Man unable to pay for iPhone kills delivery agent in K'taka; hides body for 4 daysDuring the course of the investigation, the police found that the deceased, Hemanth Naik (23), used to work at an E-kart express delivery s...
Flipkart's COO quits; Krishnamurthy's grip tightensSeth's exit will give more power to Kalyan Krishnamurthy, who took over the HR function last week
Paytm's story now a case study at HarvardEsablished in 2006, Mumbai-based IRC supports its faculty with research in emerging trends in the region. IRC has supported most of the cas...
Flipkart's new centralised procurement process aims to cut costsThe firm is also looking at investment in automation at its warehouses and the last mile to reduce costs and the need for human interventio...
Ekart to launch courier service to take on DTDC Express, First Flight Courier and othersEkart has aggressive plans for its courier service, with an aim to capture 5-10 per cent of the market in the first year.
Ekart, logistics arm of Flipkart,strengthens top management, appoints two senior executivesUpadhye will report to Ekart head Saikiran Krishnamurthy, while Abichandani will report to Flipkart CFO Sanjay Baweja.
Flipkart taps into kirana stores to extend last-mile deliveryEkart, the logistics arm of online marketplace Flipkart has signed on a network of 700 corner stores across 28 cities as part of its altern...
With the ecommerce industry set to hit $100 billion by 2020, can logistics business be far behind?Existing logistics operators have failed to keep pace with the growth of an industry expected to cross $100 billion in size by 2020.
Flipkart's logistics arm does business for rivals and is even looking beyond ecommerceWhen Sachin and Binny Bansal founded Flipkart in 2007, they often ended up jumping on their own vehicles in the initial months to make deli...
Flipkart logistics arm Ekart bets big on offline clients, bags Madura FashionEkart has started winning clients among brick-and-mortar brands as it aims to become an independent logistics powerhouse.
Paytm piloting service to deliver goods via Ekart-the logistics arm of FlipkartFor Paytm, the move marks greater focus on reaching customers in smaller towns and cities which generate more than half of total orders.
Flipkart arm Ekart ties up with Apollo Pharmacy for delivery and pickup servicesThe unit is also launching a Fulfilled by Ekart (FBE) initiative to tap merchants selling goods on other etailers, which will be a big area...
Flipkart infuses Rs 666 crore in EkartThis is Flipkart’s second fund infusion in seven months into the logistics business that’s housed under a newly created entity called Insta...
Ecommerce majors Amazon, Flipkart together rented about 3.6 million square feet warehouse space in 2015Amazon and Flipkart have more than doubled warehouse or fulfillment space as more and more sellers come on board to benefit from the online...
Delivery boys suffer back problems: The backbone of Indian e-commerce boom faces serious breakdownAs ecommerce companies try to meet the dearth of feet on the ground and wheels on the road, the pressure is building on delivery boys.
After Amazon, Flipkart to join express delivery race; co's logistics unit eKart to compete with on-demand startupseKart to take on competition from on-demand startups that promise to deliver products within an hour, typically by tying up with local stor...
Flipkart to throw open its logistics arm 'eKart' to deliver packages of competitors"This is another page out of Amazon's book," said Ashish Jhalani, head of advisory firm eTailing India. In US, Amazon does deliveries for o...