APRIL TRADE NEWS Retailers seeing shifting consumer behaviour More empty shops in Edinburgh's Old Town Culture capital status boosting Liverpool retail Retailers 'need more help from government' Bath retailers to target 'affluent women' Birmingham Wholesale Markets to move Nottingham shops banned from using A-boards Trader convicted for selling fake goods from trusted wholesaler OFT warned on newspaper distribution rules Scottish retail sales picking up Ebay fraudster ordered to repay £100,000 Welsh urged to cut down on single use carriers Wholesalers looking for insight from retailers Rural retail initiative to help traders in N.Ireland Hampshire traders fearful of supermarket plans Retail sales surge during sunny April Wholesalers affected by late payments Online retailers 'must convince shoppers of internet benefits' Strongest monthly UK footfall rise in five years Retailers urged to turn to eBay to-sell stock Retailers fight plans for Watford Tesco Express Local retail opinions mixed in Leicester More than one British newsagent closing a day European visitors to The Wholesaler please click here Trade News Archive 2009  January   February   March   April   May Subscribe to our newsletter   Go to The Wholesaler UK Directory 7th May 2009 Retailers urged to turn to eBay for 'difficult-to-sell' stock Retailers have been urged to put their "difficult-to-sell" items on eBay as it comes to offer more goods at fixed prices instead of through its auction service. Speaking at the World Retail Congress this week in Spain, eBay chief executive John Donahoe explained to traders that it seeks to provide merchants with a platform through which to sell goods online, the Retail Bulletin reports. According to the website, he said that the lines between online and offline retail are blurring as consumers pressure vendors to "break down the barriers". "eBay is a great channel for selling end-of-season, old items, nearly-new items and refurbished goods," Mr Donahoe was quoted as saying. "And because it is a marketplace retailers can put loads of products for sale one day and then none the next." Last month, figures from the IMRG/Capgemini e-retail index suggested that there was an increase of nine per cent in online sales during March compared to February. The month also saw a 19 per cent lift compared to the same period a year earlier, the report revealed. (c) 2009 Comment on this news story   Trade News Archive 2008  December   November   October   September August   July   June   May   April   March   February   January