From infrastructure to skills, data is set to impact every aspect of an organizationBusiness leaders today are streamlining their budgets to incorporate data collation, harnessing and analysis, which could together transfor...
Rachna Nath quits as PricewaterhouseCoopers partnerGarg has about 30 years of experience in the infrastructure sector and in his last stint at KPMG, was a partner of major projects advisory.
Snapdeal aims for 10 more investments this fiscal to take on Flipkart & Amazon in India's $3bn e-commerce industrySnapdeal has bought 8 companies in 5 years since its launch and plans to bolster resources further to take on Flipkart & Amazon in ecommerc...
E-commerce companies' surging valuations: Realistic, or just one big bubble?There’s no one answer to that as yet but a recent arbitrage opportunity serves to illustrate the intriguing possibilities that arise in suc...
Flipkart to focus on social shopping, mobile interface and data miningThe Bengaluru-based company is scrambling to scale-up its technology backend and improve customer experience.
LG suspends sales to Flipkart; consumer goods makers considering legal action for "predatory pricing"Sony India was miffed at the huge discounts being offered online when compared to prices at the bricks-and-mortar stores, which account for...
E retailer's fight for buyers drives sales at couponing sitesA less exploited marketing tool, these deal buying and couponing sites have seen revenue rising around 500%.
Can any Indian e-commerce player replicate the success of Alibaba?While success in entrepreneurship is largely due to individual brilliance, other factors, including investment climate, do play a key part.
Why selling products on e-commerce websites is gaining speed in IndiaEcommerce in India, with its over 250 million internet users and 900 million mobile subscribers, is only going to expand further.
Flipkart gets Rajnish Baweja to handle finance, to prepare for market entryRajnish Baweja, a chartered accountant with 20 years of experience in finance, was regional CFO at Bharti Airtel International.
CrediHealth, Perfiniti, FolksVagn & Shaadi-e-Khaas: Four start-ups with innovative ideasThe four start-ups featured are part of that rare new ideas group — one has made a biz out of carpooling, while another crowdsources opinio...
- 50% Indian retail apparel consumers shop online: PwC study
The newly affluent Indian consumer spends more and in a distinct pattern as compared to his Asian counterparts, finds the study.
FMCG companies find few takers for health snacksPepsiCo India's BFY (better for you) products, Aliva range of baked crackers and Lay's Baked potato chips, are the latest victims of low sa...
Cola giants gear up for rural slugfestThe fight to wrest control of India's rural market has the potential to become one of the most fiercely fought battles between Coca-Cola an...
Amul fights market battles on home turf with new competitorsAmul, the homegrown dairy brand from Gujarat, is fighting battles on all fronts as smaller players are picking on it category by category.
- Construction of country's biggest mall to be completed by 2016: DLF
The mall was originally planned in 2005 to be completed by 2007 when it would have been largest in world, but was put on back burner as dem...
How low cost computers are used for education, livelihoodMore applications & content will make low-cost computing more relevant to consumers.Many expect Mukesh Ambani to be a game changer.