Jammin' in Jamnagar: Business, tech elite to descend for the wedding of Anant Ambani & Radhika MerchantThe list of international guests expected to attend the pre-wedding celebrations in Jamnagar in early March reads like a veritable who's wh...
23 Feb, 2024, 01.17 PM IST
Exclusive: Airbnb’s Brian Chesky on India’s potential; over 50% staff at Indian unicorns seeking jobsBouncing back from Covid-19, Airbnb in 2022 saw a 70% growth in overnight bookings in India, one of its biggest markets, CEO Brian Chesky t...
04 May, 2023, 07.46 AM IST
Crypto exchanges write to NPCI to restore UPI services; regulator unlikely to agreeThe exchanges wrote to NPCI last month after it issued a statement —following US-based crypto exchange Coinbase’s launch in April — that it...
17 Jun, 2022, 10.41 AM IST
Amazon's net loss prompts query: Has it built too many warehouses?The world's largest online retailer on Thursday reported $2 billion in incremental costs from having excess fulfillment and transportation ...
29 Apr, 2022, 03.47 PM IST
Regulatory heat forces Coinbase to halt UPI payments in just three daysUS Co reached out to NPCI following regulator's clarification on no UPI for cryptocurrencies in India; Payments aggregators continue to wor...
10 Apr, 2022, 10.13 PM IST
India flips to premium as gold jewellers bank on festive revivalIndians will celebrate Dussehra in late October and Diwali and Dhanteras in November, when buying gold is considered auspicious.
09 Oct, 2020, 08.38 PM IST
Indian among six indicted in Amazon bribery case in United StatesAccording to the indictment, all the six accused used bribery and fraud since 2017 to benefit merchant accounts on Amazon Marketplace, a pl...
19 Sep, 2020, 08.44 AM IST
Empty jewellery shops plague India market as Dubai exports arriveOn Friday, gold futures in India, traditionally the world's second biggest gold consumer after China, were trading around 51,800 rupees ($6...
21 Aug, 2020, 10.03 PM IST
Amazon Q2 results: Firm posts biggest profit ever at height of pandemic in USOnline grocery sales tripled year over year, and worldwide streaming video hours doubled, Olsavsky said on a call with analysts.
31 Jul, 2020, 10.23 AM IST
India's gold discounts widen to 2-month high on price surge, weak demandIn some parts of the country, retail demand was subdued due.
04 Jan, 2019, 03.15 PM IST
India's digital transaction space set for next leap thanks to tech giantsIndia is building public infrastructure such as Unified Payments Interface and Aadhaar that allows for an interoperable mobile payments sys...
20 Feb, 2018, 07.41 AM IST
Amazon India crosses 3-lakh sellers mark on its marketplaceAmazon has always believed in working seller backwards and have been constantly innovating to address challenges that are unique to Indian ...
18 Feb, 2018, 03.30 PM IST
Apple is now more like GE or General Motors: Brian MerchantThe One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone takes you through the bitter politics within Apple while the iPhone was being developed.
02 Jul, 2017, 08.22 AM IST
Amazon plans to launch global shipping and logistics businessThe ambitious strategy promises to turn FedEx and UPS into Amazon rivals, but also will pit the Seattle giant against China’s Alibaba Group.
10 Feb, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky reiterate that India is one of Amazon's biggest investment areasTo improve product discoverability, Amazon also introduced Sponsored Products initiative in the second half of 2015.
29 Jan, 2016, 05.08 PM IST
How Alibaba made Singles’ day in China a massive consumer phenomenonSingles’ Day is celebrated on November 11 because the date — 11/11 — is reminiscent of “bare branches,” the Chinese expression for bachelor...
10 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Google to start testing fresh food and grocery deliveriesGoogle will start testing in two US cities later this year, stepping up competition with online retailer Amazon.com and startup Instacart
09 Sep, 2015, 10.17 AM IST