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...
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,...
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...
Startups: Consolidation, customer experience to be key in 2016Peppertap CEO Navneet Singh agreed saying the focus will be on customer experience rather than just customer acquisition.
Tata group companies firm up digital teams before launch of e-commerce ventureTata Unistore, the unit that will spearhead the group’s hybrid online retailing venture, will have representation from the group’s consumer...
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.
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,...
Koramangala is an extremely peaceful yet fun neighbourhood: Aditya Rao, LocalOyeLocalOye is currently present in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Gurgaon. By the end of August, we should also be present in Delhi and Noida.
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.
As startups sprout by the hundreds, established firms are looking to protect themselves from impactIndia's industrial conglomerates, most of which are over 50 years, are looking to follow in the footsteps of the upstarts on the business h...
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.