Ecommerce in India

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…

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…

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one" - (John Lennon’s “Imagine” ; A sign outside the conference room of Paytm’s Noida headquarters) Paytm has some huge, massive plans for Indian ecommerce; and Vijay Shekhar Sharma,…

India Post is arguably the largest postal network in the world with a network of approximately 1.55 lakh post offices across the country. While most of you may still think that India Post is that large laid-back government organization…

After Reliance Industries and Birla Group, it’s the turn of Tata Sons to get smitten by the ever-burgeoning ecommerce market in India. As per reports coming in, Tata Sons has confirmed that ecommerce is their next destination. When a…

Soon, Indian consumers could buy Mutual Funds online on ecommerce sites similar to Flipkart, Snapdeal, Amazon and others – Market regulator SEBI (Securities & Exchange Board in India) plans to soon issue norms that will allow…

Roadrunnr, India’s leading B2B hyperlocal logistics company has launched a new service called ‘Mailbox’ in order to resolve issues and reduce costs of missed deliveries to customers who order their products online. Mailbox is…

Amazon, which has already surpassed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in USA, is not quite popular for posting profits during their quarterly reports. In fact, after being founded in 1994, they posted their first profits after 7…

Flipkart, India’s lighthouse ecommerce platform has had a bumper Big Billion Day sale in 2015. According to a top Flipkart executive, they sold more than $200 million (approx Rs. 1300 Crore) worth of Mobile phones during the five-day…

It’s interesting to see how behaviour of online buyers’ differs from country to country – while majority of online shoppers in Japan rely on search engines to find products online, when it comes to Indian shoppers, majority of them rely…