Redefining the Online Shopping Landscape: Unveiling Shifting Trends and Growth Patterns
In the ever-evolving landscape of online shopping, the traditional dominance of metros and Tier I cities is undergoing a transformation. While…
India's E-Retail Industry Projected to Soar Beyond $160 bn by 2028
In a recent collaborative report by Bain & Company and Flipkart, the e-retail market in India is projected to witness a remarkable surge,…
Navigating the E-Commerce Landscape: A Year in Review and the Road Ahead
As we bid farewell to the transformative year that was 2023, the Indian e-commerce landscape emerges as a tapestry woven with threads of innovation,…
Online vs. In-Store Shopping: Exploring the Advantages and Disadvantages
The dilemma of shopping online or in retail markets has been on every conventional shopper's mind. In the initial days of online retail shopping…
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65 pc of Indian Consumers Poised to Boost Online Shopping in the Next 6 Months
As consumers increasingly turn to the internet to research products before buying them, businesses now need to manage the pre-purchase consumer…
How Discovery Commerce is Transforming Online Shopping Journey
With consumer lifestyles increasingly going digital, online channels dominate their preferences for media consumption as well as shopping. A Google/…
UK Retail Sales Drop Due to Weak Online Shopping
British retail sales dropped in November, hit by weaker online shopping despite Black Friday and the run-up to Christmas. According to official data…
Thanksgiving Day Online Sales Touch $5.3 bn in the US, Cyber Week to Generate $34.8 bn
People spent $5.3 billion in online shopping on Thanksgiving Day in the US, up 2.8 percent from last year. According to Adobe Analytics, mobile…
Visual Product Discovery: Future of Online Shopping in India
Shoppers know exactly what they are looking for but have a hard time finding it using text search and are often recommended an overwhelming selection…
Group Buying: A New Revolution in E-commerce Shopping for India's Next Billion Customers
Life is a very different experience in small towns in India compared to the larger metro cities, more so when it comes to commerce and shopping.…
How Online Shopping is Redefining the New Rules of Retail
Consumer repetitiveness towards online fashion retail Thanks to online shopping, you may find your favorite shoes or clothes on a shopping app in an…
Online Retail Spending in India to Rise 6x to $300 bn by 2030
Online retail spending in India is expected to grow nearly sixfold to $300 billion by 2030 with an expansion in the number of digitally-influenced…
How D2C Sector to Have $100 Billion Addressable Market by 2025
India, which is one of the largest markets in the world, is projected to surpass $1.7 trillion by 2025. A major trend that is observable is the e-…
Indian Digital-first Brands have $250 Billion Opportunity by 2030
Online shoppers in India are seeking new experiences in the age of social and video commerce and this has given digital-first brands a massive $250…
Gen Z and Millennials Increasingly Willing to Buy Directly from Brands, Bypassing Traditional Retail Channels?
Gen Z and Millennial shoppers are now more likely to order products directly from brands, and 72 percent of all shoppers expect to have significant…
90 pc of Rural India's E-commerce Orders Paid in Cash
Cash has remained the common mode of payment for online shopping in India, especially in the country’s hinterlands. In fact, in 2020, nearly two-…
Why Shoppers Are Reluctant To Trust Retailers to Fulfill Orders as Promised
More than half of decision-makers surveyed (55 percent) believe they are completely trusted to fulfill online orders as promised, but only 38 percent…
Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune Contributed To 12.6 pc Of Total Revenue During Festive Sales
Main tech cities Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad, together have contributed to 12.6 percent of the national revenue during the festive period (Amazon…
Online Brands Generate Rs 104 cr GMV In October
The festive season shopping has led to increased sales this year by 7.5 X (in GMV) compared to the last year.  Online brands witnessed a sale growth…
Festive Excitement Boosts Online Retail Sales in India
This year’s festive sales and increased shopping from Tier II and Tier III cities have contributed to the growth in online retail sales in India,…
68 pc Prosumers Expect Online Shopping Experience to be Tailored Through Personalization and AI
Post-pandemic, the desire to replicate in-store experience has led prosumers to seek community shopping experiences from the e-commerce industry. 68…
Goods Worth $ 9.2 bn Sold Online During Festive Sale This Year
Online platforms logged sales worth USD 9.2 billion during this year's festive sale, up about 23 per cent over last year.  A slew of new launches…
Will Virtual Shift Bring More Authenticity to Online Shopping?
