The Role of AI in E-Commerce industry and its impact
As someone deeply involved in the world of business, I've been keeping a close eye on the remarkable potential that Artificial Intelligence (AI)…
Beyond Boundaries: The Impact of Indian D2C Brands on Wearables and Hearables
In recent years, India has emerged as a hub for D2C brands. These brands are revolutionizing the way consumers interact with products and are…
AI & Data Analytics in Health E-commerce - Revolutionizing Healthcare Delivery
In the era of technology, the merging of healthcare and technology has given birth to innovative solutions that are reshaping the delivery of…
‘Kajal by Kajal’ from T.A.C is the next health-conscious add-on for kohl lovers
 Ayurveda has an authority over skincare and beauty since centuries in India. When it comes to enchanting the info-savvy, discerning youth base, it…
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From Start-Up to Success: Why Technology isn’t Everything to Start or Scale a Brand
The idea that technology and software teams are essential for scaling a brand has been prevalent for quite some time. However, the reality is that…
Market for Internet First Brands Evolve in India
The market for Internet First Brands (IFB) is rapidly evolving in India with several brands across categories developing on the back of online…
Growing Role of Online Marketplaces as Part of India's Digital Economy
While online marketplaces are experiencing growth and accelerated adoption, they continue to face operational complexities due to government and…
India's E-commerce Market to Hit $111 bn by 2024
India's e-commerce market is expected to increase by 84 percent by 2024 to $111 billion. The growth will be driven by mobile shopping, which is…
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…
New Age Consumer Experience and E-commerce Related Business Practices
The world markets are still recovering from the wounds inflicted by COVID-19. Every sector is getting acclimated to the social distancing norm. At…
China's Social Commerce Sales to Soar by 36 pc to $363 billion in 2021, Ten Times the US Figure
Though the US social commerce market is growing at a rapid pace, China is not likely to lose its position of dominance in the near future. According…
Is India a Growing Market for Beauty Startups?
India is a country where beauty is steeped in the very roots of our being. The inventors of Ayurveda, the lovers of DIY and to now the era of…
Future of E-retailing in India: Growth and Challenges
COVID-19 lockdown transformed consumer buying pattern in India, with the majority of consumers shifting to online platforms, even for their…
How is Hyperlocal E-commerce Giving Customer a Real In-store Shopping Experience?
The customer psyche with reference to buying products and services has undergone a major transition across the globe and especially in India. Earlier…
D2C Grew by 36 pc in Volume in Oct-Dec 2020
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic affected industries across sectors. E-commerce as an industry saw a significant uptick in demand during these times.…
Why are Jewellery Retailers Taking Up Digital Channels to Boost Sales?
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way businesses function and grow. Every sector is re-imagining and adapting their methods to overcome…
How Brands of Bharat Resurrected their Business for Positive 2021?
The year 2020 caught everyone off-guard and disrupted various aspects, including the distribution and supply chain of retail brands in the country to…
The Future of Beauty Retail in the Post-Covid World
The global beauty industry generates $500 billion in sales a year and e-commerce is now a part of our daily lives. In most major beauty-industry…
5 Predictions for Retail & E-Commerce Industry in 2021
The technological disruption in the retail space has made the consumer more connected with devices through online shopping, e-medicines, payments etc…
?Make in India' is Going to go Global at Massive Stage: Amit Agarwal, Amazon India
E-commerce is at nascent stages in India given that it is hardly even 3 percent of the country's total retail consumption, said Amit Agarwal, Global…
How B2B E-commerce Players are Digitizing Kiranas in India
Last few years have seen some very interesting developments that have fueled the growth in B2B e-commerce. It began with Jio disrupting the mobile…
How has Social Media Influenced Branding Image in the Retail Sector?
Even before 2020, social media had the power to influence the purchase decisions of more than half of the millennials. Post the pandemic, it was…
WhatsApp Shopping: Retailers Find New Mediums to Stay Connected to Consumers
WhatsApp is one of the most widely used networking apps, used across age groups to stay connected with people. This app not only allows people across…
The Future of Omnichannel Retailing in India
Today, India’s hyper-connected consumers are rapidly entering into an era where they expect brand owners to provide consistent and unparalleled…
How to Market your E-commerce Brand in a Post-Pandemic World?
In a matter of a few months, COVID-19 has drastically changed the way we shop as well as spend online. While these trends were already unfolding…
Is There Job Satisfaction or Gender Diversity in Southeast Asia's E-commerce Industry?
