Christmas Creep already as Etsy and eBay run holiday-related marketing

What’s scarier than Halloween? Maybe retailers running holiday ads in mid-September. This week, both Etsy and eBay began running holiday-related messaging. While the latter was poking fun at Christmas Creep—the industry term for holiday merchandise and marketing that takes place far ahead of Thanksgiving—both marketers are trying to draw attention to their brands ahead of the crucial spending season.On Monday, Etsy, the Brooklyn-based crafts marketplace, began running “He