Online shopping witnessed a massive jump in sales due to the ongoing pandemic restrictions. Indian shoppers bought essential goods such as groceries…
How Covid-19 has Re-Shaped the Consumer Shopping Behaviour?
The COVID-19 epidemic has all this while wreaked havoc on society, economies, and nations all over the world, affecting many areas of the economy. It…
How Live Video Shopping will Revolutionize the E-Commerce Value Chain
Following the viral outbreak, e-commerce became the preferred mode of shopping. In the absence of a choice, what was once a convenient alternative…
3 Tips for E-commerce Apps to Win Online Sales Days
With the surge of online shopping in India, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs has recently proposed amendments to the Consumer Protection (E-commerce…
Key Trends Shaping the Digital Payments Landscape
The past few years have witnessed significant developments in the digitization of payments in India. Although cash remains prevalent, demonetization…
5 Things Consumers Should Keep in Mind while Buying Jewelry Online
The internet has redefined the shopping behavior of consumers across the globe. Digital space has emerged as the new hotbed of advertising, shopping…
How Furniture Brands are Surviving the COVID-19 Outbreak
The year 2020 introduced some profound changes due to the pandemic wherein the traditional ways to work, live, and play transformed instantaneously.…
What do Indian Consumers Expect from Brands in a Post-Pandemic World
In a post-pandemic world, online shopping will account for over half (51 percent) of retail sales globally with 72 percent of global shoppers saying…
How Online Shopping is Driving India's Consumer Digital Economy to Touch $800 bn by 2030
Driven by online shopping across the spectrum, India's consumer digital economy, which was pegged at $85-90 billion in CY20, is expected to become an…
Credit Mistakes to Avoid During the COVID-19 Pandemic
While the COVID-19 cloud grows ever darker, spending habits have shifted and people are finding themselves having to buy online and have goods…
Why Brands Should Opt Omnichannel Retail Channel
Presently, we have won access to buy things with a single tap or a click. From buying real estate properties to real-life products like cars and home…
6 Ways You Can Protect Yourself When Shopping Online
News of widespread security breaches from giant online retailers has become commonplace. But we can't forget about the thousands of daily attacks on…
How Automation is Transforming the Retail Industry
Businesses in every sector have seen irreversible changes this year, perhaps none more so than in retail. For several years, online shopping has been…
6 Things Consumers Should Keep in Mind While Shopping Online
Shopping online is convenient and safe as people are asked to stay at home and maintain social distance to stop the spread of Covid-19. Shopping…
Live Commerce: The Future of Online Shopping has Arrived
An exciting new trend is taking place in the world of e-commerce - live commerce. Live commerce is a new form of online shopping where customers make…
How Voice-Ordering is Transforming Online Shopping Experience?
“Voice can be as disruptive to e-commerce as mobile was to desktop.” – Michael Haswell By now, every consumer is comfortable with using smartphones…
Digital Merchandising: A Roadmap Towards Achieving Sustainability in Retail
The global fashion industry has been heavily criticized for causing irreparable damage to our environment. A recent study, published in Nature…
E-commerce Trends to Watch Out for in 2021
E-commerce is a game changer in retail. While the industry was already on an upward growth trajectory, the growth enhanced due to unprecedented…
Changing Scenario of Online Shopping in a Post-COVID World
The COVID-19 pandemic has disruptive impacts on our individual lives. Suddenly, our habits, interpersonal relationships, shopping preferences and our…
What are the trends that are seen this year for online shopping?
