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Flipkart’s Letsbuy Acquisition – Consolidation in Indian Ecommerce Begins!

by Arun Prabhudesai on February 9, 2012 |

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Now, if this news is true, it may probably be a game-changer for fast growing Indian E-Commerce space. Last night, Medianama reported that Flipkart will soon be announcing acquisition of Letsbuy.com. Although, there is no official word or confirmation on this acquisition, the news has a good chance of being true. Flipkart …

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Smartphone Market grows 61% in 2011 [Market Share Stats]

by guest
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IDC recently released stats on Worldwide Smartphone market and its growth has beaten analysts expectations as well. According to the the IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, Smartphone manufacturers shipped 157.8 million units in 4Q11 compared to 102.0 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010. The YoY growth of 54.7% was higher than the 49.2% [...]

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5 qualities of top women in Indian corporates!

by Kaushambi
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If you’ve read out earlier feature which covered the top 10 Indian businesswomen last year, then you’ll find this post to be more of an extension of the same. What are the qualities that what have gotten Indian women to the top spots of India Inc? Is it just about having a tough facade, compromising [...]

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Why IKEA may change household furniture Industry in India!

by Kaushambi
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Although the Scandinavian giant IKEA has been trying to come to India since 2000, it hasn’t been able to set itself up yet. And this was mainly because of the tight FDI rules in India until recently. But with the Indian government having finally shifted from a 51 percent foreign ownership cap to 100 percent [...]

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Paradox of thrift: Why a high savings rate is bad for the economy?

by Dr Vikram Venkateswaran
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Let me ask you three questions. Question 1: Do you have high savings? Question 2: Do you save at the expense of putting off critical purchases? Question 3: Do you think that is good for the economy? Well if the …

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Customer Acquisition through Social Media!

by Kaushambi
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It was interesting to read in a recent ET report that auto giants like Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Tata Motors India are planning to make refreshed efforts in 2012 to tap their existing and potential customer base through Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms. As per the report ‘E-Marketing Outlook in India for 2012′ [...]

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Wow! Indians most willing to donate to Wikipedia…

by Arun Prabhudesai
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This is one news that has made me really happy – According to the study published by Wikimedia, Indians have expressed strongest desire to donate to Wikipedia. Over 42% of Indians are willing to donate as compared to 33% Americans. Wikipedia concluded its annual fundraising on January 2nd and raised a record-breaking USD 20 …

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Indian Funding, M&A deals of the Fortnight [23rd Jan - 4th Feb 2012]

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Lets take a look at the funding & M&A deals that in the fortnight starting January 23rd 2012. [Generally, we publish this weekly, but we could not cover it earlier, so we have put up fortnightly deals] Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Jan 23rd to Feb 4th 2012] …

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Indian Real Estate Outlook for 2012!

by guest

Slow sales and a glut of properties are set to hamper the residential real estate market in Mumbai, India, and prices could fall by a further 30% according to analysts at Bonanza Properties. The glut is likely to extend into 2013 as steady streams of new developments are launched on the market; Developers …

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India beats Indonesia to have 2nd largest userbase on Facebook!

by Arun Prabhudesai
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India has added close to 11 Million Facebook users in last 6 months and has now beaten Indonesia to have the 2nd largest userbase on Facebook. According to stats revealed by Social Bakers, a social analytics company, India now has 43.5 million users on Facebook as compared to 43.1 million of Indonesia. Roughly, that stands [...]

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Amazon enters India with Junglee.com Product Ads!

by Arun Prabhudesai
Amazon Product Ads

Amazon has finally made an official India debut, but don’t raise your hopes in anticipation that you will have the similar product buying experience as its parent Amazon.com – infact, far from it. Amazon comes to India as Junglee.com, essentially a shopping comparison engine. According to news broken by Rajat Agrawal of BGR and then [...]

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Indian Mobile Subscriber base reaches 893.84 Million [Dec 11]

by Arun Prabhudesai
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9.47 Million new mobile subscribers were added in December 2011 taking the total tally to 893.84 million as on December 2011. December also registered the highest growth rate since March last year. Past 6-8 months, there had been a constant slide in the Mobile subscriber growth rate. Indian mobile subscriber addition since March …

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Why Should Global Businesses Expand In India?

by guest
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While doing business in India may not be the easiest (this doesn’t in anyway mean that India cannot improve its business friendly policies and initiatives), but it definitely is a place to be in for the future. And as business is a game of return on investment, India over the long term offers unique advantages, [...]

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How could Flipkart respond to the open letter to its founder by a dissatisfied customer!

by Arun Prabhudesai

[Arun’s Note: One of our readers - Mr. Mukesh Gupta - has framed a wonderful post in response to an open letter written to Sachin Bansal, CEO/Founder, Flipkart.com, that we featured few days back. I think Sachin Bansal should definitely take a note of this… I am producing the post verbatim as it has appeared [...]

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Indian Funding, M&A deals of the Week [16th Jan - 22nd Jan 2012]

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Lets take a look at the funding & M&A deals that happened in the week starting January 16th 2012. Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Jan 16th to Jan 22nd 2012] Funded Company / Acquired Company …

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