eBay India, a leading online marketplace and shopping destination, has launched a one week campaign by giving 60% off on products in the clothing and accessories category, celebrating World Fashion Day on Aug 21. Consumers can style up their fashion and enjoy the deal with a wide range of products across the clothing and accessories […]
The number of people shopping online is expected to rise to 8 cr (80 mln) this year from 5.5 cr in 2015 with better infrastructure in terms of logistics, broadband and Internet-ready devices, according to an ASSOCHAM-PwC study. The overall e-commerce industry, valued at $25 billion at present has been growing at a compounded annual […]
Google India has cancelled its three-year-old annual shopping event – the Great Online Shopping Festival, taking a step back to let the big giants like Flipkart and Amazon do their own thing. As Google pointed out, back in 2012, when it launched Great Online Shopping Festival to rival USA’s Cyber Monday, the total online shopping Industry […]
Flipkart was in the cross hairs of irate customers after the company’s application failed to cater to many users today – the third day of its Big Billion sale. Twitter users were unforgiving in their comments, reminding the company of a similar ‘meltdown’ a year ago. Last year, Flipkart’s website had crashed after lakhs of […]
Amazon India will launch a special store on national sports day on August 29. The store will include a wide variety of outdoor and indoor sports, as well as great deals for the entire week. “All sports enthusiasts can now shop for a wide selection of sports equipment all at one place,” it said. “India […]
Amazon India today announced the launch of its Household Supplies store that offers a wide range of products including dishwashing detergents, household cleaners, laundry detergents, paper, plastic wraps as well as puja supplies. These products will be delivered to any place in India. The entry of the giant into this space could squeeze specialized online […]
Snapdeal, India’s largest online marketplace today and HDFC Bank Ltd. today launched a co-branded Visa credit card with lots of offers and discounts. The new card will offer Rs 500 cash back on spending Rs 5000 across any category on Snapdeal (for one time only.) It will also offer 10% cash back on Recharges & […]
All the mobile web traffic sacrificed by Flipkart seems to be paying off, at least in terms of getting users to install the company’s app. According to Nielsen’s latest survey based on real-time mobile data across 8,000 handsets in the country, Flipkart’s mobile app is present on 35% of all phones checked and was the […]
Lifestyle brand Mad(e) In India plans to raise Rs 30 crore as part of Series A funding by end of 2015 to scale up and augment its market presence and operations. The firm uses a hybrid business model – both online and offline. Mad(e) In India is a premium lifestyle brand headquartered in Mumbai. It […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
e-commerce in India is set to cross $16 billion in sales by the end of this year, according to an ASSOCHAM- Deloitte joint study released today. The digital commerce market in India has grown steadily from $4.4 billion in 2010 to $13.6 billion in 2014 and likely to touch $16 billion by the end of […]
Walmart India continued to expand its wholesale e-commerce platform in India. It said today it has extended its business-to-business e-commerce platform to members of its store in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. They will now be able to use www.bestprice.in to shop. The company has to restrict its sales in India to wholesale and does not sell […]
As per a new survey by industry association Assocham, 67% of Delhiites prefer shopping online while 23% prefer to shop in traditional markets like Sarojini Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, Karol Bagh, Janpath, Paharganj, Sadar Bazar and Chandni Chowk. Around 7% of respondents said they prefer to visit a mall for their shopping needs while 3% said […]
Nykaa.com, an online beauty products seller, raised Rs. 20 crores through private investors including HNIs and NRIs to boost the expansion plans of the brand in the omni-channel retail space, including mobile, the company said. With this capital, Nykaa.com aims to grow 4 times this year and another 3.5 times by 2016, it said. It […]
Thanks to scorching heat, shopping trends of Indian consumers have witnessed a significant change this ‘summer season’, a whopping 155% rise in online trends compared to 85% last year, according to a survey by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). As per the ASSOCHAM findings, Delhiites have left behind all other […]
In the world of online shopping India, quick delivery options and one-day delivery schemes are not always what they seem. Most of the schemes are of no practical benefit to average users, and are launched only to generate hype, even if one is looking only at the bigger cities and not the towns and villages. […]
Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce platform, said it has raised $210 million (Rs 1,250 crore) from a consortium of investors led by DST Global – one of the leading global investment groups focused on Internet. Existing investors Tiger Global, Naspers, and Iconiq Capital also participated in the financing round, it said. The fund raising comes days […]
