Bajaj Finance will offer ‘no cost EMI’ schemes on over four lakh products during the Flipkart’s ‘Big Billion Days’ sale that starts tomorrow and ends on Sunday to its existing customers. “The existing EMI Card customer can transact on Flipkart without any processing fee or any down payment at No Cost EMI,” the company said. […]
Uflex, one of the world’s largest food packaging manufacturers, said it has developed an ‘active’ packaging material that can double the unrefrigerated shelf life of food items such as sandwiches. “The special properties of the FDA approved packaging material keep the pouch active by scavenging microbial growth thereby enhancing the shelf life of the Cooked […]
Kerala’s snaking long queues in front of its liquor shops — the state’s only source of alcohol after bars were banned in 2014 — are almost as famous as the backwaters and beaches, but some relief may be on the horizon for hapless liquor buyers. As there are only about 340 liquor shops in a […]
Packaged food company Nestlé said it would pass on to consumers any reduction in tax rates due to the introduction of the goods and services tax tomorrow. Companies are not obliged to pass on the benefit of lower taxes to consumers, and many are unlikely to. The Swiss giant said it won’t be one of […]
SpiceJet, arguably the most aggressive low-cost carrier in India, has entered the e-commerce business with a new venture named ‘SpiceStyle!’ and also tied up with online giant Amazon. Products from the company will be available via the eponymous website, as well as on Amazon. The unit has been created as a subsidiary of SpiceJet. SpiceStyle! […]
V2 Retail, formerly known as Vishal Retail, said it expects organized retail in India to grow a strong pace in the next three years to increase its share of the overall market to 24% by 2020. At present, the share of organized retail — mostly super markets and hyper markets, but also e-commerce — is […]
E-commerce firm Snapdeal said it has appointed former housing.com CEO Jason Kothari as the Chief Executive Officer of its wallet service FreeCharge at a time when competition in the mobile payments space is at an all-time high. Contrary to rumors of a cash crunch, Snapdeal said it will invest an additional $20 million in Freecharge. […]
Vodafone said any of its subscribers that uses its website or app to subscribe to Amazon Prime service in India will get Rs 250 cash back in the form of payment balance in their Amazon account. Technically, operators in India are forbidden from giving cheaper data access to any particular website or app, but the […]
Redmi Note 4, this year’s successor to the most popular phone of 2016, has got off to an unbelievable start. The Chinese company sold a whopping 2.5 lakh (250,000) phones in the first flash sale itself, and that too in under 10 minutes. The previous record for the highest number of phones sold in a […]
With minutes remaining for the planned 4 PM flash sale of heavily discounted OnePlus 3 phones, the suspense over whether Flipkart will actually go ahead with the sale or not has hit a peak. On social media, there are reports that Flipkart will actually go ahead and conduct a sale anyway. However, there are no […]
OnePlus 3, arguably the most successful premium phone of 2016 in India, may not get warranty support from the manufacturer if purchased from Flipkart, going by a statement by the company. The company issued a statement that seemed to suggest that Flipkart’s sale of the model is not authorized by the company. “We have an exclusive partnership […]
Domino’s Pizza has started cashless payment facility for those who order by phone as well. “Post demonetization, we have seen many customers choosing to order online. Consumers coming to our restaurants to dine in or carry out are able to pay With Credit caras or Wassets. However, there are many customers who still order with […]
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LG Electronics India said select retail outlets will start offering LG home appliances at zero downpayment with the first EMI to be paid only after 60 days of purchase. The offer is applicable across various segments of LG’s consumer electronics and home appliances with Zero Down Payment and Zero Interest at select retail outlets. “Without […]
Retailer Shoppers Stop Ltd. said it has opened one ´M.A.C´ branded outlet at at Inorbit Mall in Malad, Mumbai. With the opening of this store the company now has 41 M.A.C stores under its operations. Shoppers Stop is an Indian retailing company promoted by the K Raheja Corp Group, started in the year 1991 with […]
Swiping a debit or credit card at the local grocery store or supermarket is supposed to be the best way to beat the demonetization blues, but going by social media feedback, these networks are getting overloaded as well. In fact, our own staff have found that they have had to swipe their cards 3 or […]
Razorpay, a payment processing company, announced eCOD, a new service that lets customers pay for deliveries after the delivery is actually made. Unlike other recent offerings like Wallet on Delivery etc, Razorpay has built in support for UPI — which means that you can pay directly from your bank account without using any wallet. UPI, […]
Kerala’s merchants and traders union has asked its members to shut all shops from Tuesday to protest the Center’s decision to swap currency notes to control black money. The central government has withdrawn existing 500 and 1000 rupee notes and asked everyone holding the same to get them exchanged with new notes from their nearest […]
Viviana Mall, one of the leading retail malls in Mumbai Metropolitan Region, said the bookstore Crosswors has opened its 1800 sq ft store in the mall. Crossword currently has 94 stores (50 own stores and 44 Franchised stores) spread in different cities across India. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shopper’s Stop Ltd. Apart from […]
Air conditioning giant Blue Star Ltd said its Vice Chairman Suneel M Advani will be elevated as the Chairman of the company from 1st December. The current Chairman Ashok M Advani who will turn 75 on November 17 will retire after 47 years of service and will be re-designated as Chairman Emeritus. Suneel M Advani […]
