LinkedIn showcases Hiring Assistant to rival Indeed’s Talent Scout
Integration with Teams expected in the coming months
Consolidation is moving across HR tech quickly

It’s conference time in recruitment, and that means travel for the AIM Group. Firs...

Incredibly, CoStar Group has posted a 58th consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue gains, with its burgeoning data and marketplaces businesses growing and making a profit, according to the company’s Q3 2025 earnings release. The U.S.-based proper...

HackAJob built and trialed agentic voice agents over six months
Agents recorded productivity gains in candidate sourcing, matching, hiring
Agentic system handles 15,000 conversations, 70,000 matches weekly

Tech-focused recruitment marketplace HackAJ...

Idealista attacks poor regulatory environment
Company pulled out of Kyero deal due to ‘complications’
Spanish politicians regularly criticize property portals

The Spanish government believes property marketplaces are partly to blame for the country’...

A hyper-localized approach for entry-level roles
Jobs segment more attractive under current U.S. presidency
But can “older” Facebook attract younger demographic?

Meta has stepped back into the job-posting business, launching “Local Jobs on Facebook”...

Sneaker resale industry to reach $30 billion plus in 2030
U.S., Asian markets lead the way, as investors pile in
General marketplaces need big pockets to compete

Sneaker resale: It’s bigger than you think.
By creating dependable authentication mecha...

Rules, directives push companies toward circular business models
Countries make companies responsible for products at end-of-life
Brands, retailers, marketplaces can lobby to support recomme

Recommerce, as an industry keeping products out of landfil...

Recommerce in Southeast Asia hasn’t reached the stage of maturity where a ThredUp-type model enabling brands to sell secondhand or deadstock online with end-to-end infrastructure is possible yet.
“We’re not seeing that kind of traction, and there’s m...

Recommerce expected to grow at 10.2% CAGR during the next five years
Secondhand displacing sales of new products but returns remain an issue
Brands, retailers and marketplaces vie for position to own the resale space

Recommerce is growing fast. The ...

In 2025, the global recommerce market is worth $211 billion
The market is expected to grow at 10.2% annually to 2029
Fashion, books, consumer electronics and phones are the largest verticals

Thirty years ago, Pierre Omidyar sold his broken, used...

Despite talking the talk on AI, many real estate marketplaces are still not walking the walk, while a failure to map properties or provide commute time information are among other industry-wide deficiencies. These are among the main conclusions of On...

Mobley vs. Workday case places spotlight on AI hiring bias
Regulations in U.S. and EU slow to catch up with AI adoption
As cases mount, stakeholders need to decide who’s accountable

AI adoption has been slower among the world’s leading recruitment m...

LAS VEGAS --- It wasn’t the HR Tech show. It was the AI Everywhere show.

It was tough finding an exhibitor that didn’t tout its use of AI in some way, among the 430 vendors showing off their stuff at HR Tech a few weeks back. It was overrun by AI. B...

● Lawsuits seek ‘reconstruction’ of former RentPath business
● Redfin rental ad deal is important but not critical for Zillow
● Legal troubles benefit CoStar Group as it defends its rentals lead
Zillow’s rental business, a flourishing area of growth ...

Fake applications are driving the need for stronger applicant verification
AI is declining applicant commitment and increasing ghosting rates
Application relevance becoming key metric for allocating recruitment spend

The rapid adoption of AI tools h...

Scout24 to acquire Fotocasa, Habitaclia property sites from EQT in $178M deal
Market reaction muted. Investors don’t see much synergy with DACH business
EQT to grow and flip remaining Adevinta assets through its Idealista playbook

It’s a deal that c...

Mobile.de’s online buying exit reaffirms Auto1’s European retailing dominance
Numerous digital retailers have failed across both Europe and the U.S.
Analysts expect a hybrid future: digital steps combined with dealer handshake

Mobile.de, the Adevint...

Horizontal giant to focus on agents and AI
It leads in France by traffic, but behind on revenue
Property focus likely for an eventual IPO or sale

LeBonCoin is looking to real estate as a major growth driver. The France-based classified giant, and th...

New ‘scout’ products, an upsell on sponsored jobs
Impressive night entertainment with jazz band
Two high-priced speakers brought in for keynotes

NEW ORLEANS --- Indeed rolled out four new (or newish) products at its Indeed FutureWorks conference, ex...

Hiring, skills services to be used for data gathering
Growing user base is also integral in the LLM race
Move to dominate the job board space is unlikely

OpenAI’s plans to develop a job board and certification program has kicked off the most dynamic...