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eBay Inc

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Business Description

With almost $86 billion in marketplace gross merchandise volume generated in 2019, eBay's Marketplace facilitated more than 2% of the $3.5 trillion global online commerce market (using eMarketer estimates). EBay's strategic priorities include revitalizing its Marketplace platform by emphasizing its unique product assortment and value proposition, improving the seller and buyer experience, utilizing structured data/artificial intelligence for listing searches, promoted listing advertising, and improving its mobile commerce capabilities. EBay partnered with Netherlands-based Adyen for payment intermediation beginning in 2018.

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2025 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, CA, 95125
T +1 408 376-7008
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Industry Internet Retail
Most Recent Earnings Mar 31, 2020
Fiscal Year End Dec 31, 2020
Stock Type Cyclical
Employees 13,300

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