Unlocking Valentine's Day Retail Trends: Insights from India's Shopping Scene
Valentine's Day, the celebration of love and affection, not only warms hearts but also fuels the retail industry. As Cupid's bow draws back and…
Demand For Organic Brands Increases In Last Two Months
Over the past two months, organic demand for workwear classics has skyrocketed including white shirts and formal trousers witnessing a spike of over…
Demand for Logistics Space Remains Resilient
The demand for logistics space in India remained resilient in the July-September quarter. Online retailers and related third-party logistics (3PL)…
India's Live Commerce Industry to Reach $4-5 bn by 2025
Driven by the beauty and personal care (BPC), India's live commerce market is expected to clock a gross merchandise value (GMV) of $4-$5 billion by…
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Indian E-commerce Market To Surpass Modern Trade by FY 24-25: Kalyan Krishnamurthy, Flipkart
The Indian e-commerce market is expected to surpass modern trade by the financial year (FY) 2024-25, according to Flipkart’s Kalyan Krishnamurthy. …
Consumer Trends: Flipkart Sees Tier 3+ Markets As The New Frontier For E-Commerce
With the need for social distancing and prioritizing safety, the pandemic has led to millions of people turning to e-commerce this past year, not…
3 Trends of new normalcy as decoded by Prahlad Krishnamurti from Flipkart India
Covid-19 lockdown has caused the sharp decline in the retail sales. Due to indefinite closures and uncertainty caused Covid 19 the discretionary…
Rising demands in e-retail segment fast-tracking supply chain
The e-retail industry is one of the fastest growing industries in India. Driven by increased digital penetration, a rise in ownership of…
Top 4 retail trends to lookout in 2019!
The year 2018 witnessed major developments across all industries and verticals, including some of the most crucial turn of events in the retail…
5 things to know about new ecommerce policy
The government has tightened guidelines for FDI in e-commerce market places, barring players, including Amazon and Flipkart, from selling exclusive-…
Wrangler launches Wrangler 20X as a Flipkart exclusive
Wrangler, the heritage American denim brand, has recently collaborated with the Indian e-commerce giant, Flipkart to launch an exclusive sub-brand…
Why ‘smaller’ towns are big players this festive sale season?
For over 100 million middle class families in tier II, III cities and beyond, this festival season is as exciting and joyous as the 400-odd…
How health supplements are changing conventional retail shelve?
Currently healthcare segment growth has started but hasn’t boomed yet. It has yet to come and that is expected soon. The way nutritional education…
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…
Of bold colours and high bar stools!
From a bean bag to a high bar stool and bold colours to artistic work, office décor has undergone a sea of change. The office furniture 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…
The next phase of White Revolution is here
New Delhi: Lately the grocery segment and more precisely delivering milk at everyone’s doorstep as a business opportunity has been creating a lot…
Myntra, Amazon announce discount war with 50-80% off
New Delhi: The sale season is back with country’s two e-commerce biggies including Amazon and Myntra hosting summer sale with steep discounts in…
Flipkart denies noticing Pink Slips to its employees
New Delhi: Flipkart in an official statement has denied noticing pink slips to its employees today. The company has reverted on a recent query…
AIOVA fears Walmart-Flipkart deal will affect business of sellers
New Delhi: In an issued press statement by the sellers’ body All India Online Vendors Association (AIOVA) said the 77% stake acquisition in…
5 mandatory steps to design and start a robust B2B e-commerce website
Apart from the business to customer vertical, there is another dimension in the supply chain that is having a good time with the advent of the online…
What's common between Walmart-Flipkart and Amazon
New Delhi: The recent developments in Indian’s online grocery segment have indicated an intense battle heating up between Walmart-Flipkart and…
This is how Walmart will Americanize Flipkart
By Mukund Ramachandran, CMO, Dynamic Yield Walmart and Amazon have generated no shortage of buzz in recent weeks with their tug-of-war over…
Is Walmart-Flipkart Deal Really A Threat To Indian Retail??
A day after US retail giant Walmart struck its largest deal with Indian e-commerce company Flipkart, there has been prevailing fear among small…
CAIT Demands Govt Scrutiny of Walmart-Flipkart Merger Deal
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) today sought immediate intervention of the Government in proposed merger deal of Walmart-Flipkart and…
Flipkart-Walmart Deal: Who is Benefited from whom?