In the highly competitive e-commerce sector, the growth of e-commerce and the future of e-commerce needs to be a top priority. Online businesses must…
8 Clever Ways For Online Shoppers To Save Big On Every Purchase Everyday
Considering the fact that many Indians now will be shifting more and more of their purchase online, it becomes significant that we learn ways to save…
Consumers in India are shopping online more frequently, and they prefer marketplaces: Study
Pitney Bowes a global technology company that provides commerce solutions in the areas of ecommerce, shipping, mailing, and data, today published key…
This is how you can save big while shopping online
The advent of new emerging technologies has enabled customers to reach their shopping experience from anywhere. Thanks to digitalization that has…
Do women really spend more?
"I don't have anything to wear," said every woman, every morning. Shopping for women is not need based but mostly mood driven, it is therapeutic.…
This is how plus size fashion is expanding its horizon
Big is beautiful and big size sells. But for decades, plus size fashion has been the most neglected segment, with rather abysmal brands making…
How rapidly growing renting bike space in tier II market is beating metros in terms of demand
Bike Rental Services is now getting organized in India. The unorganized service concept that started in Goa is now functional across leading major…
Have you bridged the new digital divide yet
In the last decade, the face of retail has changed from old-age kirana stores in bylanes to tech-enabled experiential stores, growing exponentially…
Why conversational commerce will be the new voice of shopping
Earlier, from being restricted to just chatbots accessed via apps to replacing assistants at physical stores, the definition of conversational…
This is how retail industry is influenced by Analytics
Personalization, voice assistants at stores, Internet of Things (IoT)- are said to be some of the major tech trends in retail industry this year.…
This is how food industry has become a major contributor for eCommerce this year
Traffic, space crunch and long queues- reasons for giving a miss to the nearest grocery store or a restaurant are aplenty. With buying food online…
Flexible digital trade distribution aiding global commerce operations
E-commerce as a channel is fast changing both buying and selling experience. Although much has been said about buying convenience, there is a…
Do consumers today prefer online or offline shopping
At a time when online shopping has threatened the existence of brick and mortar stores in the country, a recent survey has concluded that although 70…
Sit Back at Home and Do Business Online
The new age technology bug has bitten everyone and we have become not only dependent but addictive to technology. This has infected entire…
How are technological trends in retail stores enhancing the shopping experience
Now that shopping can be made anytime, anywhere, consumers need more reasons to visit a store. With technology breathing new life into retail…
Conversational commerce: Dawn of the new technology
From tiresome download process to multiple registering rounds, consumers are seeking a paradigm shift in the app ecosystem. With many big and small…
Is alternative mode of payment a game changer in ecommerce
The recent Global Retail Development Index 2017 report suggests that mobile shopping grew by 121% in India last year, and mobile and online…
Can small online retailers compete with eCommerce giants?
The first view is based around market penetration. Considering the ecommerce penetration in India is still quite less, even among online buyers,…
Omni channel has opened Pandora’s Box of Omnipresent opportunities for the retailers.
The New Year will continue to see and reap benefits from omni channel solutions and will travel further ahead in the direction of phygital retail…
LatestOne.com targets to process 5, 000 orders per day by 2017
LatestOne.com, one of India's famous mobile and tech accessories e-tailers , have announced entry into the fashion accessories segment with the…
E-commerce Biz in India
E-commerce in India has brought a momentous transformation among the general population where buying and selling of products are done through…
Effects of Demonetisation on Online Shopping
The term Demonetization has become a household name since the Government pulled the old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes out of circulation. This…
What works for today’s consumer: Online shopping or visiting physical store?
