to the success of Google’s social plans.

Travelzoo’s Stock Tumbles After Q4 Results Disappoint

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 26 at 12:37 pm PT

Travelzoo’s stock is down almost 10 percent, or $3 a share, in late trading after its fourth-quarter revenues disappointed analysts.

eBay’s John Donahoe Literally Starts Hammering Out the Plan for Mobile Payments

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 19 at 6:00 am PT

In an interview, eBay’s CEO provides a few details about the company’s mobile payments trial with Home Depot, and how it would expand from five to 51 stores across the country over the next week.

eBay Predicts Mobile Commerce Will Grow 60 Percent in 2012

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 12 at 11:24 am PT

EBay’s John Donahoe has drawn his mobile prediction line in the sand for 2012, and it is pretty jaw-dropping.

Gilt Groupe CEO: Restructuring Rumors Overblown, IPO Still on Track

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 11 at 9:58 am PT

Kevin Ryan is denying rumors this morning that the luxury e-commerce company is undergoing a massive restructuring; nearly all of its 900 employees and business units remain intact.

News Byte

Trunk Club Appoints Former eBay Executive as COO

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 12, 2011 at 9:32 am PT

Trunk Club, an online shopping service for men who don’t like to shop, has hired Rob Chesney as COO. Most recently, Chesney was an entrepreneur in residence at Greylock Partners. Before that, he served as VP of eBay’s Buyer Experience team, overseeing fashion, technology, media and home. Trunk Club, which has about 60 employees, is projecting revenues of $5.5 million this year and raised $11 million in capital back in September.

Zynga Makes Big Claims With IPO Only a Week Away

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 9, 2011 at 2:03 pm PT

How about doubling the number of paying gamers? Done!

News Byte

CafePress Updates IPO Filing With Q3 Results

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 25, 2011 at 10:46 am PT

CafePress, which has filed to raise $80 million in an initial public offering, reported $105.9 million in revenue for the first nine months of 2011, an increase of 45 percent from the same period in 2010. Losses for the same period widened to $1.5 million, or 17 cents a share, from the same period earlier, when it lost $482,000, or 6 cents a share. The company also said that in early October, it acquired L&S Retail Ventures, which manages a custom online stationery site, for $4.5 million, with an additional $8 million in future performance-based payments.