Ecommerce in India

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…

Online retailers in India are thrilled with the unprecedented boom in the e-commerce sector in India. The Indians are buying online never before and the trend seems to be catching on. The online retail market in India which has been…

Why do you shop online? If you asked that question to a random online user, in all probability you will get the answer – “Because I get good deals and discounts”.  If that’s not the answer, it will be “because I can shop from comfort of…

Have you had Burger King whoppers before? If you are in Delhi, you will soon be able to relish those 5 inch mouth-watering Whoppers. Burger King is opening their first store at Select City Walk mall in Saket, New Delhi on  November 9th.…