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 […]
Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce marketplace, announced the launch of 20 ‘experience zones’ across the country enabling self-product pick-ups for consumers. The Flipkart experience zones will allow customers to walk into their nearest experience center and collect their shipments at their convenient time. The move resolves the biggest impediment to the further expansion of online commerce […]
CouponDunia, which specializes in issuing discount coupons for online retailers, has ventured into the offline space with newspaper coupons. The physical coupons can be redeemed for instant discounts on grocery, homecare and personal care purchases at local supermarkets, it said. “The first edition runs Saturday, July 25, 2015 in mainline newspapers across Mumbai, Delhi and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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% […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Even as Flipkart and Amazon get all the attention, there is yet another big player that is setting up its ecommerce operations in India. Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest employer, is expanding its ecommerce operations in India, but has restricted the access to its site to registered owners of smaller shops. In a statement, it said […]
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 […]
Croma, the electronics chain, will open its 101st store in Mumbai on Wednesday. The chain, owned by retail chain Infiniti Retail, is one of the pioneers of India’s modern retail revolution, and India’s biggest electronics retail chain. The store, to be located at Prabhadevi in central Mumbai, will be inaugurated by Ajit Joshi, MD & […]
