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Flipkart Exits eBooks Business, Rakuten Kobo Will Now Service Flipkart eBooks
As expected, Flipkart has announced that they are formally exiting eBooks Business. They have stopped selling eBooks on their platform and existing users will be transitioned to Rakuten Kobo, the e-book store acquired by Rakuten in…
Ecommerce in India: A Game of Thrones
So Game of Thrones was again in news related to some new characters it will cast for its new season next year. Speculations abound about Jon Snow and hopefully, if alive, he will ‘know something’ worthwhile in the coming season.…
Alibaba Says India Most Important Market Outside China; Launches SMILE Program To Tap 10 Million…
Alibaba has launched yet another specialized program for Indian SMEs, as part of their massive outreach campaign for Indian SMEs. Termed as SMILE (Small and Medium Industries Leveraging Export), this new program will help all Indian…
RBI Effectively Lifts All FDI Restrictions, Including Etail & Retail
By Mahesh Murthy
It came as a surprise to me too - I was sitting with a lawyer friend yesterday and he told me "You guys must be relieved."
I wasn't sure what he meant - and he referred to the new RBI regulations passed on…
Is Indian E-Commerce Digging Itself into a Hole?
The whole Indian e-commerce industry in India best exemplifies the meaning of the phrase “digging itself into a hole”. In some other ways, it also typifies what we call “a zero sum game”, i.e. any which way you do the math, it just…
Myntra Does #MobileWapasi, Relaunch Their Mobile Website; Admission of App-Only Blunder?
After Flipkart admitted their mistake of going app-only and re-launched their mobile website via specially designed mobile browser apps; it is now Myntra’s turn to make a comeback.
First reported by Medianama, it has been revealed that…
Snapdeal Launches ‘Snapdeal Ads’ for Sellers; Attempts To Emulate Alibaba In Generating Ad Revenues
Indian ecommerce is now slowly but gradually entering the more matured phase of growth: the phase where the progress is not determined by the amount of discount offered and GMV churned out, but by generating actual profits from…
Amazon Remains the Most Visited Ecommerce Site in India with 200M Visitors a Month!
Two and half year old Amazon India is now consistently attracting more traffic than the competitors Flipkart and Snapdeal. According to latest data from internet analytics firm Comscore, Amazon India attracted 200 million visitors on…
Users Pull Down Snapdeal App Ratings Due To Aamir Khan’s Strong Political Statement
Aamir Khan is brand ambassador for Snapdeal – Snapdeal obviously got him on board because of popularity and huge fan following. When Amir Khan endorses something, the stature of the brand definitely rises a few notches.
Snapdeal has…
Lala Goes Online – CAIT Launches eLala.biz To Counter eCommerce Rivalry; Only Offline Traders Are…
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting - Sun Tzu
Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), which is lobby of offline traders from across country, was a worried lot till few days back. Online business is…
Large Smartphone Manufacturers May be able to Sell Smartphones Online Directly to Customers
About a couple of months back, Xiaomi opened its own local manufacturing unit in India to produce ‘Made in India’ phones and capture the market, where cheaper phone are in great need. According to reports, Global smartphone…
Paytm Rakes in Rs 300 crores During 3 Day Diwali Sale!
Paytm, primarily a mobile payment services major seems to have had a Good Diwali. The Paytm Diwali sale, which was held between 3rd November and 5th November, generated revenues of Rs 300 Crores across all categories.
The…
Snaptrends, Snapdeal’s New Fashion Forecasting Service for Apparel Merchants
Only last week we were talking about Snapdeal’s new browser website Snap-Lite, and Snapdeal has taken no time in launching another service, this time for apparel merchants. Dubbed as Snaptrends, the service has the ability to forecast…
Snapdeal Reports 10,000 Registrations During Diwali Home Buying Fest
Snapdeal seems to be on a roll this year, and everything seems to be falling in place for them. Starting from announcing record-breaking 60 minutes refund policy, which ensured monetary safety for customers, to receiving more than five…
Snapdeal Responds to Flipkart Lite with Snap-Lite
It has not even been a week since the launch of Flipkart lite, a mobile website which has been reintroduced for the purpose of garnering more sales, and Snapdeal has responded back with a snappier Snap-Lite. This mobile website has been…
Return of Maggi Is A Super Hit; Snapdeal Sells 7,20,000 Packs of Maggi In 5 Minutes
Two aspects worked brilliantly at the same time: The return of Maggi and the concept of flash sales by Snapdeal. After being banned in the month of June by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Maggi made a grand…
Flipkart Admits App-Only Mistake, Brings back Mobile Browser Website!
When a startup gets billion dollar valuations, great press coverage and huge number of orders, then they somehow begin to feel that they can change basic customer behavior. In this arrogance, they start pushing their own version of sale…
Snapdeal Advances into Auto Space; Launches Snapdeal Motors
This year in January, Snapdeal had ventured into online retail of automobiles, specifically motorcycles. Initially only Hero Motocorp bikes and scooters could be purchased online on Snapdeal. Fast forward 10 months, Snapdeal has…
40% Products Sold Online In China Are Fake; Alibaba Alone Sold $45B Of Counterfeit Products In 2014!
China’s state-run news agency Xinhua published a report on implementation of “Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Consumers”; and there is some alarming revelations in that report.
It has been found that more than…
Google Shuts Down GOSF, The Great Online Shopping Festival
The much awaited, the much talked about GOSF or The Great Online Shopping Festival conducted by Google will not make its appearance in 2015… Google has killed it!
The GOSF was started by Google to bring shopping days like Cyber…