Quick commerce expands beyond groceries with VC funding, but scale questions persistIndia’s quick commerce boom, best known so far for grocery deliveries, is rapidly spilling into categories such as food, baby care, constru...
31 Mar, 2026, 11.36 AM IST
Logicserve Digital launches 'eMarket' to help brands optimise their e-tail strategieseMarket will consolidate multiple capabilities at Logicserve Digital and be fuelled by partnerships with leading marketplaces, Martech and ...
08 Dec, 2020, 01.55 PM IST
Livspace raises $90 million led by Kharis Capital and Venturi PartnersExisting investors Ingka Investments, TPG Growth, Goldman Sachs, UC-RNT and Bessemer Ventures also participated in the round.
03 Sep, 2020, 09.05 AM IST
Non-essentials sales curb could pinch eCommerce hardFor Walmart-owned Flipkart and Amazon, daily deliveries are down to around 10% of what they were prior to the lockdown, while the gross mer...
27 Apr, 2020, 08.11 AM IST
Interior firm Livspace gets $60m makeoverLivspace has raised about $150 million till date, according to share allotment disclosures made by the company. It last raised $70 million ...
24 Jan, 2020, 09.08 AM IST
Small ecomm yet to put ‘Best Before Date’ for consumablesSome sites make it hard for consumers to find MRP, expiry date by putting them in dropdown or separate menus.
21 Aug, 2019, 09.50 AM IST
Quikr expands leadership, appoints first ever Chief Financial OfficerTewari will play a key role in the company's group level financial strategy and growth opportunities across its various marketplaces includ...
14 May, 2018, 04.11 PM IST
Tough road ahead: Investors can’t find a fit in online fashion retailFunding for standalone fashiontech startups such as Yepme, Voonik and Wooplr has plunged to $39.5 million so far this year from $350 millio...
23 Nov, 2017, 08.55 AM IST
Disappointed & shocked with Snapdeal founders: Vani Kola to ET NowIn an interview to ET NOW business news channel, Kola said, "In the last few months, these continued leaks, has been very disconcerting and...
31 Jul, 2017, 06.36 PM IST
eFashion sweats it out as cos spend less on ad blitzThe online segment's flattish sales growth rate helped offline players gain lost ground in the fashion category. In 2016-17, offline player...
15 Jun, 2017, 09.23 AM IST
Online furniture cos like Urban Ladder, Houzz and PepperFry starts offering additional services to increase their businessVertical players have the benefit of owning the experience end-to-end and pushing products in décor, fittings, furnishing in addition to fu...
23 May, 2016, 04.23 AM IST
Paytm plans aggressive expansion of online travel business to drive more traffic to portalThe company has partnered services marketplace Ezeego1 for hotels and flight bookings and is also in talks with several airlines.
15 Apr, 2016, 10.47 AM IST
Pepperfry hopes to report profit helped by sharp growth in home decorOnline furniture and home decor store Pepperfry aims to be profitable by the end of this year joining a number of single category online re...
22 Mar, 2016, 05.30 AM IST
Competition between beauty startups like StayGlad and horizontal companies like UrbanClapStayGlad is slotted to enter Delhi soon and is hopeful it will be able to cash in on the high-repeat value that beauty as a category offers.
27 Nov, 2015, 01.39 PM IST
Logistics no barrier for startups like vertical marketplaces startups like ZoomoTo optimise the time between a customer's order and car verification, Zoomo hired and trained a six-member team to certify the quality of c...
04 Mar, 2015, 11.54 AM IST
Stacking it online pays off: Furniture etailers sit pretty on rising salesOnline players account for just about 1% of the Indian furniture retail market, which is expected to double to about Rs 1.2 L cr in 3 years.
01 Sep, 2014, 12.07 PM IST
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...
16 Aug, 2014, 04.00 AM IST