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Flipkart beats Amazon, launches Flipkart First
Global giant Amazon offers Amazon Prime to its customers in the West, subscribers of which are eligible for special bene...
Flipkart bets big on Furniture in 2016
Online marketplace leader, Flipkart recently released a detail analytic study of its customers in 2015 called Fliptrends...
Snapdeal to launch new and improved Content Sheet for faster listings
Content is one of the most crucial aspects of a product listing. To maintain uniformity in terms of a structure and ensu...
Flipkart, Amazon eager to serve India’s largest buyer through Govt. e-Marketplace
Ecommerce seems to be a hit with everyone even the Indian government. Back in July, last year, the country’s ecommerce m...
eBay’s Made-for-India payment service PaisaPay to travel the world
In the online digital industry, we have seen technology being imported from other countries and implemented in India. Th...
The importance of Images in eCommerce Listings
Nitya, a student counsellor and an avid online shopper says, “I might buy a product if it doesn’t have an extensive desc...
Another FMCG major, Himalaya adopts aggressive ecommerce strategy to expand business
Healthcare brand Himalaya Herbal witnessed a 123% rise in sales after collaborating with ecommerce leaders Flipkart, Ama...
Household, grooming and toiletry products to sell more online
Though statistics have declared electronics and fashion as the leading categories online, there is another product categ...
2.5 crore Online Buyers in India : IAMAI report
Although the final report is yet to be released, scheduled for next month, and results are still being collated, figures...
Online marketplaces’ cashbacks distort level-playing field: RAI
Retailers Association of India (RAI) has said that cashback or the money-back guarantee offers made by marketplace ecomm...
Indian online selling market to hit $38bn in 2016, ASSOCHAM
The e-commerce industry in the country is likely to be worth $38 billion by 2016, a 67 per cent jump over the $23 billio...
Mobile payments easier on Jabong with MobiKwik
The strengthening relation between ecommerce and mobile phone devices is nothing new. The growing popularity of the mobi...
NDTV to enter ecommerce, compete with favourites
Indian ecommerce seems to be looking at an influx of funds. According to this report by Business Line, NDTV Ethnic Retai...
Zivame converting to single brand retail for FDI benefit?
In 2015, the Indian government loosened the FDI policy for single-brand etailers with foreign funding. The amendment to...
Fund crunch pushes Roadrunnr to rethink running for ecommerce delivery
Roadrunnr seems to be facing a crisis. The start-up, which focuses on hyperlocal delivery, is considering dropping its s...
Bridging the offline-online gap.. Home Trial rooms
Despite the gigantic leaps by major e-commerce players, customers’ need to feel and touch products before purchasing the...
Are you set for the Valentine’s Day rush? 5 things to keep in mind!
Valentine’s Day -one of the most popular occasions worldwide- is celebrated by giving gifts to loved ones. Until a few y...
Indian ecommerce can have one Flipkart only; etailer takes action for copyright infringement
Ecommerce superstar Flipkart is doing everything in its power to take its business to the next level and become the best...
Want more customers? Get your product images right!
It is a well-known fact that Indian consumers are extremely peculiar and ecommerce has had several hurdles to overcome b...
CAIT to launch ecommerce portal for local traders; finally, relief to the online-offline tussle?
Ever since the popularity of online retail soared higher, there’s been an ongoing battle between offline and online reta...
Online Grocery not so hyper anymore; time to prove its mettle
In the past few months, several online grocery businesses either shut down or scaled down. Some of them are:Cab aggregat...
Men spend more money online than women; Shoes, clothes preferred products
Well, it looks like the tables have turned! The general trend that is observed at leading fashion marketplaces is that m...
CCI dismisses unfair trade complaint against 23 e-tailers
Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has rejected a complaint that alleged unfair trade practices...
Flipkart Plus Myntra Beats Jabong, Amazon as Most-Visited Retail Site: Report
With increasing number of people preferring to shop online, the retail category penetration has increased to 65 percent...
India Post to launch own online marketplace!
