{"id":1013042,"date":"2026-06-09T08:20:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1013042"},"modified":"2026-06-09T08:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T03:13:27","slug":"uk-competition-watchdog-launches-probe-into-ebays-purchase-of-depop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/06\/09\/uk-competition-watchdog-launches-probe-into-ebays-purchase-of-depop\/","title":{"rendered":"UK competition watchdog launches probe into eBay&#8217;s purchase of Depop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK competition regulator on Monday launched a probe into eBay&#8217;s $1.2 billion purchase of \u200cGen \u2060Z-focused fashion \u2060resale platform Depop from Etsy.<\/p>\n<p>The deal was \u200bannounced earlier this year and is expected \u200bto help \u2060Etsy double \u200cdown \u200bon \u200bits core handmade \u2060and vintage goods marketplace in \u200bpursuit of a \u200bturnaround.<\/p>\n<p>The firm has been grappling with softer demand and strong \u200ccompetition from online e-commerce platforms such \u200bas \u200bAmazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK competition regulator on Monday launched a probe into eBay&#8217;s $1.2 billion purchase of \u200cGen \u2060Z-focused fashion \u2060resale platform Depop from Etsy. The deal was \u200bannounced earlier this year and is expected \u200bto help \u2060Etsy double \u200cdown \u200bon \u200bits core handmade \u2060and vintage goods marketplace in \u200bpursuit of a \u200bturnaround. The firm has been grappling with softer demand and strong \u200ccompetition from online e-commerce platforms such \u200bas \u200bAmazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1013042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-economic-times","category-newspapers","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1013042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1013070,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013042\/revisions\/1013070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1013042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1013042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1013042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}