E-commerce is a fairly new industry. It arrived in Southeast Asia sometime around the ’90s, and only became what it is today, a rapidly accelerating…
Future of Commerce 2021
It’s no secret that 2020 has pulled commerce forward by 10 years. Regardless of what 2021 brings, the result is a new normal—especially when it comes…
Redefining E-commerce: Trends That Will Shape India's Online Industry In 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic upended lives and livelihoods almost overnight, companies across several verticals faced its wrath with plummeting business…
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…
E-Marketplace: The Road Ahead for Jewellery Business
A disruptive idea often faces dissent before blooming. For a country where ‘holding the product in hands before purchasing’ holds precedence over…
E-commerce During COVID-19: The Long-Lasting Boom in Retail Industry
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has impacted every sector of our economy and the most prominent being retail. The work from home and social…
The Indian Retail Sector in the ?New Normal?
The Indian retail scene is set to change forever. While the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused severe disruption across the globe over the past few…
Why Brands Should Consider Launching Their Own E-Commerce Portal This Festive Season?
The upsurge in online shopping has led to an increasing number of brands to foray into the e-commerce landscape. As a result, many of them are…
Omnichannel Retail in post-COVID era
The current COVID times proved it to be a challenge for all business sectors but considering the meat and seafood sector this phase turned out to be…
What are the Best Practices in Drop-Shipping?
H.L. Mencken once said that “Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.” While some companies’ practices are solely based…
The Future of Online Shopping: How E-commerce Trends Are Shaping Retail?
Access to the internet is almost becoming omnipresent from being ubiquitous. Yes, apart from a handful of remote and inaccessible regions all over…
The Indian online retail market to grow at 30% CAGR over the next five years: Study
Bain & Company has launched a new report titled “How India shops online”, which addresses one of most topical issues of the new economy today -…
5 Post Lockdown Strategies for Online Retailers to win ?new normalcy'
Indianretailer.com has recently hosted a webinar session on the topic The New Normal Webinar: Successful Post Lockdown Strategies with Xia Feng,…
What Are the Best Ecommerce Development Platforms in 2020?
With the growing popularity of the Internet, the online market has become a thriving industry. The online retail industry is not only booming but is…
MSMEs and Export Promotion through e-commerce will be key to revive the Indian economy
At a recent webinar organized by The Dialogue, a Delhi-based public-policy think-tank, on “Make in India for the World – The revival of the Indian…
Why Dropshipping Is A Great Choice For First-Time Entrepreneurs
The ecommerce market has been booming for years without reaching the point of saturation (there are still developing markets throughout the world),…
What is the future of ecommerce?
Ecommerce has become an integral part of the modern business world. It is an enormous, lucrative, ever-changing industry with many layers to explore…
How Metro Shoes is leveraging technology to deliver an omnichannel experience?
Omni-channel retail has changed the way India shops today. With multiple options to choose from, customers can enjoy a fully-integrated shopping…
Cross border eCommerce: How viable is the model for Indian consumers and retailers?
India is gradually becoming an important player in the eyes of the world stage, with a population that ranks at number 2, just behind China and an…
4 Do's and Don'ts before starting an eCommerce site
Are you planning to launch a website for your business? Then you might be thinking of an eCommerce store. You have a great thought there. With an…
8 Ecommerce Business Secrets that You Must Not Miss
Back in the mid-1990s, only 20% of people made online shopping. Now, over 70% of people rate ‘Ecommerce’ as a trusted way to shop online and buy…
How Blockchain Technology Will Modify the ECommerceRetail Industry over the Next Few Years?
The Blockchain technology is undoubtedly a revolutionizing technology, designed to store transactional data. The transactional data is not only…
E-commerce and D2C Technology Trends That Will Take Center Stage In 2019
We are in 2019 and it’s easier to set up a business now than ever before. This is thanks to the growth of e-commerce and D2C accentuated by an…
How VR is a third Dimension between online and offline?
As we inch towards the year 2019, we realise that while everything else – including product prices and number of players in the market – is seeing…
How small companies can compete with Flipkart and Amazon?
India’s e-commerce market is expected to hit $200 billion by 2026 as per the report published by Morgan Stanley last year.  We if look at market…
An analysis of the e-commerce growth in India
By: Mayur Saraswat, Head Sales- Digital, TeamLease Services With Walmart acquiring majority stake in Flipkart, everybody is watching this sector…
How AI is helping augment sales in retail
If you have ever wondered, “is this brand reading my mind”, when you received discount offers from the same brand you wanted to buy apparel, then…
Single brand retail trade:Emergence over decades
By Mr Abhishek Bansal, Head-Transaction and Forex Laws Advisory in Corporate Professionals Emanated from World Trade Convention, wholesale and…
Tips to learn how to grow ecommerce business in India
The e-commerce businesses are blooming in India due to the advent of latest innovations and technologies that are making an online venture easier.…
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…
How E-commerce Industry is Evolving In India?
