https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/starboard-value-lp/ Ecommerce Industry News Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:56:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/starboard-value-lp/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/02/16/uk-cites-facebook-in-ebay-classifieds-anti-competition-ruling/ Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:56:00 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17735 In February 2020, activist investor Starboard Value LP stepped up pressure on eBay to sell its classifieds unit. One year later, the sale of eBay Classifieds Group to Adevinta hit a snag due to regulators in the UK. eBay announced Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/04/16/ebay-board-appeases-activist-investors-with-its-ceo-pick/ Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:04:15 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=15870 Activist investor Starboard Value LP is easing off on its pressure against eBay, which issued a press release today containing a joint statement from the two companies. Last month, Starboard Value had nominated four candidates to the eBay board, which Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/03/20/ebay-ceo-to-employees-our-sellers-depend-on-us/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/03/20/ebay-ceo-to-employees-our-sellers-depend-on-us/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2020 13:28:58 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=15703 eBay Interim CEO Scott Schenkel sent an email to all employees on Thursday in response to the action taken by activist investor Starboard Value LP. In it, he asked them to stay focused, acknowledging that it wasn’t easy given the Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/03/20/ebay-ceo-to-employees-our-sellers-depend-on-us/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/03/19/ebay-calls-starboard-actions-unreasonable-and-detrimental/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/03/19/ebay-calls-starboard-actions-unreasonable-and-detrimental/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:32:15 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=15697 eBay responded to a letter its Board of Directors received this morning from activist investor Starboard Value LP pressuring it to hire an outside candidate for its CEO position and add four new members to its Board of Directors. Starboard Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/03/19/ebay-calls-starboard-actions-unreasonable-and-detrimental/feed/ 5 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/03/19/ebay-pressured-to-fill-ceo-spot-and-add-four-to-board/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:18:53 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=15694 Activist investor Starboard Value LP made public its demands to eBay that it hire an outside candidate for its CEO position and add four new members to its Board of Directors. In a letter today to Thomas Tierney, eBay’s Chairman Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/02/04/ebay-responds-to-starboard-critique-committed-to-driving-value/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/02/04/ebay-responds-to-starboard-critique-committed-to-driving-value/#comments Tue, 04 Feb 2020 19:56:38 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=15397 eBay issued a statement in response to a letter from activist investor Starboard Value LP to its Chairman Thomas Tierney and interim CEO Scott Schenkel – see this morning’s Newsflash article (“Starboard to eBay: Sell Classifieds, Cut Marketplace Costs“). In Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/02/04/ebay-responds-to-starboard-critique-committed-to-driving-value/feed/ 3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/02/04/starboard-to-ebay-sell-classifieds-cut-marketplace-costs/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/02/04/starboard-to-ebay-sell-classifieds-cut-marketplace-costs/#comments Tue, 04 Feb 2020 14:55:57 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=15393 Activist investor Starboard Value LP stepped up pressure on eBay to move faster to separate its eBay Classifieds Group and to cut eBay Marketplaces costs. It also voiced its support for Managed Payments and eBay’s initiative to increase revenue from Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/02/04/starboard-to-ebay-sell-classifieds-cut-marketplace-costs/feed/ 7