Nik Flegont | September 23, 2025 | Horizontals, People
Russia-based classified giant Avito has appointed Ekaterina Nemchenko as chief people officer (CPO) effective October 1, the company has said in its Telegram... Nik Flegont | September 22, 2025 | Real Estate, Horizontals, PropTech / IBuying
The leading China-based real estate marketplace Beike and IT giant Tencent have deepened their collaboration in areas such as public cloud, AI, and real-time audio... Hasan Aga | September 21, 2025 | Horizontals
Classifieds site Soum has announced an integration with fintech company Arib that it says will allow users to complete transactions in a secure and convenient... Nik Flegont | September 19, 2025 | Horizontals, Financials / Deals
Shareholders of Russia-based IT giant Yandex have approved a dividend payment of RUB80 ($1.00) per ordinary share, representing a yield of 1.9%. The total payout... Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | September 19, 2025 | Horizontals
Danggeun Market Inc., which operates South Korea’s leading secondhand marketplace Daangn.com, has introduced a new Buy Now option for its secondhand goods... Lars Herlin | September 19, 2025 | Horizontals, Financials / Deals
Norway-based classifieds group Vend Marketplaces SA (formerly Schibsted Marketplaces) has issued its pre-silent newsletter for Q3 2025. The company said it... Lars Herlin | September 19, 2025 | Horizontals, Financials / Deals
Norway-based Vend Marketplaces SA has agreed to sell fintech subsidiary Lendo Group (Lendo, Compricer and MyBanker) to Sweden-based Clar Global AB for NOK 1.0... Damian Shore | September 18, 2025 | Horizontals, People
Roman Campa (above) stepped down from his roles as CEO of Adevinta Spain and executive vice president of parent company Adevinta in May, the AIM Group has learned.... Nik Flegont | September 17, 2025 | Horizontals, People
The largest Russia-based classified Avito has appointed Ilya Filonenko CPO of its fintech division. He will be responsible for developing the company's financial... Ignacio Landivar | September 17, 2025 | Horizontals, Financials / Deals
SMG Swiss Marketplace Group (SMG) --- the operator of ImmoScout24, AutoScout24 and Ricardo.ch --- will hold its IPO on the SIX Swiss Exchange on Friday, Sept. 19,... Andrzej Sowula | September 17, 2025 | Horizontals
Poland-based, Prosus-owned general classifieds site OLX.pl will introduce several updates to its terms of service from Sep. 29. The most significant changes... Nik Flegont | September 17, 2025 | Horizontals
The largest Russia-based classified Avito has experienced a temporary outage due to difficulties delivering internet traffic to the site and mobile app, the... Damian Shore | September 17, 2025 | Horizontals
Alexandre Gilles, operational marketing manager at LeBonCoin (LBC), talked up the value of the data gathered from users by the France-based marketplace horizontal... Greg Spencer | September 16, 2025 | Horizontals
Facebook Marketplace has reintroduced pre-paid shipping labels to sellers in the U.S. after discontinuing them earlier this year. A few Marketplace sellers have... Greg Spencer | September 15, 2025 | Real Estate, Horizontals
Opendoor’s new chairman says the company has a “bloated” workforce and needs to shed 85% of its 1,400 workers in order to weather the ups and down of the housing... Damian Shore | September 15, 2025 | Horizontals
Newspaper El País reports an increase in “users who pose in an unjustifiably sensual manner with the clothes they are (supposedly) selling” on secondhand... Nik Flegont | September 13, 2025 | Horizontals
Avito, the largest classifieds platform in Russia, has added “fair price” advice to seller listings, which it says will help users to set competitive prices and... Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | September 12, 2025 | Horizontals, Financials / Deals, People
Speculation about the potential sale of Israel-based general marketplace Yad2.co.il has intensified, with interested parties reportedly raising their bids. Founded... Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | September 11, 2025 | Horizontals
Correction: Toman to USD conversion is according to Divar’s spokesperson. Iran-based horizontal marketplace Divar.ir has increased its maximum bug bounty by... AIM Group | September 11, 2025 | Real Estate, Horizontals
By Marian McPherson Inman News © 2025 News Corp is ready to slingshot Realtor.com back to the top of the portal heap, this time with artificial intelligence... Damian Shore | September 11, 2025 | Horizontals, Financials / Deals
Barcelona-headquartered general goods marketplace Wallapop saw revenue rise by 13% year on year (y-o-y) to €101 million ($118 million) in 2024, while its loss... Nik Flegont | September 09, 2025 | Horizontals
Russia-based IT companies are ahead of government regulation when it comes to user protection, according to Aleksandr Smirnov, managing director for legal affairs... Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | September 08, 2025 | Horizontals
Danggeun Market Inc., which operates South Korea’s leading secondhand marketplace, has introduced agentic AI to detect fraud patterns and alert them quickly to... Hasan Aga | September 05, 2025 | Horizontals
Saudi Arabia-based used-goods marketplace Soum has added a used-car vertical to its app and website. Users can buy used cars through Soup with a warranty of up to... Lars Herlin | September 04, 2025 | Horizontals, People
Having stepped down as CEO of Sweden-based real estate marketplace Hemnet early this year, Cecilia Beck-Friis (above) has now joined the board of Kivra, a digital... Lars Herlin | September 04, 2025 | Horizontals, People
Ruben Søgaard is to step down from his role as EVP of marketing and sales at Norway-based Vend Marketplaces SA (formerly Schibsted Marketplaces) after nine years,... Lars Herlin | September 04, 2025 | Horizontals, People
Norway-based Vend Marketplaces SA (formerly Schibsted Marketplaces) has appointed Carl Vult von Steyern (above) as director of advertising products and operations.... Damian Shore | September 03, 2025 | Horizontals, Financials / Deals
The 14W fund and some other shareholders in Spain-based transactional marketplace Wallapop have filed a lawsuit challenging the resolutions of the company's board... Prabhu Prasad | September 02, 2025 | Horizontals, Financials / Deals
SMG Swiss Marketplace Group (SMG) --- the operator of such marketplaces as ImmoScout24, AutoScout24 and Ricardo.ch --- has announced plans for an IPO on SIX Swiss... Damian Shore | September 02, 2025 | Horizontals
France-based marketplace horizontal LeBonCoin (LBC) has launched a “print-free” delivery service in collaboration with Mondial Relay. With this new service, which... 
