Ecommerce

Jet.com, which was launched in July, 2015, has been acquired by world’s largest retailer Wal-mart for $3 billion in cash and $300 million in stocks, which would be transferred in a phased manner. This acquisition has been termed as…

Kishore Biyani led Future Group has joined forces with ecommerce behemoth & India’s largest mobile wallet company Paytm to create a mega coalition of offline-online retail: Big Bazaar. This new coalition is all set to shake-up…

Earlier this year, Snapdeal announced partnership with Cleartrip, Redbus, Zomato, Urbanclap and Bookmyshow in a bid to diversify from just being a marketplace to being an aggregator of various offerings. It looks like Snapdeal does…

"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" - Old management proverb HSBC’s Global Report for 2016 forecasts both positive and negative news for job seekers in India. As per the report, ecommerce will act as a catalyst for…

Lured by the incredible potential of on-demand video market in India, and following the footsteps of Netflix, Amazon is all set to take a huge gamble by investing heavily for creating original videos under their Prime brand. As per…

As of 2007, the illegal trade of rare animals and wildlife entities was a $10 billion market in India alone. And if Govt. reports are to be believed, then ecommerce portals are encouraging such illegal trade as the business is booming,…

Amazon Prime is coming to India soon, and while the speculations are rising, Flipkart is gearing up to counter Prime and Fulfilled services with its own premium service, F-Assured. The company probably ran out of names but Flipkart is…

During the late 2000s, one of the prominent policy makers of India joked that the reason IT Industry grew in India was because Govt. was not aware what was happening. And by the time it understood the dynamics of the market, the…

If the first wave of ecommerce was about heavy customer discount and offering candies to lure them; the second wave of ecommerce seems to be about becoming pro-seller and quashing all previous customer expectations. Snapdeal, which…

Checking and shopping online has become our way of life now. We check our favourite ecommerce website before going shopping and also check visit the popular online marketplaces if we don’t find what we need offline. We have now started…