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GST enrolment to begin from 25th June for new taxpayers in ecommerce
The impending Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime has disrupted many businesses. Those in ecommerce are no exception. On...
Ecommerce in India: HC seeks Centre’s response on RBI’s circular on e-retail, FDI linkage
Delhi High Court today sought the Centre’s response on a petition challenging a circular by the Reserve Bank of India (R...
Trade bodies up in arms against etailers; DIPP clears air on FDI violations, discounts
With the declaration of discount war by ecommerce leaders, various traders and seller associations have reached out to D...
Flipkart to double value of goods sold as demand rises
Flipkart aims to double the total value of goods it sells to $8 billion this year, two people with knowledge of the plan...
Myntra plans to diversify; faster approach to profitability?
Fashion etailer Myntra will soon add more verticals to its repertoire. The Flipkart-owned app-based company is looking a...
Titan to invest Rs 187 crore in online jewellery retailer Caratlane
We had recently carried an article about how online jewellery is becoming popular online with heavy discounts being offe...
Official verdict on the Paytm vs. Snapdeal case
It’s the day after judgment but Snapdeal owned company Unicommerce hasn’t been nailed against the wall like Paytm hoped....
Online shopping to account for 2/3rd of ecommerce market by 2020: NASSCOM report
The National Association of Software & Services Companies (NASSCOM) in association with Akamai Technologies recently...
Sports apparel and accessories selling fast online
Cricket is the almost as important as religion in India and with the upcoming ICC World Cup, ecommerce is reaping the be...
ASEAN’s online retail market has 25% growth potential: Study
The online retail market in the six ASEAN economies has the potential to grow 25 per cent annually through 2017, a study...
Strictly comply with ecommerce guidelines: govt to online retailers
Government has asked online retailers to strictly comply with the ecommerce guidelines following complaints by offline p...
Ecommerce investors turn focus to profitable growth: CII-Deloitte report
As the e-commerce market grew by leaps and bounds in the last four years, investors have shifted their focus to profitab...
E-grocer PepperTap bites the dust; ‘Logistics Company’ its new identity
Gurgaon-based on-demand grocery delivery service PepperTap has decided to shut down its operations.“We couldn’t shake of...
Online retail market soon to be valued at $70 billion
The Indian ecommerce market is growing fast and how. According to reports recently released, ecommerce market in India i...
Etailers need a year to comply with FDI norms- Financial Experts
The government might have passed the FDI rule, but it may not be possible for ecommerce companies to immediately impleme...
Private labels war – Sellers ask Flipkart, Amazon, ‘Are you marketplace or retailer?’
For online ecommerce biggies Flipkart and Amazon, private labels are the next battleground. Both have launched their own...
Why do youngsters prefer online sites for festival shopping?
Instead of stepping outdoors, youngsters are trawling through shopping websites and loading up their Puja hampers at the...
Snapdeal for single-factor authentication for low value deals
E-commerce major Snapdeal has sought a staggered approach for ushering in single-factor authentication regime for small...
Myntra EORS: Flipkart joins sale bandwagon; Cashbacks to ease supply chain pressure
The pre-GST fashion sale events were projected as Myntra VS Amazon (Fashion). But along with Jabong, the parent company...
Flipkart unintentionally making way for Amazon to rule Indian ecommerce?
Flipkart is in the middle of a crisis. One it can only blame itself for, believes Haresh Chawla, a partner at one of Ind...
Govt defers TDS, TCS under GST to ensure smooth rollout
With just four days left for the rollout of GST, the government has deferred implementation of Tax Deducted at Source (T...
Etailers collaborate with experts to get sellers GST-ready
According to reports, marketplaces haven’t yet managed 100% Goods and Services Tax (GST) compliant seller bases. Amazon...
Seller Zone mobile app makes selling on Snapdeal easier for 30% sellers!
We had predicted that 2015 will be the year of the mobile app and Snapdeal has already made that come true! According to...
Allegations fly back & forth; Will Askme pay sellers?
IOS had recently reported that Askme Bazaar was witnessing sellers quitting the portal. Sellers noted a worrying pattern...
Snapdeal lodges FIR against GoJavas’ ex-promoters; due diligence obstructing merger with Flipkart
In July 2016, IOS reported about how former Jabong executives are under scanner for corporate governance violations. At...
