Sachin and Binny Bansal defined post-Ambani business eraThe Bansals, who first met at Amazon’s India development centre in 2006, along with another colleague, had prepared a paper plan to start a...
10 May, 2018, 10.14 AM IST
Star India hires LivingSocial CEO Gautam Thakar to head sports businessGautam Thakar, currently located in Washington D.C., will be joining Star India as CEO – Star Sports, on January 15.
26 Dec, 2017, 10.28 PM IST
After selling its Indian assets to Flipkart for a stake in it, what does eBay leave behind?eBay has a significant stake in Snapdeal. And there’s Quikr. A company that became a unicorn in the heady days of 2015, with an unusual gen...
18 Apr, 2017, 12.15 PM IST
With $500-m stake buy, eBay makes a fresh bidThe company will also fold its Indian arm, set up when it bought local ecommerce startup Baazee.com for Rs 230 crore in 2004, into India's ...
11 Apr, 2017, 08.38 AM IST
eBay India’s sales jump three-fold, but losses mountBottom line takes a hit in FY16 despite various cost-cutting initiatives, including lay-offs.
27 Dec, 2016, 12.41 AM IST
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....
04 Aug, 2015, 02.54 PM IST
eBay lags behind Amazon and Flipkart in commission revenueseBay India posted revenues or income of Rs 107 crore calculated on commission earned from sellers along with advertising revenues for fisca...
16 Dec, 2014, 05.28 AM IST
Quikr raises Rs 550 crore from group of investors led by Swedish investment company KinnevikQuikr has raised $90-mn from a group of investors led by Swedish investment firm, which is the largest funding for an Internet services com...
12 Mar, 2014, 10.26 AM IST
Meet Quikr CEO Pranay Chulet, IIT-IIM alumnus, who built India's largest online classifieds co"We get 32 million unique visitors every month. That's one-in-six internet users in India," said Chulet.
12 Mar, 2014, 09.44 AM IST
- Amazon set to launch services in India next year
World’s largest online retailer, Amazon-. com is set to enter India, riding on the second wave of ecommerce boom in India.
26 Jul, 2011, 09.26 AM IST
- Amazon set to launch services in India next year
Amazon is establishing a warehouse in Mumbai, a standard step before entering e-commerce space going by what Amazon has been doing globally.
26 Jul, 2011, 07.24 AM IST
- Copycat Social networking sites fail to create buzz
Success of social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn has resulted in local start-ups trying to ride the wave. However they have fa...
27 Jun, 2011, 03.29 PM IST
- SC frustrates Shahabuddin bid to play 'Muslim victim'
The Supreme Court on Monday thwarted the attempts of RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin to play the ‘Muslim victim’ card by rejecting his contenti...
26 Aug, 2008, 04.09 AM IST
- SC stays proceedings against eBay, its chief
The Supreme Court today stayed the proceedings against auction portal eBay India Pvt Ltd and its chief Avinash Bajaj for allegedly permitti...
25 Aug, 2008, 07.41 PM IST
- Do we really need net nannies?
It's high time we learn the lesson - banning the medium won’t solve the purpose, but banning the message may.
12 Oct, 2006, 12.09 AM IST
- Matrix Partners to invest in 20-30 new ventures
The $150-million consumer services risk capital fund, Matrix Partners India, which closed on July 26, has decided to invest in some 20-30 n...
28 Aug, 2006, 02.59 AM IST
- Matrix Partners India to invest in 20-30 new ventures
The $150 million consumer services risk capital fund, Matrix Partners India, which closed on July 26, has decided to invest in some 20-30 n...
25 Aug, 2006, 09.15 PM IST