EBay.it turns users into promoters
Alessandra Ritondo
EBay.it, Italy’s biggest online shopping center, extended its offer with the so-called “Wish List”, a simple tool enabling users to show others what they want for Xmas, their birthdays, weddings, or graduations. In a new section on the site, users can set up lists with all their wished-for items (not only items available on EBay.it) and easily share those lists with friends and family.
REA Group fully acquires casa.it
A press release from Australia’s REA Group reveals that the company’s subsidiary, REA Group Europe, has fully acquired Italy’s market-leading real estate portal, casa.it, following the purchase of an additional 30.6% share from SKY Italia s.r.l. Continue reading
Domenico Errico to head up Trovolavoro.it
by Alessandra Ritondo
Italy’s RCS MediaGroup appointed Domenico Errico as head of its job portal Trovolavoro.it. Errico already heads up the real estate platform Trovocasa.it and auto portal Automobili.com. RCS Mediagroup operates in Italy and Spain, where it employs 6,000 people.
EBay Italy lifts veil over transformation
By Alessandra Ritondo
On its tenth birthday EBay Italy revealed striking statistics about the extent of the platform’s transformation from an auction to an e-commerce platform in that country. Continue reading
Social media bear fruit for Casa.it
by Christo Volschenk
The Italian real estate portal Casa.it, owned by the REA Group and Sky Italia, is successfully leveraging social media. The portal reported revenue growth of 113 percent in the financial year to 30 June, 2011 from the previous year and strong traffic growth on the portal. Continue reading
Italian online classifieds: New battle for market share
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