With an online population of 500 mn in 2017, India has one of the fastest growing Internet population in the world. We believe a Compound Annual…
How brick & click is winning retail world?
If you ask a brick & mortar retailer who has worked in this industry since last 17 years, will never embrace or talk more about this e-com…
How Retail Malls Are Gearing Up To Compete against E-commerce?
Shopping centres are undergoing a major evolution at the moment because there is a strong shift how the people are shopping. E-commerce is…
How Online And Offline Retail Can Work Together?
Today the world is moving towards online. In such scenario, traditional retail seems to have started struggling in order to stay relevant to tech…
Here are 4 retail habits being adopted by the new age consumers
With shopping shifting from malls to mobiles, digital disruption in the last few years has changed the way new age consumers buy. As most of the…
How online commerce is getting bigger beyond E-Retail?
The consumers of the present day world enjoy huge comfort in ordering their favorite stuff online with a click and getting it delivered right to …
How to Ensure FoolProof Omni-Channel Transformation?
In this digitally advanced era, Omni - channel transformation requires adopting a view, that breaking down boundaries is a necessity. It's not just…
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…
Making the retail experience seamless through omni-channel retailing
From digital to brick and mortar to phygital, last year saw many big brands integrate online with offline in their bid to be omni-present. With…
How e-commerce is helping local artists in building their own brand?
For the longest time, art found a home only in the galleries and museums of the world. That, and the private collections of connoisseurs. But with…
What made digital transactions cross the big billion mark
It’s been a little over a year since demonetization came into effect and it looks like digital transactions are not only steadily gaining…
How Digital Assurance is key to E-comm Success?
During the last one decade, e-commerce has emerged as a strong sales channel for all consumer-targeted brands. According to eMarketer, global…
Online vis-a-vis Offline retail format
I remember an interesting discussion with some of my friends and colleagues I had a few years ago on the merits of selling clothes online. While…
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…
Is e-commerce killing the fundamentals of its establishment?
What’s with e-commerce these days you may ask? Apart from rolling out massive discounts or attractive offers every other month, tens of hundreds of…
How successful are digital payments amid limited internet access
It may have been over a year since the Modi government envisaged a digital India, but the actual availability of digital payment options is still…
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…
E-Commerce Paving Its Way Further into the Hinterlands of India
The past few years have seen a sort of revolution in India in the online shopping market. Increasing e-commerce penetration into India’s…
How e-tailing is booming in this festive season?
Driven by a very strong e-tailing festive sales in Sep’17, with USD 1.5 Bn of sales generated over 5 days, e-tailers are likely to see 45% y-o-y…
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…
How digital innovations are easing the omni-channel journey?
Shoppers of these days are going across the channels to make purchases; hence, making it mandatory for retailers to be present everywhere. Once the…
5 Content Marketing Tips for Retail Business
Amid a fierce competition and tussle in the business world, it has become very vital for healthcare brands to utilise best ideas to succeed. The…
10 Ways to Grow Your Business
The welcome business moves of PM Narendra Modi are 'Make in India' and FDI, which proofs that India is on its way to become the global hub for…
Flipkart rules the fast growing non metro market, Amazon has a slight lead in Metros : Study
RedSeer has released its quarterly e-tailing leadership index for the April-June Quarter. The index is a view on how customers perceive the e-…
Important Tips for the First-time Retailers
There is always a first time for anything you do in life and the feeling of the first time remains etched in heart and mind forever. After one…
Emerging trends in internet retailing: Bringing new categories online
E-commence is among the fastest growing industries in India. According to a study conducted by the Internet and Mobile Association of India, the e-…
5 things to know about Alibaba’s 'New Retail' foray!
Alibaba, the world’s biggest e-commerce company is poised to grow in India. In fact, this Chinese e-commerce has already started setting up its…
Which category is ruling the e-commerce world?
Indian e-commerce industry is growing exponentially. Online retail is catching on fast, not just in larger metros but also in the Tier II and Tier…
How retailers can solidify their omni-channel strategies?
Asia has about 2 Billion internet consumers and the region is at a cusp of digital transformation. Over the next couple of years, the booming…
How local vendors will rule e-commerce giants!
