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  Dark web facilitating delivery of drugs and guns right to your doorsteps. Read how

  July 27, 2016 18:59 IST

  Buying a gun and a gram of cocaine could never have been easier. E-commerce websites operating in the dark web have made their availability convenient and secure. According to a report by ET, marketplaces in

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  106 websites including Snapdeal, Amazon, Quikr running illegal wildlife trade, says govt

  July 18, 2016 18:11 IST

  New Delhi: The government today has announced that e-commerce majors like quikr, olx, eBay, amazon among other popular websites are running illegal wildlife trade of rare animals and their body parts. Environment Minister Anil Madhav

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  Snapdeal tweaks seller policies, junks ‘no questions asked’ returns

  July 13, 2016 15:01 IST

  New Delhi: E-commerce giant Snapdeal has tweaked its return policies for electronic items, which will now make it difficult for customers to return them. As per the new policy introduced by Snapdeal, buyers will now

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  Myntra buys mobile app startup Cubeit to strengthen its technology team

  July 13, 2016 13:16 IST

  New Delhi: Myntra, one of the leading fashion e-tailer has acquired mobile app developer startup Cubeit to strengthen its technology team. Myntra said in a statement said, “As part of the acquisition, Cubeit team has

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  'Buy now, pay later’: Flipkart eyes sweeping changes for crucial 'Big Billion Day' sale in October

  July 05, 2016 12:41 IST

  New Delhi: Gearing up for its third annual flagship sales event in October this year, Flipkart, India's largest online marketplace, is in plans to bring about several changes to its deliveries and customer service. The

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  Flipkart delivery boy held for replacing 12 iPhones with lookalikes worth Rs 5 lakh

  July 04, 2016 17:15 IST

  New Delhi: A Chennai-based 21-year-old delivery boy working for Flipkart has been arrested on charges of replacing 12 iPhones from his delivery packages with fake handsets. According to reports by The New India Express,

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  Grofers cancels joining letters of 67 students, lays off 10 per cent of its employees

  June 30, 2016 15:40 IST

  New Delhi: Weeks after ecommerce giant Flipkart delayed joining dates of students, grocery delivery start-up Grofers has gone one step further and has cancelled the joining letters of 67 students. The company, funded by Softbank

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  Amazon unveils Inspire, an online education service for teachers

  June 28, 2016 11:38 IST

  New Delhi: Amazon has its foot on everything, be it cloud-computing, device manufacturing, voice-driven AI or drone-delivery. In another step forward, the e-commerce giant has now set its eyes on the education technology market for

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  Flipkart shuts down image search and chat-based Ping in less than a year

  June 21, 2016 10:33 IST

  New Delhi: India’s largest e-commerce major Flipkart has pulled the plug on Ping feature. This social shopping feature allowed buyers to chat with sellers and other users. The decision to roll back Ping comes

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  Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal ranked as the top 3 seller sites: Report

  June 13, 2016 15:57 IST

  New Delhi: Amazon was ranked as the most preferred e-commerce websites among sellers, which is followed by Flipkart and Snapdeal. According to a study by Nielsen for the January-March quarter, almost 1,184 online sellers were

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  Indian e-commerce players to witness tough competition in next 2-3 years: Mohandas Pai

  June 08, 2016 18:59 IST

  New Delhi: India's e-commerce players will witness tough competition in the next one to two years, and a section of them includes biggies may shut shop unless they create a sustainable business model, says tech

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  SoftBank to sell part of stake in China's Alibaba for 500 billion rupees

  June 01, 2016 10:51 IST

  Tokyo: Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank today said it will sell at least USD 7.9 billion (Rs. 500 billion approx.) of its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, as it looks to pay down a whopping

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  India's e-commerce industry to become a Rs. 3,300 cr business in 10 years

  May 30, 2016 11:31 IST

  Tokyo: Son, who had previously predicted that India's e-commerce industry would become a USD 500 billion (3,300 cr approx) business in the next 10 years, is confident that it will grow exponentially. "And it

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  More trouble for Flipkart, Morgan Stanley marks down co’s valuation by 15.5 pc

  May 27, 2016 17:23 IST

  New Delhi: In the latest in what appears to be a series of troubles for India’s biggest e-commerce giant, Morgan Stanley, a mutual fund investor in Flipkart, has marked down the company shares by 15.5

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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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  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