In brick world, Walmart is the father of the retail world. All retailers and retail professionals must have read the autobiography of Sam Walton, i…
Here's why you should load up your mobile wallet!
It’s been over a year since India took the plunge into cashless economy, and while consumers are still getting accustomed to the digital leap, a…
Retail sector sees a 19% growth which is higher than IT and BPM
Giving wings to the Digital India initiative which has steadily gained popularity, the ecommerce sector in the country has registered some rather…
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…
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…
Online Milk delivery: A new milkman has arrived!
Do you remember the time when milkman used to deliver dairy fresh milk right to your doorstep? Well, those were days when most of the milk…
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 biscuit companies are going through ‘Makeover’ exercise to increase the market share?
Biscuit, a popular snacking item in India has scaled a long journey from simple snacking item to rich cookies.  If we can trace back the journey,…
Will Reliance Jio’s e-commerce foray be disruptive?
The Indian e-commerce industry has been on an upward growth trajectory and is expected to surpass the US to become the second largest e-commerce…
How Performance marketing is helping retailers meet their needs?
India’s E- commerce and retail industry has witnessed a massive breakthrough in the last five years. It has evolved from a product-oriented…
The Evolution & Growth of Lingerie Market in India
The innerwear category has broadened from being a basic requirement to designer wear with emphasis on styling and comfort. According to a Technopak…
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 Can Artificial Intelligence Transform The Retail Industry
A quick search on your phone is no longer a one-way communication. From leading you to your nearby store to helping the retailers understand the…
How Flipkart is bringing automation in its delivery ?
Flipkart is India’s largest e-commerce marketplace with over with over 60% market share of mobile commerce. With a registered customer base of 75…
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-…
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,…
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…
Why Snapdeal and Flipkart deal fell apart?
It has been about six months since Snapdeal and Flipkart were in discussion for possible merger. The deal could have make sense for both the…
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 brands such as ‘Voonik’ are winning customers?
How the product is displayed to customers either in online channel or offline makes a lot of difference. Merchandise assortment planning should be…
How EOSS would be effected due to pre GST sale?
With the much awaited launch of GST (Goods and Services Tax) making all the headlines, there has been a lot of skepticism regarding its impact on…
How Snapdeal and Flipkart acquisition makes sense for Indian companies?
OH!!!, "East is East", and "West is West", and never the twain shall meet, sang Rudyard Kipling. The Dragon Connection - Amazon in China &…
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…
Flipkart made it to Interbrand’s 40 next-generation, disruptive brands
Interbrand has announced its second annual Interbrand Breakthrough Brands report in partnership with New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Ready Set Rocket…
Online and multi-brand retailers still have plenty to learn from each other, despite building strong customer loyalty: Study
  Global loyalty marketing agency ICLP (A Collinson Group Company) has revealed a research showing where different retail sectors are performing…
How logistics is reshaping the e-commerce ecosystem in India?
Indian e-commerce has experienced some major changes, yet there is surety of better advancement for its future in it. It seems to be completely…
Flipkart continues to consolidate with latest e-bay acquisition
After successful acquisition of Myntra and Jabong leading e-commerce company Flipkart has acquired the Indian arm of eBay after getting whopping Rs…
How Indian online jewellery is shaping up?
The jewellery industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the Indian economy. It is hugely export oriented and labour intensive, thus…
Indian e-commerce booming with Angel investments!
