Flipkart hires Google veteran to head product development at Myntra

Myntra, part of Flipkart, appointed Ambarish Kenghe as Senior Vice President and Head of Product. Ambarish will start working at Myntra’s Bengaluru headquarters by the end of this month and will report to CEO, Mukesh Bansal to scale up Myntra’s product road map. His task at the app-based retailer will include “leveraging the mobile smartphone […]

Flipkart courts retailers with Seller Advantage Week

Flipkart, India’s largest online marketplace launched the ‘Seller Advantage Week’—an initiative in an attempt to woo new sellers to its platform. As a part of Flipkart’s national seller campaign, ‘Apne Sapne Jee Kar Dekho,’ this initiative will offer support and guidance to new sellers to kick-start a hassle-free online journey. Sellers who register with Flipkart […]

Croma lets customers buy from store via website, and vice versa

Croma, the electronic retail chain from the Tata group, said it intends to expand its initial steps at integrating its physical stores and its ecommerce website croma.com. The integration would make it possible for customers to seamlessly merge the physical and online operation. As a result, they would not only be able to buy on […]

Industry opposes suggestion to exclude Amazon, Flipkart etc from key ecommerce responsibilities

Certain rules suggested by the government of India for possible inclusion in its upcoming e-commerce policy have drawn opposition from industry bodies. Key among these are the conditions that payment collection, packing and delivery should be made the responsibility of the seller and not the intermediary website (such as Flipkart and Amazon). The Department of […]

Mobile contributing 50% of ecommerce revenue in India – study

Global e-Commerce sales made via mobile devices are expected to cross $638 billion by 2018, according to the joint study brought out by ASSOCHAM and Deloitte said. Currently, the availability of e-Commerce applications on various mobility devices is helping to drive sales and revenue, Assocham said. “E-tailers like Flipkart, Amazone and Jabong now get 50% […]

Shoppers Stop targets 15% revenue from ecommerce, digital

Retailer Shoppers Stop said it would invest Rs 60 crores over the next 3 years to build up an ‘omnichannel’ delivery platform that would encompass physical stores, web, social, TV and marketplaces. It has chosen SAP as its technology solutions partner. The move would involve its group companies HomeStop, Hypercity and Crossword as well. By […]

Flipkart ties up with Future group, Shopper’s Stop and @Home to home decor online

Online retailer Flipkart announced a strategic partnership with three of the country’s largest home retail brands—Home Town (Future group), HomeStop (Shoppers Stop) and @Home to sell home decor items. “The partnerships will introduce a whole new range of products from these retail brands—adding to Flipkart’s existing portfolio of 1000+ brands with seven lakhs home products,” […]

Xiaomi Mi Pad at 11k, Mi4 at 14k, Moto G at 10k — on Flipkart Big Sale today

It looks like Flipkart is very eager to get some of its exclusive items moving off its shelves, going by the kind of offers and discounts that the online retailer is offering today – the last day of its Big App Shopping Days. The best offers in the electronic segments are the following. Xiaomi Mi […]

Infibeam to offer up to 80% discounts on ‘Big Bang Sale’

After Flipkart and Amazon, it’s the turn of Infibeam.com to offer its own ‘big bang’ sale, from Monday through Wednesday. “Various global electronics brands including Apple, Microsoft, LG, Samsung, HP, Philips along with several national brands such as Micromax, Intex and many others will be offering their products in the Big Bang Sale,” the company […]