Future Supply Chain Solutions buys Vulcan Express for Rs 35 croreThe sale of Vulcan is the second such by Jasper Infotech over the last six months, as it continues to shed, what have been deemed as non-co...
Homepreneurs on the radar for Shopmatic's India planThe company competes with Snapdeal-owned Shopo, KartRocket—which raised $8 million earlier this year—and Zepo Technologies for its ecommerc...
New clarity on e-commerce may smoothen entry for foreign giants like AlibabaAlibaba, a significant investor in electronic payments and marketplace Paytm, recently declared it was keen to begin operations directly in...
Paytm to include products from Chinese companies on its app with Alibaba’s $600 millionSeparately, Alibaba has also invested in rival etailer Snapdeal for a small stake, raising concerns in some circles about conflict of inter...
Top banker’s reform agenda at risk after Chinese stock market meltdownFastforward four months, and Zhou finds himself caught in a stock market rescue that smacks of meddling, not freemarket financial reform.
Paytm forays into e-commerce; to compete with likes of FlipkartPaytm announced the formal version of its wallet app which allows users to transfer money between themselves, along with a seller app for S...
Indian diners looking for inventive food formats; but retain fixation with indigenous flavoursDespite the tendency to play safe, the much reviled reluctance to go beyond paneer and (boneless) chicken, and despite the success of me-to...
Niche online players like Lenskart, Fabfurnish catering to specific needs of consumersIf Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Jabong, eBay et al are virtual supermalls selling everything to everybody, then these are the niche operator...
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Chinese group Alibaba's moves to take its flagship ecommerce site alibaba.com private by offering minority investors an eyepopping premium.