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Amazon, EBay Cash In Big On Cyber Monday Shopping

The biggest online shopping destinations got bigger over the Thanksgiving-to-Cyber Monday holiday shopping period. So says a report issued Tuesday by ChannelAdvisor (ECOM), an e-commerce services company that also tracks sales at some of the Web’s largest companies. No. 1 e-tailer Amazon.com (AMZN) ended Cyber Monday with gross merchandise sales up 46% over the same day last year, says ChannelAdvisor. EBay (EBAY) saw gross merchandise sales rise

Amazon Tests 30-Minute Delivery Via Helicopter Drones

Amazon.com (AMZN), a company that’s diving into everything from tablets and cloud computing to assembling a fleet of trucks to ferry fresh groceries door to door, raised eyebrows Sunday by disclosing that it’s developing its own drone air force to deliver customer orders. Where same-day delivery has been a longtime goal that Amazon, eBay (EBAY) and other online sellers have been working toward, Amazon is envisioning 30-minute to-the-door delivery