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'Suppliers will kick and scream before they participate...' In the world of B2B auctions, the reverse auction is king. But is that just the buyer talking? Adrian Mello investigates the benefits or ...

E-commerce giant Amazon ($AMZN) said on Thursday that it’s in talks with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) about renewing its partnership before the ...

Saving money has always been a prime directive for successful businesses, and for many people, online reverse auctions may look like an effective e-business tool for doing just that. But research and ...

Lawmakers are marshaling arguments to restrict the contracting tool called a reverse auction, criticizing agency reliance on a practice dominated by a single private firm at a Thursday hearing of the ...

The use of so-called reverse auctions to lower contracting costs at the Veterans Affairs Department and General Services Administration came under tough scrutiny on Wednesday at a House joint ...

GSA's reverse auctions won't have an auctioneer with a gavel, but Steve Kelman wonders if they'll even be fair to other players. (Stock image) As FCW has reported, GSA launched a reverse auction site ...

Amazon is considering a move to deliver its own packages instead of contracting with the United States Postal Service, in a ...

Small companies are increasingly holding their own reverse auctions, according to Jemin Patel, CEO of HedgeHog, a Carmel, Indiana, company that sells auction software. But before you rush to set one ...

Addressing fees and the need for oversight and guidelines would help avoid what one lawmaker called the trap of 'making it up as we go along.' Federal procurement experts told lawmakers that the ...

ome large corporations are participating in online reverse auctions to procure hotel rates, a practice that puts hotels in a very competitive medium and shaves weeks off the traditional RFP process.

In the world of B2B auctions, the reverse auction is king. Reverse auctions are so named because, as the auction progresses, prices are bid down rather than up as they are with ordinary forward ...