eBay is focusing on three key themes for consumers this Holiday season:
1. Shop social
2. Shop mobile
3. Shop online

I had told Addison, my 4-year old daughter, that I was anticipating a busy day at the office before I left home last Friday morning. She had told me not to worry, she had given me something for luck and gave me a kiss on the cheek as I walked out the door. It wasn’t until 1:30pm that I opened up a folder out of my bag and found a small drawing of a smiley face and a heart. Exactly what I needed to keep me going through the afternoon.

You see, whenever we have something planned here at eBay HQ it always seems to follow the rule of three (rather than have one significant activity going on, we’ll have at least three). Last Friday was no exception. I arrived at the office on Friday morning to find a film crew set up in our cafeteria, a number of trucks outside, and every large conference room on the first floor of our building was booked for the day for various activities; from a “Women in Tech” meeting to a media presentation for a number of top press representatives from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, etc. To top it all off, we had a number of top Mom and organizational bloggers visiting that I was presenting to
later that afternoon (like they were going to learn anything from me). Needless to say, there was a lot going on.

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