EBay sees growing risks to business in coming year
 

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online auction leader eBay Inc warned in an annual report on Friday that it faces difficulty getting former customers to return, adding to the normal challenge of attracting new users to its sites.

In its annual shareholder filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, eBay cited a variety of new threats to its business that reflect "changing customers demands."

EBay acknowledged that its main auction business faces slowing growth in each of its top three markets.

"We face challenges in the U.S., U.K. and Germany, which are our three largest markets, as growth of listings, active users and GMV on the eBay.com platform in those countries has slowed," the company said in the regulatory filing.
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*Source: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/techn...696420080301)*

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