Mobile phone retailers call out rampant fraud, press no on easy EMIs for phonesMobile phone retailers are calling for an end to financing schemes after reporting 10-12 per cent fraudulent purchases. They are advocating...
09 Jul, 2024, 08.02 PM IST
Big offline mobile retailers eyeing ONDC storefrontsA pan-India retailer association met top ONDC officials to understand how the platform works, and how they could be a part of it. Discussio...
13 Jul, 2023, 12.03 AM IST
No more fireworks: Festivals fail to light up mobile phone sellersAccording to smartphone trackers, sales this month have been close to 12 million as against 15.5 million last year. If this trend holds, th...
31 Aug, 2020, 11.01 AM IST
Covid-19 fear: Electronics brands Samsung, Apple let offline stores sell onlineSamsung has created an ecommerce platform in partnership with Benow.in along with mobile phone retailers across the country that will allow...
18 Apr, 2020, 07.37 AM IST
Big C to expand network, product offeringsAddressing media in Hyderabad on Monday, he said the Rs 1,010 crore company in revenues last fiscal will now spread its product offerings t...
23 Dec, 2019, 08.44 PM IST
Quick Heal partners Big C Mobiles in Andhra Pradesh and TelanganaQuick Heal researchers predict the mobile landscape to become more threat-prone in the coming years. The primary cause of this will be an a...
17 Dec, 2019, 05.54 PM IST
Happi Mobiles to enter lifestyle products, eyes Rs 500 crore toplineThe retail chain, which currently sells mobile handsets of top organised brands, will shortly get into lifestyle products like LED televisi...
19 Apr, 2019, 03.52 PM IST
Diwali brings no cheer to offline phone retailersWith more and more buyers going online, this could be the worst possible Diwali in five years for many.
30 Oct, 2018, 11.27 AM IST
Motorola ties up with 2 retail chains to expand presence in Andhra Pradesh, TelanganaThe company announced the expansion of `Moto Hub' stores in AP and Telangana with the launch of its first such outlet here today in partner...
20 Dec, 2017, 05.33 PM IST
Falling online discounts boost mobile sales at retail stores“Online sales were contributing more than 90% to our overall sales, but online market in India is still only 30 % of the overall smartphone...
25 Aug, 2017, 02.07 AM IST
Future Group, Shoppers Stop, Puma report double-digit growth in same-store sales despite online discount bonanzaSome other retailers attributed the rise in demand to fresh merchandise, fewer discounted merchandise of big brands on online portals, and ...
05 Nov, 2015, 03.44 AM IST
E-commerce takes its toll; cellphone retail chain Univercell planning to exit businessThree leading cellphone retailers in south India, Sangeetha Mobiles, Poorvika Mobiles and BigC Mobiles, have also decided to combine resour...
19 Feb, 2015, 04.55 AM IST
Google takes Android One outside India, launches handset in IndonesiaThis comes at a time when the US search giant’s Indian device partners are launching the devices in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
07 Feb, 2015, 02.03 AM IST
Three mobile retailers in South join hands to take on e-tailersThese three chains have initiated discussions with Samsung, LG, HTC and Micromax and expect to launch their first such exclusive models.
16 Dec, 2014, 05.31 AM IST
South India's three big mobile retail chains team up to take the fight to e-tailersThree of south India's largest cellphone retail chains - Sangeetha Mobiles, Poorvika Mobiles and BigC Mobiles - have decided to pool resour...
15 Dec, 2014, 11.28 AM IST
Peeved with Google's selling policy, big retailers like Croma, Future Group and others refuse to sell Android One smartphonesAndroid One is Google's pet project to increase adoption of smartphones in emerging markets with India being the first country where it is ...
20 Nov, 2014, 06.36 AM IST
Electronics retail chains like The Mobile Store and UniverCell are selling some phones cheaper online than store priceChains such as The Mobile Store, UniverCell and Sangeetha Mobiles, have started to offer devices online at prices that are up to 7% lower f...
03 Oct, 2014, 11.33 AM IST