Post the development of technology in the last decade and internet penetration in every household, it is clearly evident that consumers have become…
ShopClues launches its second edition of #ItneKumMein Diwali sale
ShopClues, an online marketplace has announced the second round of its festive sale starting from October 17, 2016. Bringing back the bestsellers…
3 factors that can help expand eCommerce industry into emerging markets
The tale of eCommerce has been worth the read worldwide. Incepted as a model to aid traditional retail, eCommerce has now become a vertical in…
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Online Diwali Sale: How Shopclues nabbed 5X hike in its net business
As eCommerce festive season sales extravaganza has already hit the market, online retailers of the country have started to bolster consumers with…
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How Big Data helped this online retailer drive better traffic and footfall
At a time when eCommerce landscape of the country is moving towards its unprecedented, the market has become more like a battle field. The combat…
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Why the upcoming festive season is going to be diverse for retailers?
One of the most remarkable disruption because of internet, data & analytics has happened in media industry is the way we consume content. Any…
3 emerging logistics trends Indian eCommerce companies can't afford to miss
In the year 2015, near about 50 million people in India shopped online and as per industry experts, the number is touted to splurge 3 times and…
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How Flipkart is planning to comply with the recently passed GST bill
With a comprehensible rollout of policies such as foreign direct investment (FDI) and goods and services tax (GST), Indian retail ecosystem (both…
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Why eRetailers need to transit from a discount-driven to a product-driven ecosystem
Indian eCommerce industry is worth about USD 24 billion now which is a meteoric rise in 7 years from USD 3.8 billion in 2009. India has an…
Why eCommerce in India is diminutive when compared to countries like China & Brazil
The Indian eCommerce landscape, over the past one decade, has attracted great interest from the industry and financial institutions. Looking at the…
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Why is eCommerce still a hopeful business option in India?
Indian retail industry has come of age and has emerged as one of the most dynamic industries in the world. Accounting for over 10 per cent of the…
How digital money is providing a seamless global shopping experience
Evolution of shopping is one of the most noteworthy advancements that we have seen every before. The transition of shopping behaviour from…
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Evolution of brick and mortar & eCommerce post GST bill
About a decade ago, brick-and-mortar stores were synonymous with retail sales in India. Over the past decade, retail sales in India have been…
Snapdeal to shutdown Exclusively.com amid fund crisis
Amid the investment slowdown, homegrown eCommerce portal Snapdeal is likely to shut down its premium and luxury fashion platform Exclusively.com,…
6 unbelievable facts that are influencing consumer buying decisions in India
Have you ever thought what makes, or for that matter, breaks a brand? Is it branding, marketing strategy, investments, distribution or something…
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What makes eCommerce the most happening retail format?
There has been a marked shift in terms of the lifestyle preferences and buying trends among Indian consumers over the last two decades. With the…
Fashion is an online sweet spot in India
India’s online fashion market is set for a boom period, thanks to a young demographic and strong economic growth –so it is essential that e-…
5 tested ways to enhance customer experience in retail stores
Globally, digital technology is at the helm of fast evolving customer approach towards the retail stores. In this age, where everything around us…
eCommerce is still being understood by big retailers
Indian eCommerce market--speculated at a worth of $119 bn by 2020 -- is still a learning curve for many leading retailers. Despite of strong brick…
Five online shopping facts that we never knew!