There’s something that links Rajan Anandan, Anupam Gopal Mittal, Sanjay Mehta, Sharad Sharma, Sunil Kalra and TV Mohandas Pai. They are all angel…
Why high profile exits ruling Indian e-commerce
The e-commerce sector is growing and projected to cross USD103 billion by 2020 at an impressive CAGR of 41%.  This exponential growth has enhanced…
How E-wallets pushed online buying during note-ban
Aimed at curbing corruption and black money, government’s announcement of demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes has had a big impact on the online…
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,…
CashKaro may be profitable in next 18 to 20 months
The Gurgaon-based  cashback  and  coupon website CashKaro.com  which has raised Rs 25 crore in its Series A funding round from Kalaari Capital in…
Toonz Retail to make Rs 5 crore investment to come up with 10 new stores
Toonz Retail, a one stop shop for all the needs of kids from 0-12 years of age, has announced the launch of 10 stores in December 2016, further…
LeEco made crores in its first Diwali sale
LeEco, an internet and technology conglomerate with multiple internet ecosystems across content, devices, applications and platforms has managed to…
Forrester survey reveals the best customer service provider online portals list
According to Forrester's India Customer Experience Index, 2016, Amazon and Bigbasket have championed in the race of customer service in India,…
Amazon and Flipkart under scanner for cheating customers
During the festive season, all the e-commerce marketplaces starts showering offers and discounts on customers. Being dipped totally in festival…
Flipkart confirms the exit of its CFO
Flipkart, one of India's largest e-commerce marketplaces, has confirmed to Economic Times about the exit of its Chief Financial Officer, Sanjay…
Google smartphones to give competition to all the leading brands
Google made its entry into the mobile space with its Nexus series of smartphones, there it partnered with similar other manufacturers such as LG,…
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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Myntra appoints Dipanjan Basu as its new Chief Finance Officer
Myntra, fashion arm of India's leading online marketplace Flipkart, has roped in Dipanjan Basu as its new Chief Finance Officer. Before joining…
Wal-Mart wants to invest $1 million in Flipkart to acquire minor stakes
US retail giant, Wal-Mart has shown a keen interest in India's leading online marketplace Flipkart. As per the recent development, US retailer is…
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…
LeEco fishes for Amazon & Snapdeal's assistance to ramp up its online sales
Seeing the big festive season around the corner, LeEco has partnered with Amazon and Snapdeal to sell its devices through their online platforms…
Snapdeal, Amazon and Flipkart will be soon equipped with products from Rajasthan handloom
In a spree of making its products available to online consumers, Rajasthan State Handloom Development Corporation (RHDC) has initiated talks with…
Flipkart will sell iPhone 7 In India from October 7
Flipkart, India's leading online marketplace, has partnered with Apple to sell the much awaited product, iPhone 7 through its lattice. This time,…
Here is why Urban Ladder has partnered with its arch rival
No doubt India today stands as one of the most prominent countries with an exponentially high potential in online retailing. Betting on the…
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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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LeEco eyes to hit 100 cr sales target in 24 hours during Epic 919 Festival
LeEco, Chinese internet technology ecosystem company, is betting high on Epic 919 festival. The company is expecting to achieve a target of Rs 100…
How are eRetailers gearing up for the 'Very Merry' festive season sale?
It is the time when your email gets bombarded with various flash sales mails, landing page of eCommerce sites flushed with upcoming sales promo etc…
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Godrej Interio to furnish India with its own ecommerce portal
Moved by the boom in ecommerce industry, Godrej Interio is planning to roll out its own ecommerce platform in India by April, 2017. The aim of the…
Amazon's tea carts and mobile express churning its business wheels faster
Amazon India is continuing its dominance over the Indian market with almost tripling the list of sellers on its lattice this year. This development…
Flipkart refutes the news of laying off 800 employees
Flipkart, who was recently making rounds in media as the market was speculating that the company is about to shell off 800 employees, has came out…
Flipkart gearing for another massive lay off; Figures might touch to 800 employees
Flipkart, one of India’s leading online marketplace, is finding it hard to run its business smoothly as the competition is getting more fierce. The…
Flipkart signs licensing deals to cement its leadership in fashion biz
Flipkart, India’s leading online marketplace, is on the move to further garnish its online fashion and lifestyle segment. As per the recent…
Priya Cherian Flipkart's HR director will now beef up Alibaba's India team
In this cut throat competition where every firm is on its toes to grab each and every opportunity that comes there way, Alibaba has managed to…
Bewakoof to make another attempt to enter the brick & mortar retail space
