China's JD.com weighs £2 billion bid for UK retailer The Very Group: ReportThe move would follow JD.com's earlier UK efforts, including its failed takeover bid for electricals group Currys and its decision last ye...
22 May, 2026, 10.48 PM IST
Quote of the Day by Sergey Brin: 'The only way you are going to have success is to have lots of failure first' Google co-founder's inspiring message for today's generationQuote Of The Day: Google co-founder Sergey Brin's wisdom highlights that success is built on numerous failures. Setbacks offer crucial less...
12 May, 2026, 07.05 AM IST
French regulator says most e-commerce platform products it tested breach EU rulesFrance's consumer watchdog found a staggering 75% of products from online platforms failed EU safety rules. Many items were found to be dan...
29 Apr, 2026, 05.58 PM IST
Quote of the Day by Jeff Bezos: 'I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if...' Life lessons from Amazon founder and how did he use it?Quote of the Day by Jeff Bezos: Jeff Bezos once said in an interview that if you are trying to innovate or build something new, people may ...
11 Apr, 2026, 12.16 PM IST
Will Trump 2.0 be able to adapt policies faster than Chinese businesses can circumvent them?The US has removed the de minimis threshold for Chinese imports to curb the influx of cheap goods. This regulation aims to support local bu...
18 Feb, 2025, 12.19 AM IST
30% levy on US-bound goods: Shein, Temu retailers are latest casualties of trade warApart from imposition of tariffs, Washington has revoked the de minimis rule for China. Under this regulation, small packages with a declar...
07 Feb, 2025, 12.02 AM IST
Donald Trump administration considers adding Shein, Temu to 'forced labor' list, Semafor reportsThe Trump administration has not made a final decision on the matter and could ultimately decide not to list either, the report said, citin...
05 Feb, 2025, 07.20 AM IST
German ecommerce giant Zalando snaps up local rivalZalando, a German online fashion retailer, is set to acquire its rival About You for €1.1 billion. This merger aims to create a stronger Eu...
11 Dec, 2024, 04.27 PM IST
E-comm deep discounting creating grey mkt, leading to loss to national exchequer: CAIT, AIMRAThe Competition Commission of India (CCI) is urged to suspend Flipkart and Amazon operations due to alleged predatory pricing and heavy dis...
01 Oct, 2024, 11.11 PM IST
China's JD.com announces $5 billion share buyback planJD.com, which last week beat profit forecasts for the June quarter, and rivals such as Alibaba, have been seeking to alleviate investor con...
27 Aug, 2024, 05.20 PM IST
Chinese retailers offer deep iPhone 15 discountsAnalysts say the iPhone 15 has not been selling as well in China as its predecessor. Counterpoint Research said last week that iPhone 15 sa...
23 Oct, 2023, 01.13 PM IST
Indian traders on Alibaba seeing more discountsTop trade bodies shared this observation at a webinar organised by Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on plans of expansion of the b...
02 Jul, 2020, 11.49 PM IST
Chinese phones continue to ring at full volumeThere has been no palpable impact on sales of Chinese electronics brands in the Indian market.
18 Jun, 2020, 02.00 PM IST
RSS affiliate says Flipkart, Amazon circumventing laws, demands robust e-commerce policy"The e-commerce companies including Flipkart and Amazon continue to circumvent laws detrimental to the interests of the traders namely smal...
22 Jan, 2019, 06.34 PM IST
Chinese fashion e-tailers see increased demand from IndiansIn the past few months, online retailers based in China like SheIn, Club Factory and Alibaba’s Ali Express are estimated to be racking up a...
27 Nov, 2017, 11.14 AM IST
Can Alibaba's Jack Ma spread jobs around the world?The way to do so, according to his annual shareholder letter released last week, is for other countries to use or replicate Alibaba’s “comm...
18 Oct, 2016, 01.27 PM IST
China to become largest cross-border e-commerce market by 2020: ReportThe total value of products sold by online retailers to overseas consumers will reach $994 bn by 2020, with China the driving source of gro...
16 Jun, 2015, 10.41 PM IST