Technology for logistics, buyer base instead of GMV; Is Snapdeal creating new trends?
Snapdeal is undertaking a modification in its operations and approach. The company is working on an online platform for...
Urban Ladder looks for $25 million to fund offline expansion
Urban Ladder claims it will reach profitability in a matter of two years. The online furniture retailer recently closed...
Prepping for Funding War: Flipkart expected to raise Rs 10,500 crore
Flipkart’s business mantra seems to be ‘Show Me The Money’ in order to wade through the intense ecommerce competition an...
Etailers set aside crores for festive sales; will sluggish growth pickup amid regulations?
After wrapping up Independence Day sales, ecommerce companies Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal and others have started the pre...
Etailers depending on website & app to bring in the buyers
Online sellers are quickly realising that conducting their business through only mobile apps is not working well. Foresi...
Ecommerce taxes a means of short term revenue maximization?
Ecommerce in India is hotter than ever. 80 million consumers will shop online this year according to statistics from ASS...
Voonik to focus on products manufacturers for affordable fashion
When selling online it is important to observe customer trends customer trends and devise means to capitalize on th...
Shopclues introduces Cash Before Delivery to solve payment bottlenecks in Tier 2 cities
Infrastructure issues in India places many hurdles and glitches for online retailers, especially for logistics. Although...
E-commerce boom: Handicraft exporters join hands to tap domestic market
Eyeing a pie of growing e-commerce sector in the country, handicraft exporters are joining hands with big portals to tap...
Mr Voonik, the fashion marketplace’s mobile app to impress male shoppers
Last year marked the beginning of the app-fever in ecommerce. Some like Myntra moved to an app-only strategy, while the...
Snapdeal’s Diwali Bumper Sale from Sept 15th – Oct 25th
Post the success of Independence Week offers from August 11th to18th, Snapdeal will have a Diwali Bumper sale from Septe...
Ecommerce investments: Snapdeal due diligence by Flipkart completed; Investors pour money into fintech firms
Last week IOS reported how the due diligence process is obstructing Snapdeal-Flipkart merger and not the minor stakehold...
Furniture brand accuses AskMe’s Mebelkart of copyright infringement
Online furniture and home furnishing marketplace Mebelkart is in the middle of litigation. Furniture group Housefull Int...
Annualised GMV for ecommerce firms in India dips 10% in Q2
Annualised GMV for ecommerce companies in India fell 5-10 per cent in the second quarter of 2016 to USD 13 billion, impa...
Issues around cyber laws pose problems for eCommerce: PwC
Issues around cyber law compliance and “inefficient anti-corruption framework” pose a serious challenges that could weig...
Is online selling getting you more profits than your offline counterparts? But don’t relax just yet!
Questions like “Is offline or online business better” seem to be replaced by statements like “Online selling is the plac...
Ecommerce market for senior citizens fills a much needed gap
Whether it is offline or online retail, there are multiple options for new borns to middle age men and women. However in...
Sellers, etailers spell out the impact of GST on Indian ecommerce
India embraced Goods and Services Tax (GST) on 1st July amidst much fanfare. The transition from multiple taxes to singl...
Amazon agrees to FDI norms to benefit its sellers?
100% FDI in ecommerce has resulted in an ecommerce disruption. The restriction on ecommerce discounts and the 25% sales...
Etailers required to declare MRP, Expiry details on product pages soon
With the recently rolled out Good and Services Tax (GST), online sellers are busy making changes to listings. But this i...
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[Infographic] Why ecommerce is the best way to retail!
We have been repeating a million times over: ecommerce is the next big thing in the retail business and is here to stay!...
Snapdeal enters air travel segment, after online food & bus ticketing
Snapdeal wants to be everywhere! Last month the company had partnered with online food-ordering platform Zomato and bus...
Snapdeal predicted to face losses worth Rs 1500 crore!
This is the eternal paradox of ecommerce success in India. As everyone says online retail is booming in India, online ma...
Marketplaces bar sellers non-compliant with GST; a sales dip likely to occur?
To ensure the smooth roll-out of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the government deferred TDS and TCS under the tax. Th...
