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eBay Enterprise, Inc. (formerly GSI Commerce) is an eBay company since June 20, 2011 specializing in creating, developing and running online shopping sites for brick and mortar brands and retailers. The company also provides a variety of marketing, consumer engagement, customer care, payment processing, fulfillment, fraud detection, and technology integration services. eBay Enterprise has over 500 clients and operates 26 offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. It provides services for companies such as Zales,〔PR Newswire: (Gordon's Jewelers Launches Its First Webstore with E-Commerce Solution Partner GSI Commerce ) May 11, 2007〕 iRobot,〔PR Newswire: (iRobot Selects GSI Commerce for its E-Commerce Solution )〕 Timberland, Ace Hardware, Sports Authority, Dick's Sporting Goods, and RadioShack. ==History== Originally founded by Michael G. Rubin in 1995 as Global Sports Incorporated, the company focused on selling sporting goods and supplies. In 1999 it branched out into clothing and a variety of other categories and changed its name to GSI Commerce in 2002. Toys "R" Us, one of GSI's largest e-commerce partners, chose GSI after suing Amazon.com for breach of its exclusivity contract.〔 In October 2000, GSI acquired FogDog.com, an online sporting goods store. In August 2007, GSI acquired Accretive Commerce, a company with a similar business model, for $97.5 million. In 2008 it was announced that Innotrac, a similar e-commerce company with fulfillment centers located throughout the United States, would be acquired, however, the deal was canceled in January 2009. The company acquired e-Dialog in 2008;〔 as well as Retail Convergence, operators of Rue La La and Smartbargains.com, in 2009.〔 In September 2008, GSI and Timberland reached a settlement of up to $7,000,000 with a class of cell phone subscribers who alleged that they received unsolicited SMS text messages advertising for Timberland.〔''Weinstein v. Airit2me, Inc. et al.'', No. 06-C-0484 (N.D. Ill. 2008)〕 Both Timberland and GSI have denied any wrongful conduct and stated that a completely separate and independent company was responsible for securing the consents of the class members to receive the text messages. The settlement is significant as it is the first nationwide settlement for unsolicited text messages under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. On March 21, 2010, the company and its former CEO, Michael Rubin, were featured on the CBS television series ''Undercover Boss''. On March 28, 2011 it was announced that eBay Inc. would acquire GSI for $2.4B. The deal was closed on June 20, 2011.〔 On June 20, 2013, the company announced that it will be retiring the GSI Commerce name in favor of ''eBay Enterprise''. On July 16, 2015, the Permira-led consortium of buyers includes Sterling Partners, Longview Asset Management, Innotrac Corp and companies owned by Permira funds began process to buy the company. On November 2, 2015 the sale was finalized and is now an independent company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「EBay Enterprise」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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