Subramanian Swamy writes to Corporate Affairs Ministry to save AskMeIn a letter to MCA Secretary Tapan Ray, Swamy asked the government to consider assisting askme.com to buy out the 98.5% shareholding of Mal...
AskMe shuts down, lays off 4,000 employeesAskMe wrote to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and RoC, asking them to ensure that Astro Holdings does not exit the country without meeti...
AskMe minority stakeholders at war with its Malaysian owner Astro Holdings"Despite best efforts of the board and management, AskMe, has been unable to meet its plans due to lack of scale, among other factors, said...
MebelKart bets on 'localization' formula for online furniture retailMebelKart's premise is simple- as a platform it wants to connect buyers to furniture makers and suppliers in their locality and vicinity.
With new ad-tech buys, Criteo wants to be a bestseller in IndiaWe can say that up to 21% of revenues come from Criteo’s APAC unit and we are expecting significant growth from India in the years to come,...
AskmeGrocery to launch market places for perishable grocery and medicinesWhile AskmeFresh will be competing with the likes of Amazon-Now, BigBasket and PepperTap, Askme-Meds will compete with startups such as Plu...
Astro's Askmebazaar eyes billion-dollar valuationAstro has built a sizeable digital portfolio in India of over $200 million, of which Getit is the largest where it holds over 90% stake.
Small vendors flocking to smaller e-marketplaces like Askme.com; here's whyThis is not to say that these stores present a threat to the giants.But these do offer small and independent merchants like Jain a more acc...
Mahindra to rope in 20 execs for digital solution; poaches Askme.com CEO Jaspreet BindraMahindra Group is specifically looking for people in digital, analytics, innovation and customer insight. Some new hires will also be part ...
LocalOye lays off 60 employeesLocalOye, an online platform to book services online, today said it has laid off 60 employees, as part of a restructuring effort.
IIM Lucknow achieves 100% summer placements in four daysThe top segments based on roles offered were sales & marketing (25%), finance (22%), consulting (21%), e-Commerce (15%), systems/IT (10%).
Home and lifestyle online marketplace Askmebazaar to enter fashion, travel spaces in 2016"We are keenly watching search queries and transactions in the entire ecosystem, and the fastest growing categories are fashion and travel,...
Askme to invest $20 million in furniture etailer MebelKartAskme.com is going to invest $20 mn in online furniture marketplace MebelKart.com over the next three quarters in return for a majority sta...
LocalOye.com to ramp up hiring by year-endFrom a 25-member team in March this year, it intends to scale up employee strength to 500 by end October this year.
Jaspreet Bindra to helm Mahindra Group's digital, ecommerce planThe Mahindra Group is drawing up a digital and ecommerce strategy and has hired Jaspreet Bindra, an angel investor and former CEO of Askme....
Askme hires JWT, earmarks Rs 350-crore advertising budgetJWT has bagged the advertising account of Askme-.com, a local search engine that provides information almost everything from restaurants to...
Best buys from Google's great online shopping festivalHere's a sneak peek at everything from gadgets to apparel to watches and even airline tickets at slashed rates.