Bewakoof.com, five year old fashion and lifestyle portal, is now shifting gears to enter into the brick and mortar retail space. The move came…
PhonePe to shuffle the online payments segment
PhonePe, an online payment arm of Flipkart, has recently unleashed its UPI (unified payments interface) based mobile wallet. The introduction can…
New Ad campaign drops Flipkart in Court
Flipkart has sparked a fire among the Gorkha community through its recent advertisement campaign. As per the recent report published in one of the…
Flipkart aims to back its merchants by providing additional Rs 75 Cr loan
Flipkart is now aiming to further back its sellers on its lattice by availing them credit facility of over Rs 75 crore in the next few months.…
Cult receives backing of $3 million from Bansal and Nagori's CureFit
Cult has received a funding of US $3 million from CureFit, a startup founded by former Myntra’s Cofounder, Mukesh Bansal and ex CEO of Flipkart,…
Myntra Clocks $1 Billion Run Rate in Annualised GMV
Myntra has crossed US $1 billion run rate in annualised GMV post discounts in July 2016. This is the first time ever that an Indian fashion brand…
Myntra inching closer to open offline stores for private brands
Myntra, owned by Flipkart, has ramped up its operations to roll out its offline stores in next three months. Informing about the move, Ananth…
Flipkart launches ?Flipkart Assured' to curb non-genuine products
Flipkart, one of the leading online marketplaces of India, has recently launched ‘Flipkart Assured’ quality badge to enhance the overall experience…
Myntra shows interest in Hrithik Roshan's HRX; buys 51% stakes in the brand
Myntra, Flipkart’s fashion arm has recently purchased 51 per cent stakes in Hrithik Roshan’s lifestyle brand HRX. The brand which is jointly owned…
Flipkart now on Kotak Mahindra Bank's mobile banking app
Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB), today, announced the availability of Flipkart’s mobile site in its mobile banking app, which gives the customer a secure…
Government's new card for ecommerce may change the game for big players
Government of India is now planning to further back the ecommerce sector of the country. In its recent move, the Centre is looking forward to…
Kalyan Jewellers to foray in Soudi Arabia with an aim to propel revenue to $2 billion
Kalyan Jewellers, one of the leading jewellery retailers of the country is now eyeing to dig dip into the jewellery market of Saudi Arabia. Kerala-…
LeEco unveils ambitious Pan-India offline retail expansion plan
After successfully establishing itself in the online space in India, internet and ecosystem conglomerate LeEco has announced today that it is all…
Flipkart dismisses media rumors of laying off employees
Flipkart has come strongly and denied the news of employees’ lay off hovering around the media corridors. Yesterday, most of the media houses have…
Flipkart showing exit door to 700-1000 underperformers
Flipkart is moving ahead to show an exit door to underperformers, this could be easily marked as the biggest lay off of the year. According to a…
Flipkart finally beats other suitors to acquire Jabong
Flipkart’s Myntra today proclaimed that it has finally closed the acquisition deal of Jabong, marking the final chapter in the struggling fortunes…
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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Flipkart marches ahead of Snapdeal and Future Group for Jabong's acquisition deal
Jabong, the online fashion etailer has hit the media headlines once again and as per the recent twist in the tale, Flipkart’s Myntra is inching…
Flipkart and Amazon crown Durian as the leading seller on their Lattice
Durian, known for providing exquisitely designed furniture adds another feather in its cap. With more than 1000 orders placed on Flipkart and…
Himalaya to expand its e-commerce business to achieve 100 crore target by 2018
Moved by the ecommerce revolution of the country, Herbal health and personal care firm Himalaya Drug Company is gearing up to further ramp up its…
Flipkart to build its payments business; Plans to invest Rs 670 crore
Flipkart is shifting its gears to ramp up its operations for its payments business. The online retailer is planning to invest around Rs 670 crore…
Alarms ringing for Flipkart as two more senior executives hit the exit door
Flipkart, one of India’s leading online marketplaces which has revolutionized the concept of shopping in India has fallen in trouble again. With…
Snapdeal inching closer to take over GoJavas for faster delivery
After roping in GoJava’s COO Vijay Ghadge, Snapdeal is inching closer to crack the acquisition deal of the logistics firm. GoJavas is primary…
Returning electronic items will be a tough nut to crack on Snapdeal
In this cut throat competition where online marketplaces are floating customer centric policies, Snapdeal has gone the other way. One of India’s…
Amazon sweeps a big heap over Flipkart: SimilarWeb
In the recent online tug-of-war, where every portal is trying its best to attract more-and-more customers on to its grid, global giant Amazon has…
Mohanty might spearhead Levi's India operations
As per the recent development, Jobong’s CEO, Sanjeev Mohanty is considered as the one of the prominent choice to head Levi’s India operations.…
An open secret: Jabong up for sale for the 3rd time
This is for the third time that Indian fashion and lifestyle eCommerce portal Jabong has expedited its sales process. The Rocket Internet backed…
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