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18 Oct, 2022, 07.10 AM IST
Online marketplace LimeRoad to be acquired by fashion retailer V-MartThe company has signed a "business transfer agreement with A M Marketplaces (LimeRoad) and certain other parties for the acquisition of its...
17 Oct, 2022, 08.25 PM IST
Value-fashion retailer V-Mart acquires fashion startup LimeRoad; will invest Rs 150 croreV-Mart will operate LimeRoad as an independent business unit to retain its tech startup culture.
17 Oct, 2022, 07.36 PM IST
GoKwik gets $5.5 million funding from Matrix India, others for overseas expansionFounded in 2020 by Chirag Taneja, Vivek Bajpai and Ankush Talwar, GoKwik is an ecommerce enablement platform that uses artificial intellige...
07 Sep, 2021, 12.49 PM IST
A rough road awaits e-commerce companies as they race to the Indian hinterlandsCompanies have had to tweak business models, extend and improvise on logistics and supply chain, and patiently chip away at the suspicion o...
21 Jan, 2018, 06.01 PM IST
LimeRoad joins rush for offline storesThe online firm plans to open 2,000-3,000 LimeRoad stores across the country in the next 2-3 years, and these will be run by sellers.
19 Jan, 2018, 07.45 AM IST
Fight with Amazon and Flipkart bleeds small fashion etailersIndustry experts are unsure about the space that small players have in the market to operate.
26 Dec, 2016, 12.23 PM IST
What the Jabong sale to Flipkart means for the 800-odd smaller online fashion retailersThe Indian apparel and fashion market is worth around $150 billion and online retailers have merely scratched the surface.
06 Aug, 2016, 04.17 PM IST
How the online fashion market is planning to combat the joint forces of Flipkart, Myntra and JabongMyntra’s acquisition of Jabong is estimated to have placed the combined entity right at the top of pile, with an estimated market share of ...
05 Aug, 2016, 05.12 PM IST
Fashion curation apps like LimeRoad, WithMe, Voonik are carving a business out of recommending what to wearStartups like WithMe , Styledotme boast of a stickiness that keeps users coming back, but is this a winning model?
20 May, 2016, 04.04 AM IST
Flipkart acquires mobile marketing firm AppiterateThe financial details of the deal were not disclosed. In line with its 'Mobile First' focus, this acquisition strengthens Flipkart's presen...
30 Apr, 2015, 06.03 AM IST
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.
13 Apr, 2015, 04.59 AM IST
Startups like Findmeashoe.com, Whodat & Wazzat Labs developing technologies for etailersNestled in a narrow lane in South Bangalore is a startup that has developed a virtual trial room for the feet — to find an exact fit throug...
13 Apr, 2015, 04.46 AM IST
How discovery startups like Limeroad, Wooplr, Tripoto are catching both consumers & investors' interestIf Flipkart and Snapdeal have set the benchmark, these startups leaning on the explosion of mobile users could paint a picture of the futur...
05 Apr, 2015, 10.34 AM IST
Businesses and consumers will only gain from having more women entrepreneurs in the fray"Entrepreneurship is hard for men and women alike. You need the fighter gene to succeed, and that requirement is really gender-agnostic," s...
27 Mar, 2015, 06.49 AM IST
Amazon in talks to acquire Jabong; move a counter to Flipkart's Myntra buy?A regulatory filing by Rocket Internet, which incubated Jabong, put the value of the fashion portal at 388 million euros, or $500 million (...
10 Oct, 2014, 10.49 AM IST
Startups open door to interns from IIM, IIT; make the talent pipeline humEven for those not looking to take up entrepreneurship in the short term, these internships are a route to bag full-time jobs after graduat...
02 May, 2014, 10.58 AM IST