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ASCI Raps Flipkart, Snapdeal, Uber & 79 Others For Grossly Misleading Ads
Ahead of the second edition of their Big Billion Day Sales extravaganza, Flipkart has received a major jolt to their advertising campaign. The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has taken severe note of the misleading…
Flipkart’s Big Billion Day Sale 2015 Will Be App-Only This Year; Litmus Test For App-Only Model!
Flipkart has announced that their Big Billion Sale would be repeated this year; but there is a twist. Only those customers who are on their mobile app are eligible to shop. Desktop users have been excluded from participating from this…
WS Retail’s Logistics Division Has Been Bought Back By Flipkart Ltd; Is It Preparation For IPO…
Flipkart Ltd., the parent company of India’s homegrown ecommerce portal Flipkart.com, which is based in Singapore, has bought back the shares of their logistics business from WS Retail. Business analysts are predicting that this move…
Online Sale of Goats & Cattle Gain Popularity on Classified Sites Like Olx & Quikr; Sparks…
As more and more Indians are able to access Internet, more and more traditional purchases are being converted into online sales. And the latest to hit this trend are goats, cows and buffaloes.
We can see on online classified sites…
Snapdeal Introduces Fastest Refund Policy – Get Money Back in 60 Mins Flat!
Except in some rare cases, everything which is available online, is also available offline; then why should a customer choose Snapdeal or Flipkart or Amazon over the neighborhood departmental shop or the mall which is just 30 minutes…
Companies With Manufacturing Units in India May Now Get to Sell Products Directly Online
In a move that can turn out to be a big boon to manufacturers, the Union Cabinet is likely to take a decision on allowing foreign and domestic companies with manufacturing units in India to sell their products through online portals…
Amazon Adds 7 New Fulfillment Centres Across India Taking Total Tally To 20
Amazon India today announced that it has added seven new Fulfillment Centres (FCs) across India to meet the growing needs of its fast-growing seller base. The new New Fulfillment Centres have been opened in Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata,…
Flipkart May Stop Selling Ebooks; 3 Reasons Why It’s a Bad Business Decision
Indian publishing market is abuzz with rumors that Flipkart is exiting ebooks business. At a time when Indians are finally warming up to the notion of reading books via digital ink, this is certainly negative news for the industry as a…
Delhi Govt. Declares VAT As Mandatory For All Local Online Retailers; Violation Attracts Fine Of Rs…
All Delhi based online retailers are henceforth mandated to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) to the Delhi Government; failure of which can result a fine of Rs 50,000.
Although ecommerce marketplaces, such as Flipkart, Snapdeal, Amazon have…
Scootsy Partners with India Book Distributors to Deliver Books in 1 Hour Flat in Mumbai
Online ordering has become the most convenient for of shopping these days. Ordering grocery through apps, which reaches you within 90 minutes was the recent trend that everyone was falling in for with the spread of apps like Grofers and…
49 Out Of Top 50 Indian Ecommerce Applications Are Vulnerable To Attacks [Wake Up Call]
As per IAMAI’s research, Indian eCommerce market will cross Rs 1 lakh crore mark by the end of 2015 and within this segment, mobile commerce is reflecting the fastest growth. In 2013, only 10% of Indian phone users had a smartphone, and…
Now, Rent or Buy A Private Jet and Helicopter Online With Droom; Fares Start From Rs 1,48,200
In March this year, when Snapdeal started offering luxury yachts through their online marketplace, we had assumed that India has reached the pinnacle of online luxury market.
But we were wrong then.
Droom, which claims to be…
Amazon Enters Refurbished Smartphone Sales With Surpluss Partnership!
Just last month Surplus.in was in the news as it was sketching up plans to cash in on the increasing demand of refurbished goods. It had drawn its own estimates about the growth in the segment in the next 5 years. The global market for…
Flipkart Launches Ping, an in-app Chat Service To Bring Social Online Shopping Experience
In real world, girls hop on shopping spree with friends. This activity is a fun one, believe me you, just like any other social gathering! However, when you shop online, it is a lonely experience, it’s just you and your head in front of…
Soon You May be Able to Buy Medicines Online, Govt to Consider Revising Drugs Act
Many ecommerce companies were lately under scanner of the regulatory board for selling medicines online. Now suddenly diverging from that, the government is looking forth to ‘modifying the Drugs and Cosmetics Act’, so that the ecommerce…
Flipkart One Stop Launched in 20 Cities, A Support Platform For Sellers
Out of 30,000 registered merchants / sellers on Flipkart, 90% are small businesses. In order to assist them and help them grow, Flipkart has launched a support and consultancy platform called Flipkart One Stop or F1 Stop.
Flipkart…
Global E-commerce Industry Makes $1.2M Revenue Every 30 Seconds: Study
Social networking is playing a major role in growth of e-commerce. Advertisers now swear by remarketing, boosting the revenue of the e-commerce industry. Mobile payment companies with their luring offers are making buyers irresistible.…
Flipkart Drags Nikon To Court Over Cautioning Consumers Against Shopping From Online Portals
The war over warranty for products bought via online portals has resumed; and this time there is some serious legal implications.
Last year in the month of June, Nikon had put an advisory note on their website, stating that Flipkart…
Ebay Sellers Can Now Get Collateral Free Loans Upto Rs 1 Crore From Capital Floats
The marketplace model is now geared towards empowering the sellers so that the platform keeps growing. And the latest to join this bandwagon is Ebay.
In order to make their sellers more powerful and independent, Ebay has teamed up…
eCommerce Firms to Give Credit Score To Customers Based on Their Online Purchases
Say hi to the new kid in the eCommerce town! Credit rating mechanism is here to make online shopping easier (and difficult to a few) for Indians. The eCommerce giants in the country are putting up quite some innovative techniques.…