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  From pickup zones to your local kirana store: How Flipkart is revamping last-mile delivery

  May 13, 2016 13:48 IST

  New Delhi: Last mile delivery has emerged as a major focus area for e-commerce giant Flipkart and there are various measures that the company has introduced in this direction, including setting up of experience centres

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  Amazon to challenge Google with a YouTube-like video service

  May 11, 2016 16:04 IST

  New Delhi: With an apparent view to compete with Google’s popular online video platform YouTube, e-commerce major Amazon has launched a new service that will allow users to post videos. Amazon Video Direct will make

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  Indian e-commerce fastest growing market in the world: ASSOCHAM-Forrester

  May 10, 2016 17:26 IST

  New Delhi: India's e-commerce revenue is expected to jump from USD 30 billion (approx Rs 1,450 billion) in 2016 to USD 120 billion (approx Rs 8 lakh crore) in 2020, growing at an annual rate

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  Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal rejects 50 per cent cut in valuation

  May 10, 2016 14:55 IST

  New Delhi: Disapproving claims made by HSBC's brokerage arm which slashed Zomato's $1-billion valuation by 50 per cent, the company's founder Deepinder Goyal said that it was unjustified. He refused to accept HSBC’s claim that

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  HSBC cuts Zomato valuation by 50 percent, investor Info Edge ‘respectfully disagrees’

  May 09, 2016 14:07 IST

  New Delhi: Technology startups seem to be gradually losing their edge after all the billion-dollar valuations made till last year. The latest to face the blow over cutting down investment is Zomato, the restaurant-discovery platform.

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  Amazon pips Snapdeal in shipments, is India's second largest online marketplace after Flipkart

  April 28, 2016 14:50 IST

  New Delhi: Amazon, the e-commerce giant, overtook Snapdeal in terms of shipments recorded last month by online marketplace firms, market estimates have revealed, further suggesting that Amazon has emerged as the only major player in

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  Google is the most attractive employer in India: Randstad

  April 21, 2016 16:06 IST

  Mumbai: Google India remained as the most attractive employer in the country followed by Mercedes-Benz in the second place, according to leading human resource consultancy Randstad. According to the 6th edition of Randstad Award 2016,

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  ShopClues launches low-cost laptop at Rs. 10,999

  April 14, 2016 17:33 IST

  New Delhi: E-commerce platform ShopClues on Thursday launched its detachable "Penta T-Pad" laptop at an affordable price of Rs.10,999. The laptop has a functionality of both a tablet and laptop and is targeted for

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  Flipkart loses prized catch from Google, Punit Soni calls it quits

  April 14, 2016 15:20 IST

  New Delhi: Precisely a year after Flipkart hired the high-profile Google executive from Silicon Valley, Chief product executive at the e-commerce giant, Punit Soni, has resigned from the company. This is the latest in the

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  Micromax launches Canvas 6, Canvas 6 Pro, a new logo and more: 5 things you need to know

  April 13, 2016 17:52 IST

  New Delhi: Micromax today unveiled several new devices – including smartphones, new televisions, and new tablets – at its 'Guts to Change' event. A total of 19 products were announced at the event, with 15

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  Online shopping top reason for accessing internet: Survey

  April 13, 2016 11:08 IST

  New Delhi: Online shopping is the top reason for Indians to access internet followed by social networking, said a joint survey by American Express and Nielsen on Tuesday aimed at gaining consumer insights on online

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  Cashbacks and discounts on e-commerce sites distort level-playing field: RAI

  April 09, 2016 12:06 IST

  New Delhi: Retailers Association of India (RAI) has said that cashback or the money-back guarantee offers made by marketplace e-commerce players should be treated as influencing the selling price. In a letter to Commerce and

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  E-Commerce Portal to speed up Government Procurement of Goods

  April 04, 2016 14:49 IST

  New Delhi: With e-commerce industry growing fast in the country, government is developing a portal to streamline procurement of goods and services which will enable ministries to order their requirements online. The procurement of goods

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  Micromax eyes 40% growth in 2016-17, to focus more on online sales

  March 30, 2016 11:27 IST

  New Delhi: Domestic handset maker Micromax aims to grow its sales by 40 percent by March next year as it ramps up its product portfolio and increases focus on online sales channel. Country’s second largest

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  Paytm appoints Alibaba executive Bhushan Patil as president

  March 24, 2016 7:32 IST

  New Delhi: Eyeing overseas expansion, mobile commerce firm Paytm on Wednesday appointed ex-head of Alibaba Group Holding’s wholesale business, Bhushan Patil, as its new president. “We want to offer Indian merchants a compelling commerce platfor

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  Flipkart CEO's e-mail account 'spoofed'; CFO asked to transfer $80,000

  March 18, 2016 17:55 IST

  New Delhi: E-commerce giant Flipkart has recently lodged a police complaint claiming that its CEO Binny Bansal's official email account was spoofed.

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  Ecommerce players crying foul on state imposing tax

  March 15, 2016 13:17 IST

  New Delhi: Several states in India have started imposing entry tax on goods purchased online, which has made the ecommerce companies feel that the decision is unfair. Some of the states including, Uttarakhand, Bihar and

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  Zomato, Redbus, Cleartrip now on Snapdeal

  March 10, 2016 11:19 IST

  New Delhi: Snapdeal, one of the leading e-commerce runners, has started a pilot project, under which the company has integrated services of RedBus, Zomato and Cleartrip. This move has been made to help customers with

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  Women's Day 2016: Here is how E-commerce Cos are celebrating womanhood

  March 08, 2016 11:33 IST

  New Delhi: Women today have come a long way since those medieval times when they were only restricted to household works and meant for producing children. Be it politics, science, sports or even start-ups, women have

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  Amazon is India's Most Trusted Online Shopping Brand: TRA

  March 07, 2016 11:44 IST

  New Delhi: World's largest e-retailer Amazon is India's most trusted online shopping brand followed by home-grown Snapdeal and Flipkart, a survey said.Other firms to figure in the top 10 trusted online shopping brands are eBay,