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Welcome to this week’s edition of eFocus, RepricerExpress’ weekly look at the top e-commerce news and breaking Amazon stories from around the Web. This week’s round-up includes alleged VAT evasion by some Chinese eBay merchants, Macy’s Thanksgiving advertising plans, eBay’s Super Sunday, a possible free video service from Amazon, Black Friday deals and a rumour of Amazon moving into the travel industry.<\/h4>\n

VAT evading Chinese firms are wiping out British business: <\/strong>Andrew Penman<\/a> at The Mirror<\/a> investigates alleged VAT evasion by some Chinese sellers on eBay. If a business is based outside the EU but has its stock here then it should be VAT registered. Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n

Retailers turn to Facebook video ads to drive sales this season: <\/strong>Zak Stambor at Internet Retailer<\/a> reports on Macy’s Thanksgiving advertising plans. Macy’s plan to use Facebook video advertising to target woman in the US aged 21 and over. Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n

eBay UK predicts 30th November will be busiest shopping day of 2014: <\/strong>Dan Wilson<\/a> at Tamebay<\/a> reports that eBay expect Sunday 30 November, dubbed “Super Sunday” to be the busiest shopping day of 2014 in the UK. Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n

Amazon moves closer to a free, ad-supported video service: <\/strong>Ingred Lunden<\/a> at TechCrunch<\/a> reports Amazon are close to offering a free video streaming service which would be supported by Amazon. This would run alongside the current offering. Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n

Black Friday 2014, Amazon kicks off shopping event promising average discounts of 40%: <\/strong>City staff at The Independent<\/a> report Amazon is leading the pack on Black Friday, with a series of 10-minute deals and discounts averaging a tasty 40%. Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n

Amazon Moving Into Hotel, Travel Business? That’s the Rumour: <\/strong>Quinten Plummer at Tech Times reports on the rumour that Amazon could be about to move into the hotel, travel business by launching Amazon Travel a collection of independent hotels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to this week’s edition of eFocus, RepricerExpress’ weekly look at the top e-commerce news and breaking Amazon stories from around the Web. This week’s round-up includes alleged VAT evasion by some Chinese eBay merchants, Macy’s Thanksgiving advertising plans, eBay’s Super Sunday, a possible free video service from Amazon, Black Friday deals and a rumour […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\neFocus \u2013 Top eCommerce and Amazon News: November 28, 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The latest ecommerce news. 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