Etsy CEO says company is escaping 'race to the bottom' and getting back to its artisan roots

Now Etsy CEO Josh Silverman wants the company, whose stated mission is to "keep commerce human," to get back to its roots. "We're positioning ourselves to answer the call for original goods and real people by dialing up the things that make Etsy, Etsy," Silverman said. With the changes, Etsy is hoping it can keep buyers and sellers returning to its site at a time when e-commerce is increasingly being dominated by Amazon and upstarts like China-linked Temu and Shein, which provide shoppers with cheap goods d ...