Augmenting internet and smartphone usage, growing acceptability of digital payments and favourable demographics of the country has brought global…
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Myntra expects around 15-20% sales to come from website
Flipkart-owned online fashion retail Myntra has recently said that it expects near about 15-20 per cent of its sales to come from its desktop website…
CAIT accuses Flipkart for breaching FDI in eCommerce norms
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has recently filed a complaint with the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) charging…
Myntra ditches mobile-only strategy, to relaunch desktop website soon
In a recent move, Indian e-commerce company of fashion and casual lifestyle products Myntra has went ahead to wave off its mobile-only strategy and…
Amazon.in attracts three more international brands
Amazon.in, one of India's largest online stores in order to make international fashion easily accessible to Indian consumers, recently announced the…
Snapdeal aims at uplifting its logistics partners with its technology platform
Homegrown online retailer Snapdeal, in its recent move, is now planning to make it compulsory for its logistics partners to integrate with its…
E-comm investors shifting gears to profitable growth: Report
In a recent report shared by CII- Deloitte, it said that after seeing a significant growth in eCommerce market over the past 4 years, investors have…
Amazon's Samir Kumar to wind up his Indian innings
One of Amazon’s front faces in India, Samir Kumar, VP- Category Management, Amazon India will now be heading back to its headquarter in Seattle, US.…
5 comprehensive retail mergers & acquisitions in 2016
Evolution is now in the DNA of retail/ eRetail industry. Every now and then we see something new happening in the industry as being an old-school is…
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Women stay ahead in the race of online shopping: Study
In a recent study conducted by American Express and Nielsen it was revealed that women have trounce men while online shopping to be the most…
Pantaloons partners Snapdeal to enhance online portfolio
One of India's leading fashion and lifestyle retail major Pantaloons announced its partnership with Snapdeal to give a boost to the online shopping…
Flipkart onboards Nitin Seth as Chief People Officer
Bengaluru-based eCommerce giant has recently appointed Nitin Seth as the Chief People Officer. In his new role, Seth will lead the human resource…
FreeCharge aims to increase its daily transaction by 7 times
Aiming high from the vigorously growing online payment industry, digital payment platform FreeCharge is now targeting 7 million transactions on a…
Vijay Shekhar Sharma discloses the total cashback Paytm gave in 2015
With a valuation of more than $500 bn, Indian eCommerce industry is experiencing a multifold growth with each passing fiscal. But have you ever…
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Emerging retail trends that will pave the runway
The Organized retail sector in India had seen an exponential growth in the past. In 2015, it is estimated that India had 100 million square feet of…
Shimply's first mobile app with patented pending technology of Virtual Trial Room
Shimply.com, one of India's growing, multi­-category online bazaar for Indian products has launched its mobile app. The app features a patent pending…
Why etailers like Myntra & Jabong chose to slice down its discount offerings?
The year 2016 might kick off on a sad note for online shopaholics as huge discounts and luring deals might not last long. Some of country’s eCommerce…
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Craftsvilla to come up with video buying service for online shoppers
Moving a step ahead from its competitors, online marketplace for handmade, handcrafted & gifts item, Craftsvilla.com has planned to offer video…
Are the products that you buy from an e-commerce site genuine?
Owing to deep discounts, attractive offers, free shipping, easy return policy etc. online shopping has become a way of life for many consumers, so…
Online marketplace Shop Pirate to make online shopping smoother
As per the study conducted by online marketplace Shop Pirate in November which said that shopping prevents work-related stress and hyper tension, the…
Ekta Kapoor's TV fashion inspired clothing line exclusively on Snapdeal
One of India’s largest eCommerce giant Snapdeal has recently announced the lauch of television-turned-film producer, Ekta Kapoor’s fashion label ‘EK…
How Indian consumers shopped online: #FlipTrends2015
Indian eCommerce giant, Flipkart, has recently come up with a comprehensive in-depth analysis onthe shopping behaviour of Indian consumers. Named #…
How to stay updated on the best deals offered online
In today’s world, subscribing to coupons can prove to be both beneficial and money saving for online shoppers. While shopping through websites,…
Snapdeal to invest Rs 665 crore in Shopo
Online shopping major Snapdeal is all set to invest $ 100 million  in Shopo as it looks to build up the recently launched venture into a one million…
E-tail giants like Snapdeal, Jabong , Flipkart pitch for 4G to enhance shopping experience
O)nline marketplaces like Flipkart, Snapdeal are all set to provide better shopping experience when 4G, the mobile telecom technology that offers…
Now seller is king on e-tail platforms
Fashion designer and founder of the label 'Fuchsia Women', Aishwarya Tiwari can now update her product catalogue on-the-go using her seller's app. In…
Intex Aqua store unveils a new store on Infibeam
Leading smartphone brand Intex Aqua has recently unveiled its online store at the booming online shopping portal Infibeam.com. The e-store on…
Click to Shop
Gone are the days where shopping could take an entire day and leave the shopper tired and haggard. Retailers find an innovative concept through…