India has for decades relied on the un-organised sector to meet its daily necessities for things like groceries, medicines, daily essentials etc. …
Flipkart has the highest share of big-spending online shoppers on its platform:Report
E-tailing: With orders getting delivered faster than ever before, online shoppers have never had it so good.   E-tailers have brought down average…
How offline is complementing online sales?
The term retail apocalypse was coined by a US journalist referring to mass closure brick and mortar stores in the country. Since then global media…
How ecommerce driving innovation in overall retailing?
Driven by urbanization, attitudinal shifts and income growth, India’s retail market is expected to double from US$ 600 billion in 2015 to US$ 1…
How virtual reality is changing the retail industry?
India is the world’s fifth-largest global destination in the retail space. The Indian retail industry has emerged as one of the most dynamic and…
How ecommerce marketplaces are redefining offline businesses in India?
With a meager amount of Rs 1,000 in his pocket, Tausif Ansari travelled to Mumbai in 2006 from Munger in Bihar. The school dropout had plenty of…
E-commerce: A threat or opportunity for a retail mall?
Indian Malls: Then and now.. The Indian mall story began the 1990s with Spencer Plaza in Chennai, Ansal Plaza in Delhi and Crossroads in Mumbai…
Despite E-Commerce Rise, Offline Stores Generating 91% Sale: Report
Despite rise in e-commerce business, brick and mortar stores still generate 91 per cent sales globally, a study has claimed.  "Despite the rise…
Small businesses: A great fit for the new 'Nimble Marketplace'
Consumer behavior and the way people shop are changing. Over the last several years, e-commerce has risen and there’s no longer a clear-cut…
Pepperfry unveils its first concept
For most Indian consumers have their daily lives intertwined with digital like. A report titled ‘Decoding the Digital Opportunity in Retail’ by BCG…
App Marketing: The new definition of exponential RoI
Ecommerce industry understands a few terms like the back of one’s hand - RoI or CIR, Conversion Rate, Customer Acquisition Cost, Customer Lifetime…
Is the New Age Marketing focusing more on Millennials than the Baby Boomers?
In this age of endless options, customer retention is a tough game. While brands are looking at innovative ways at winning customer loyalty, it…
Why people shopping online more than offline!
Retailers are going through the biggest transformation ever in the industry. Here are five major trends I believeare reshaping the retail industry…
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…
How Indian e-retailers survived 2016..
In 2016, about 69 million consumers purchased online and the number is expected to cross 100 million by 2017 with the rise of digital natives,…
The Line Between Etailers and Retailers is Blurrier than Ever
Both virtual and physical retailers are adopting an omni-channel approach by merging offline, online, and mobile capabilities—all with the aim of…
Indian Retail trends 2017
The Indian retail market size stands at about USD 585 billion and is expected to grow at CAGR of 13 percent to reach USD 1080 billion by 2020. This…
E-commerce: Can it be Profitable?
Today, most of the e-commerce portals in India are operating at heavy losses driven by a deep discounting model, which is unsustainable over a…
Demonetization's Impact on Indian Retail
The government’s recent demonetization move has definitely impacted the retail Industry in the short term due to lack of liquidity in the economy.…
How to get your cross-channel marketing strategy right?
“Good marketers see consumers as complete human beings with all the dimensions real people have,” says author and entrepreneur, Jonah Sachs,…
E-tailing & food-tech sectors to be negatively affected by currency demonetization
RedSeer Consulting, a research and advisory firm focused on achieving excellence in the consumer internet market reveals that the various sectors…
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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eCommerce biggies to hike ad rates post the whooping festive sale response
Eyeing at the ongoing pre- Diwali sales, Indian eCommerce majors such as Snapdeal and Flipkart have extensively increased their advertising rates…
Flipkart & Amazon lead the chart; orders from Tier II cities roar this festive season
As the much awaited festive season has started, Indian online marketplaces, by all means, have rolled out their festive sales campaigns giving out…
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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…
Amazon backs its Indian unit to take on Flipkart-Myntra-Jabong
Amazon is flushing out heavy funding to back its Indian unit to take on Flipkart and its online fashion sister concerns Jabong and Myntra. The move…
Alibaba ropes in Madhur Deep as its Sr VP of team India
In an interesting move, Alibaba has hired former McKinsey and Goldman Sachs executive Madhur Deep who will be heading its strategy and investment…
Snapdeal unveils its latest option that will speed up its delivery
As each and every online marketplace is floating new offers to allure customers this festive season, Snapdeal too has added another option on its…