Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Verdon is a veteran retail reporter based in Northern New Jersey. Michaels sees its MakerPlace by Michaels online marketplace ...

Amazon continues to try to turn the screws on its competition through its scale, and now it’s the turn of Handmade, the e-commerce giant’s marketplace for arts and crafts that competes most closely ...

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Consumers have embraced and benefited from mass-produced products like smartphones, but at the same time, they increasingly long for things to set them apart. And that has translated to opportunities ...

Etsy Inc., the "eBay of handmade goods," is reportedly planning to offer an IPO in the next three months. Pictured is CEO Chad Dickerson. Reuters Etsy is reportedly planning to raise about $300 ...

Etsy creators are out here killing it with the handmade crafts on the big screen. In this video, ‘Stranger Things’ costume ...

An online marketplace for creative and artistic souls, Etsy takes the scam out of working from home and lets buyers and sellers come together for custom-made treasures not available anywhere else.

It’s boom times in the crafts business. Since the start of last year, the market value of Etsy Inc. has nearly quadrupled. In that same time period, three former colleagues at Square Inc. started an ...

Etsy has gotten very big, very fast. This year, sales are at about $800 million. "Their growth on all the major metrics you want to look at has accelerated really consistently," says journalist Rob ...