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Japanese Ecommerce Giant Rakuten Opens India Office. More Competition?
Japanese E-Commerce giant Rakuten has announced that they are opening up Rakuten India Development and Operations Center (RIDOC) in Bangalore India. They have collaborated with PROLIM Global Corporation, an IT consulting services company…
Flipkart To Bring 50,000 SMEs Online, Signs MoU With FISME & NCDPD
Flipkart has decided to go full throttle in reaching out and helping small and medium scale Businesses (SMEs). In a major step towards complete empowerment of SMEs in India, Flipkart has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with…
Is Flipkart Deliberately Delaying Deliveries To Promote “Flipkart First”?
Flipkart is a lighthouse ecommerce example when it comes to customer service. Before Flipkart came in, customer service in ecommerce was a joke in India. I would not be exaggerating if I said that they were the ones who showed the path to…
Flipkart Starts Offering Scheduled Delivery & Installation Services To Buyers
It is nice to see Indian e-commerce platforms are getting increasingly customer-centric. After recently launching their subscription service, Flipkart First, they have now announced a new feature called “Scheduled Deliveries” that enables…
Flipkart First Service Priced Quite Competitively At Rs. 500 Per Year!
Flipkart had announced their special privilege subscription service – Flipkart First - last month which promised to offer it’s subscribers exclusive benefits and access to priority service. We had expected the service to be priced between…
Flipkart Says NO To FDI In E-Commerce And The Reason Is Quite Amusing!
When the news came in last week that Government may open up FDI in Indian E-Commerce, most of us thought that all ecommerce players in India, the local as well as international players, would be quite excited. The opening up will allow…
Online PC hardware Giant Newegg To Launch In India
Newegg, one of the largest online PC hardware retailers in the world, is planning to expand their e-commerce business by launching in India. Newegg's CMO, Soren Mills, revealed at Computex 2014 in Taiwan that India is one of the six new…
FDI In E-Commerce To Open Up As Early As July!
This surely is a fantastic news – FDI in E-Commerce may open up as early as July and is expected to be announced by the Govt during upcoming 2014-15 union budget, reports Reuters.
FDI in e-commerce has been a subject of discussion for…
Top 10 Indian E-Commerce Sites Traffic Comparison & More
2014 may turn out to be one of the most important years for Indian E-Commerce sector. In first 5 months alone, we have already seen a lot of activity including a big marriage and couple of huge investment rounds. And in coming weeks and…
Snapdeal Expands Same Day Delivery To 15 Indian Cities
In January of this year Snapdeal had made announcement of their express same day delivery service, but it was launched only in 2 cities of Delhi and Gurgaon.
Now, Snapdeal has extended same day delivery service to 15 Indian cities and…
Flipkart Raises $210 Mln More, Now Totals $751 Mln In Funding!
Wow! It’s amazing to see Flipkart’s prowess in raising large funding rounds.
Interestingly, just 4 days back, at the Myntra acquisition press conference Flipkart had announced that they will not be raising any funds, but it seems they…
Indian Ecommerce Set For Explosive Growth; To Generate 50,000 Jobs In The Next 2-3 Years
Hiring in Indian eCommerce market is posed for an explosive growth. As per research accomplished by various HR consultancy firms, it has been revealed that more than 50,000 jobs would be generated in the next 2 to 3 years by Indian…
Flipkart Acquires Myntra! It’s Done
Finally, it has happened!
Wishes of Investors (in Flipkart & Myntra) have come true. Multiple sources and media publications are reporting that Flipkart has picked up majority stake in Myntra.
We have also sent emails to…
Rs 1.2 Lakh Crore Worth Digital Payments Will Be Made By Indians in 2014: IAMAI
In a recent study conducted by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI); National Payments Council of India (NPCI); IMRB, it has been found that Indians will spend Rs 1.2 Lakh crore worth of Digital money by the end of 2014.
Last…
Snapdeal Valued At $1 Billion After Raising $100M Funding
While the online circles have been abuzz with Flipkart’s acquisition of Myntra, there is another significant news in Indian E-Commerce space. Snapdeal, one of the leading marketplace in India has raised $100 million in 5th round of funding…
Is Amazon Missing A Trick Here, While Flipkart Sells Motorola Exclusively?
Motorola came back to India about three months back. In those three months, it has launched three phones until now- Moto X, Moto G and now the latest Moto E.
All the phones have been runaway hits and Moto G was out of stock almost as…
Flipkart Launches Flipkart First, A Special Privilege Subscription Service
E-Commerce in India is evolving at rapid pace and it looks like the battle between the two leading players – Amazon & Flipkart – is heating up. Both of them have announced slew of new features for their customers over past few months…
Another First From Amazon; Directly Buy From Twitter With #AmazonCart Hashtag
Amazon has done it again!
This time, its not the drone or same day delivery mania which is gripping the eCommerce world; but direct integration with Twitter.
Targeted for exclusively Twitter users, using this feature, you can directly…
Why Flipkart & Myntra Are Being Investigated By ED?
Two of the biggest Indian eCommerce portals: Flipkart and Myntra are currently being investigated by Enforcement Directorate (ED) for possible violation of FEMA or Foreign Exchange Maintenance Act. The charges are not yet clear, but it…
Indians Bought Gold Online This Akshay Tritiya; Offline Sales Go Down!
Akshaya Tritiya is an auspicious occasion for Hindus and Jains, who consider this phase as one of the holiest to start new ventures and new activities. Buying gold on Akshaya Tritiya has almost become a tradition as new investment and new…