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Shopclues, A Haven for Pirated Games & Softwares?
While small cases of piracy and illegal copying do not get reported to consumer courts, these scenarios can be easily challenged in the court if a case is made by a user tricked by the sellers.
In a completely shocking post by a…
Flipkart Will Deliver Paytm Orders – 3 Massive Changes Indian Ecommerce Sector May Soon Witness
The equations of Indian ecommerce industry are changing faster than anyone had anticipated. Flipkart’s ‘independent’ logistics arm Ekart will now deliver Paytm orders; and this has the potential to change everything about Indian…
Mumbai Dabbawallas Are Now Successfully Delivering Flipkart’s Products; But English Remains The…
Exactly a year ago, we had reported the partnership between Flipkart & Mumbai Dabbawallas for delivering ecommerce products in the city. We had actually asked the question: Does such partnerships even makes any sense?
Now, after…
Reliance Industries’ Fashion Marketplace AJIO.com Goes Live
Exactly a month back we had reported that Reliance Retail, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, is going to launch an online marketplace for fashion products, and Reliance delivered.
An online counterpart to the brick and mortar…
Ecommerce Robberies Reaches New Level: Fake Mother-Son Duo Dupe Snapdeal Of Rs 8.16L Worth of…
E-commerce robbery in India is now a rising phenomenon, and a new case has emerged which overshadows all previous cases of cheating and fraud. A fake mother-son duo duped Snapdeal and other ecommerce portals of Rs 8.16 lakh worth…
Beware! Credit Cards from Snapdeal, Uber, Ola, MakeMyTrip, Foodpanda etc Are Probably Already Stolen
An Indian security firm has made scintillating revelation about a possible heist of credit card details of those customers who have actively used services from some of the most popular Indian startups. Fallible.co, a security firm which…
Govt. Allows 100% FDI In Marketplace Ecommerce But Restricts B2C; Amazon, Flipkart Stunned Into…
Government of India has issued new notifications related with FDI in ecommerce, under their circular titled ‘Consolidated FDI Policy Circular 2015’ (FDI Policy); and the news is both good and bad for the digital sector.
Going by the…
Alibaba All Set To Enter Indian Ecommerce Market By End of 2016; Govt. Promises‘Full Support’
After heavily investing in Indian startups, Alibaba is now aiming to capture $38 billion Indian eCommerce market; the first steps have already been taken.
As per reports coming in, it was revealed that Alibaba is planning to launch…
Flipkart Bans 250 Sellers Through its ‘Mystery Shopping’ Exercise
Even the biggest e-commerce giants are plagued by fraud sellers and it comes as no surprise that Flipkart started an initiative to identify and blacklist them.
As a part of the Mystery Shopping initiative, started last year, Flipkart…
Indian eCommerce’s Darkest Secret: Amazon Was In Talks With Flipkart for a Possible Acquisition?
If business is equivalent to chess, then the news which we are about to announce can be the checkmate of the game.
ET has claimed that Flipkart was in talks with Amazon regarding a possible takeover of the former by the later. But…
Myntra to Introduce Standardized Size Chart to Reduce Merchandise Returns
Jabong and Myntra are the two leading online players in the fashion apparels industry and have grown faster than other similar firms in the market. The reason lies in the fact that they were one of the first ones to offer such products…
Gujarat, MP, Rajasthan May Also Impose Tax On eCommerce Shopping; Startups Ask: “What is the use of…
On one hand Indian ecommerce industry is excited with the launch of their first ever IPO inside India; there are some states which have become so greedy and insecure of the Internet industry, that their actions may actually kill the…
Infibeam All Set To Launch Indian eCommerce’s First Ever IPO; To Raise Upto Rs 450 Cr At A Valuation…
This is one of those historical, epic moments for the Digital industry, especially eCommerce, in India. Infibeam is about to accomplish a feat which its bigger, bolder rivals like Flipkart, Snapdeal are still planning.
Indian…
Flipkart Takes Uttarakhand To Court for Charging ‘Entry Tax’ to ECommerce Purchases
In a first, Flipkart, India’s largest ECommerce site, has taken state of Uttarakhand to Court for taxing customers when they make purchases online. In January of this year, Uttarakhand went anti-digital and announced that any ECommerce…
Quikr Launches Quikr Doorstep to Provide Online Payments, Pick-up and Delivery
Quikr.com, India’s largest classifieds site today announced launch of Quikr Doorstep, a move to facilitate more ECommerce transactions on the portal. Quikr Doorstep essentially brings convenience of ecommerce to classified listings and…
Amazon India Announces ‘Women only’ Delivery Hubs
It is the International Women's day on 8th March this year, and what can be a better occasion than this for Amazon to embrace the hard-working women of our country.
Amazon India has announced the launch of 'Women only' delivery…
Gang from Punjab Cheats Flipkart Of Rs 80 Lakh; Police Arrests The Gang Members
Ecommerce industry in India is at a nascent stage as of now; and the concerned companies are focussing on making their business model stronger, getting funds and rapid expansion.
But this is creating vulnerabilities in their…
[Update] IIT Candidate Creates Product Listing Resume To Get A Job In Flipkart; Is Rejected
“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” - Ella Fitzgerald
Grabbing the attention of your potential employer is the most treacherous task for the…
Reliance Industries to Introduce Fashion E-Commerce Portal AJIO.com
Having launched two services under its Jio brand, Jio 4G telecom services and digital wallet Jio Money, Reliance Industries is ready to extend the brand further into retail.
Reliance is considering expanding into different…
Flipkart’s Valuation Trimmed Down By Morgan Stanley To $11 Billion; 2 Possible Reasons Which Justify…
No, the bubble hasn’t burst yet; but yes, the bubble is being scaled down so that it survives.
Morgan Stanley, the big American financial services firm has ruthlessly trimmed down Flipkart’s valuation by $4 billion in their recent…