Apple decided in April to free up distribution and not control trade margins and the final consumer price of iPhones in any retail channel.

UniverCell Telecommunications, the country’s second-largest cellphone retailer, may be about to change hands as ecommerce takes a toll.

To beat rivals such as Flipkart, they will also offer buybacks, data transfers and help online customers get their devices fully operationa...

Three leading cellphone retailers in south India, Sangeetha Mobiles, Poorvika Mobiles and BigC Mobiles, have also decided to combine resour...

Chains such as The Mobile Store, UniverCell and Sangeetha Mobiles, have started to offer devices online at prices that are up to 7% lower f...

The Mobile Store plans to tie up with e-commerce players to enable it to help customers at its outlets to buy devices online if they choose...

Retailers say, the upcoming festival season could be the best they've had in the last few yrs & some are even expecting 40% growth in busin...

Even regional chains like Great Eastern and Vijay Sales are foraying into e-commerce either directly or through online platforms such as Fl...

The Chennai-headquartered mobile retail player, backed by private equity firm Peepul Capital, has been growing at over 30% a year.

“We want to spend more money in digital. Yes, it’s (not being on TV) a risk and I am conscious about it,” said Managing Director D Sathish ...

Marketers are hopeful that the NRI visits, which surges during the Oct-Dec period due to Diwali and marriage season, will further boost dem...

With brands like Samsung, Sony and HTC increasing prices by 3-6% last week due to the free fall of rupee, retailers fear the demand may slo...

For a mobile phone retailer, how does one call the ‘right number’? ET bureau speaks to D. Sathish Babu, founder, UniverCell.

Looking to cut corners in the current economic scenario, FMCG and consumer electronics players seem to be rethinking on their marketing str...

Mobile phone retailer UniverCell is betting big on impending developments in the telecom sector — entry of 3G and new service providers and...

UniverCell will start test-marketing feature-laden mobile phones of little-known mobile makers in the sub-Rs 2,000 category starting Februa...

Mobile retailer UniverCell plans to open 100 new stores in south India by the end of September and is also looking for a pan-India presence...