Alibaba plans stake in China business magazine: Reports
The publisher of one of China's most respected business magazines, Caixin, said today it was seeking new investors following reports e-commerce giant Alibaba plans to take a stake in the company as it looks to expand its media empire.
Mar 02, 2016, 17:45 PM ISTReliance Industries mulls rolling out fashion e-commerce site AJIO.com under Jio brand name
Passing on the already popular Jio brand name to group's new businesses, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has dubbed its fashion e-commerce site AJIO.com
Mar 01, 2016, 11:51 AM ISTAmazon 72-hour 'Great Indian Sale' begins, heavy discounts on lakhs of products
The sale has already begun at midnight January 21 and will continue till 12am on January 23.
Jan 21, 2016, 09:06 AM IST
'India's retail market has potential to touch $1,200 billion by 2020'
India's retail market has the potential to grow from USD 630 billion in 2015 to USD 1,100-1,200 billion in 2020 on the back of rising income levels and increased urbanisation, according to a Report.
Jan 14, 2016, 19:22 PM ISTNorms soon for crowdfunding, MF sale through ecommerce: Sinha
Crowdfunding typically involves young entrepreneurs and small groups of people raising funds for their ventures.
Dec 08, 2015, 13:37 PM ISTForeign e-tailers to rake in Rs 54,700 cr from local shoppers
Despite government's attempt to curtail imports of consumer items, shoppers are likely to buy Rs 54,700 crore worth foreign goods from overseas e-tailers this year, a report said Thursday.
Nov 26, 2015, 23:55 PM ISTAmazon beats Flipkart, Snapdeal as most visited e-commerce site
As e-commerce players battled for consumer attention during the festive period, Amazon India saw maximum visitors on its web and mobile sites in October at over 20 crore visitors, as per the recent data from Internet analytics firm comScore.
Nov 26, 2015, 17:45 PM ISTcloudBuy ties up with CII for online e-commerce gateway
Global provider of cloud-based e-commerce marketplaces cloudBuy has signed an agreement with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for an online e-commerce gateway.
Nov 16, 2015, 17:08 PM ISTDigital commerce: India accounts below 1% total retail sales
India accounts for less than one percent of the total retail sales despite being the fastest digital commerce market in Asia, growing at 40 percent each year, according to research firm Gartner.
Nov 04, 2015, 18:08 PM ISTCAIT to launch online portal e-Lala next month
With more Indians buying products online, traders' body CAIT will launch a portal christened "e-Lala" next month to support brick & mortar shops to embrace e-commerce as an additional platform to generate more business.
Oct 29, 2015, 18:49 PM ISTIndia ecommerce story strong, to hit $35 bn by 2019: Nomura
Indian ecommerce sector's growth looks strong and is expected to reach USD 35 billion by 2019, says a report.
Oct 26, 2015, 18:24 PM ISTIs Flipkart selling stolen goods? Police arrests six in related incident
Delhi Police Monday sent a notice to e-commerce giant Flipkart following the arrest of six persons and recovery of stolen high-end mobile phones worth around Rs 1 crore, many of which were allegedly sold through the e-tailer's website.
Oct 05, 2015, 22:33 PM ISTWhen a man duped Flipkart of Rs 20 lakh: Find out how!
If you have ever been duped or taken for a ride by eCommerce companies, this piece of news should sound sweet to your ears.
Oct 01, 2015, 18:53 PM ISTE-commerce: RBI allows banks to use e-payments for imports
In order to facilitate e-commerce, RBI Thursday permitted banks to enter into pacts with Online Payment Gateway Service Providers (OPGSPs) for import payments.
Sep 24, 2015, 23:13 PM ISTSnapdeal expects to be profitable in three years
E-commerce major Snapdeal expects to be operationally profitable in the next three years and is investing heavily in building infrastructure to scale up its business.
Sep 17, 2015, 21:54 PM ISTSnapdeal launches instant refund facility
Online marketplace Snapdeal on Friday launched its instant refund facility to help its customers get refunds within one hour of receiving the returned products, a company statement said here.
Sep 11, 2015, 18:12 PM ISTFocussed on mobility but no timeline to go app-only: Flipkart
eCommerce major Flipkart on Tuesday said it is focused on developing products for mobile devices but has not decided on the timeline to go app-only.
Aug 25, 2015, 15:17 PM ISTJack Ma joins Alibaba's $4 billion shares buy-back
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's founder and chairman Jack Ma and vice chairman Joe Tsai today said they would use their own money to buy the company's shares as it began a two-year plan to buy-back shares worth USD 4 billion.
Aug 17, 2015, 23:08 PM ISTJack Ma criticised for not helping Tianjin blast victims
Jack Ma, one of China's richest men and the founder of e-commerce giant Aibaba, has come under immense pressure from netizens who criticised him for not donating money for the welfare of the victims of last week's Tianjin blasts that killed at least 114 people.
Aug 17, 2015, 23:01 PM ISTSpeed hiring: Now, get hired or fired in just 12 minutes!
Job street has just got into fast lane with a new concept called 'speed hiring', wherein suitable candidates are filtered out in flat 12 minutes!
Aug 16, 2015, 21:27 PM IST