Ecommerce

The year 2014 has been an eventful one for various stakeholders of the e-commerce industry. Whether it was investors pouring billions of dollars in the business or players hosting shopping extravaganzas like GOSF by Google, Big Billion Day…

Last week (in article below) it was rumoured that Flipkart had raised around $180 million funding from Hong Kong based Steadview. The rumour had a very conservative number in terms of Funding. Flipkart on Saturday has officially…

There has been a lot of rumors that many people have issues to avail warranties on products that they buy online. A few words in reviews or a thread running with people upset about not getting warranties for their costly phones. However,…

19 year old eBay is considered as one of the biggest ecommerce marketplaces. With 33500 employees, they churned out revenues worth $16.05 billion in 2013, with $41.49 billion assets registered as per their official filings. Ebay…

Microsoft, world’s biggest software company has teamed up with world’s biggest ecommerce portal Amazon to sell their hardware, software and games. This is Microsoft’s first such exclusive store in India. With this exclusive launch of…

It is an established fact that more and more people are now shopping online, assisted by their smartphones. A report by Opera goes on to reveal how consumers are using their mobile phones to do so. It studies consumer behavior while making…

There is no doubt that eCommerce is growing leaps and bounds in India. Shopping online is now becoming common even with not so internet savvy consumers. eCommerce growth has ensured that medium and large companies are able to sell their…

The Great Online Shopping Festival or GOSF has started from today, and the deals and offers are even bigger. Into it’s third year now, GOSF is one of those highly anticipated shopping event within the Indian ecommerce, and the shoppers…

The countdown for GOSF 2014, the biggest loot of the year, has already begun. Starting 10th December, shoppers are going to run the race, the race to get the best products at never-seen-before discounts. The budget has been set aside,…

President of India Pranab Mukherjee has stirred a hornet’s nest this time; and the controversy, which has nothing to do with it’s content, is threatening to snow-ball into a major issue. His new book: “The Dramatic Decade: The Indira…

2014 probably would have been the most fascinating year for e-commerce in India. This year witnessed acquisition of largest fashion e-tailer- Myntra, Reliance’s entry into e-commerce, Flipkart’s Big Billion Dollar Day blunder and many such…

Ecommerce industry in India is going through an exciting phase of exponential growth from all quarters. But there exists two major problems which are hindering it’s all out growth: a) Delivery of orders from rural areas, as there is…

Reserve Bank of India has finalized the guidelines and norms for Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS), which will enable every citizen to pay their different bills under the same window. Thus, from now on, all you need to do is collect your…

Indian eCommerce industry is all set to witness some major fireworks as industry biggies: Amazon and Alibaba are in a major acquisition mode. As per reports coming in from various sources, Amazon is inching towards acquiring Jabong and…

The VC funding money flowing into India’s lighthouse eCommerce portal Flipkart is next to unbelievable. The ToI reports that Flipkart has raised another $500 to $600 million in funding from it’s existing investors at a pre-money valuation…

Based on complaints registered via Twitter, Bangalore Crime Branch took action against a fake ecommerce portal which advertised too-good-to-be-true offers, and then duped ignorant customers. The raid was well documented on Bangalore Crime…

Even though Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal hog majority of limelight, the fact remains that IRCTC is not only the largest eCommerce site in India, but also one of the largest in entire Asia-Pacific region. The kind of transactions that…

Reliance, which is India’s most powerful public company (as per Forbes ‘Global 2000 List’) has launched their first purely ecommerce portal: RelianceFreshDirect.com. They are targeting households in Mumbai who wish to order grocery…

Yahoo India Homepage today shows up a new section called “Shopping” and if you click on it, you will be led to Flipkart’s site, albeit with a purple-blue header which says - Flipkart.com in association with Yahoo India. The site has a…

India’s most powerful and most valuable brand: Tata has some big plans related with ecommerce business, and evidences are in supporting this claim. $104 billion net worth Tata, having a glorious history of 146 years, is now all set to…