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eBay will begin hiding Apparel & Footwear listings beginning in July unless they conform to its size requirements. eBay informed developers of the change, calling it a Size Standardization.

Update: "Apparel & Footwear listings with non-standard, missing, or incomplete size information may be blocked or hidden starting July 2026. Normalization begins in June."

eBay said the size standardization for Apparel & Footwear listings on eBay was a step toward improving listing quality, buyer trust, and overall marketplace performance, and said the update would apply to listings created via APIs, File Exchange, and third-party tools. Presumably, eBay will require sellers who create their listings manually to also conform to the new standards.

"Starting from June 2026, eBay will begin automatically normalizing existing listings with high-confidence size values (e.g., "Small" → "S") and flagging low-confidence or invalid entries (e.g., "See description" or "N/A").

"Starting from July 2026, all new and existing listings with non-standard, missing size values, and/or condition values will be blocked from the site or placed on hold."

eBay said it would handle normalization of high-confidence values automatically, and flag low-confidence or invalid entries. "Starting from July 2026, all new and existing listings with non-standard, missing size values, and/or condition values will be blocked from the site or placed on hold."

See the eBay announcement at:

https://developer.ebay.com/updates/blog/size-standardization

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Cohen told Business Insider's Sarah Needleman last week: "I'm going to continue doing whatever I need to do in order to buy the business." {He did state that he would go directly to the stockholders and make a hostile play, if need be.}

GameStop offered to acquire eBay for $125 a share in a cash-and-stock deal. For the cash portion, it pointed to roughly $9.4 billion on its balance sheet and a "highly-confident letter from TD Securities for up to $20 billion."

Cohen, who wants to serve as CEO of the combined company, said in his proposal that he could deliver $2 billion of annualized cost reductions within 12 months of the deal closing.

He added that GameStop's roughly 1,600 US retail locations would give eBay a "national network for authentication, intake, fulfillment, and live commerce."

{The story excerpts are from Business Insider. You can read the full story there (Google it)}

They've supposedly been quietly buying eBay stock with plans to go directly to the shareholders if eBay isn't receptive. Of course, the WSJ sources are unnamed, and eBay is still under a monitoring order with the DOJ, which would add an extra layer of compliance. Seems like a long shot. But stranger things have happened. I guess time will tell.