When technology brought people closer, the traditional post system took a bad hit. However, it is ironic that ecommerce...
Paytm working to reduce logistics costs, delivery time minus own warehouses
Leading ecommerce company Paytm is looking at putting Rs. 500 crores in its fulfilment centres, in a bid to bring down t...
Ecommerce to be regulated by various government bodies
Since a while now, we have been harping about the importance of the Indian government creating a guiding framework for e...
AskmeBazaar to take on online food stores and pharmacies with new launches
AskmeBazaar, the lifestyle marketplace, is looking at moving into the food and healthcare segments. The company is plann...
High-value shoppers prefer Flipkart over Amazon; but would Bezos win eventually?
Do you remember Flipkart’s co-founder Binny Bansal’s indirect jab at Amazon where he said, “We did not se...
Stay order on entry tax in West Bengal; Temporary relief for Flipkart
Entry tax is the latest trend in ecommerce. One by one Indian states are deciding to impose a tax on online goods crossi...
FirstCry, baby care etailer, secures $26 million funding
The multiple investments in the ecommerce sector are testimony to the famous saying, “Actions speak louder than words.”...
Watch out Indian Etailers, Japan’s Rakuten is coming soon!
Exciting times are ahead for the Indian ecommerce industry. After Alibaba, it is reported that Japan’s ecommerce leader...
Lenskart to invest Rs100 crore to open 400 stores in two years
Ratan Tata-backed eyewear retailer Lenskart plans to invest over Rs100 crore on business expansion, including opening of...
Snapdeal will now sell affordable homes too!
In one of the latest developments in the real estate market, e-commerce giant Snapdeal has entered into a partnership wi...
Centre to announce New Rules for the sale of packaged goods via ecommerce
The number of complaints against ecommerce companies is on the rise. Compared to the 1,300 registered back in December t...
Snapdeal introduces Scan & Sell feature on seller mobile app
Just last week, we heard about Snapdeal’s soon-to-be-launched improved Content Sheet to facilitate faster listings for s...
GST compel sellers to take their pick from discounting or loss
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is all set to be rolled out in July 2017. This would alter the tax structure...
Shopping top reason for Indians to access internet; average spend Rs 9,400: Survey
Only 61 per cent of consumers falling in the age bracket 46-50 have shopped online in the past year, while only 37 per c...
Online discounts on branded apparel show significant drop
Every product, service or industry goes through various stages of life cycle, from Introduction, Growth to Maturity. It...
Discounts-block on etailers paves way for Future Retail’s Brand Factory
Last month Kishore Biyani’s Future Group took a dig at Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon with their print ad campaign. The c...
Channel conflicts in the times of E-commerce
Channels have traditionally existed to solve the problems of cash flow. Some giants like Apple have outgrown the cash fl...
Attention eBay Sellers! Product Categories to Undergo Changes!
eBay India announced on April 6, they would introduce changes to a variety of product categories. These alterations will...
Mahindra Group acquires BabyOye, baby care etailer
The baby care segment seems to be the hot product category in the ecommerce space now. Just two days back, we heard abou...
HUL opens warehouse doors to etailers at discounted rates
Indian consumer goods legacy company Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has announced that ecommerce companies can use its...
GST to bring registration hassles for etailers & small seller depletion?
The goods and services (GST) regime is expected to take root from 1st July 2017, but it appears that the...
DHL bets big on India; To test ecommerce business model
Logistics is the hardest nut to crack in the list of challenges e-commerce entrepreneurs face. Recently, this has also b...
Infibeam introduces a unique logistics service, ShipDroid
Ahmedabad based ecommerce portal, Infibeam has been in business for over 7 years. With each passing year they have evolv...
E-Commerce Packaging Ideas Your Customers will Love
For a customer, receiving a package from the online retailer is supposed to be a wonderful experience. It is like receiv...
Gujarat Handloom Corp to launch e-commerce portal; inks MoU with eBay
Gujarat State Handloom and Handicraft Development Corporation (GSHHDC) will soon launch its own e-commerce portal under...
