Financial documents highlight several trends in e-commerce companiesThe financial documents of the major ecommerce companies for fiscal year ending March 2017 showed several telling trends about how the comp...
05 Jun, 2018, 09.24 AM IST
SoftBank in talks to invest big money in Paytm MallSoftBank could be freed from a clause in its agreement with Flipkart that restricts it from investing more than $500 million in Paytm Mall ...
14 May, 2018, 12.05 PM IST
Firm’s pivot to consumers was a risk worth takingBankBazaar CEO Adhil Shetty tells ET how his firm was pushed to let go of its enterprise business to focus only on consumer in 2013.
06 Feb, 2018, 08.18 AM IST
Etailers hope for rise in FDI investment, healthy competitionAnalysts see more direct and indirect benefits flowing in from the cabinet’s decision, even if it only meets half-way a long-pending demand...
11 Jan, 2018, 08.06 AM IST
Walmart Labs in Bengaluru to power the company's future: Jeremy King"We have huge amounts of data and massive scale and so are able to attract senior engineers, data scientists and machine-learning experts t...
14 Nov, 2017, 09.20 AM IST
Don't care about being compared since we're running a different race: Amit Agarwal, AmazonThe primary focus for Amazon India is to reach out to many customers with as many products as possible and ensure high repeat purchases, Ag...
27 Oct, 2017, 12.19 PM IST
Flipkart investment in marketplace shrinks to Rs 27 lakh, Amazon’s falls to Rs 2,010 cr in FY17Total investment into Amazon Seller Services so far stands at Rs 14,940 crore, as compared to Flipkart’s Rs 8,349 crore through Flipkart Ma...
25 Oct, 2017, 12.19 AM IST
RBI's strict KYC norms to keep e-wallets safeMobile wallets, which have been conforming to a minimum KYC format will have convert to full KYC wallet within 12 months of opening it.
13 Oct, 2017, 12.41 AM IST
Paytm Mall plans Rs 1000 crore spendOver the past few weeks, Paytm Mall -which did not have brand stores on its platform -has brought on board 1,000 brand stores and 15,000 br...
04 Sep, 2017, 11.52 AM IST
How Flipkart has fared against Amazon IndiaAmazon significantly outpaced Flipkart’s growth rate in financial year 2017, although the domestic online marketplace remains India’s large...
15 Aug, 2017, 12.11 PM IST
Paytm Mall in talks to invest $200 million in BigBasketBigBasket is seeking a pre-money valuation of at least $550 million. The company was valued at about $450 million when it raised capital in...
11 Jul, 2017, 01.00 AM IST
After Stayzilla mess, startups advised to tweak contractsIn long-term contracts such as debt deals, the terms of the agreement contain a clause that allows for mediation in case of differences.
06 May, 2017, 01.02 AM IST
Why is Indian internet treated like a step-child?The cumulative FDI that companies like Google, Yahoo, Facebook and LinkedIn have put into India is less than $500 million.
10 Apr, 2017, 08.53 AM IST
Fintech cos helping banks & financial institutions deal with security threatsTheir services come in three levels -first is to identify potentially suspicious individuals or entities, which is followed by identifying ...
12 Dec, 2016, 09.29 AM IST
Demonetisation: How India's internet commerce industry is coping with currency recallFor online retailers that have been collecting a huge slice of their payments in cash against deliveries, order volumes have halved since t...
25 Nov, 2016, 05.35 PM IST
Foreign angel investors provide wings to small Indian startupsIndia's early-stage ventures are finding support from wealthy individuals based overseas — both foreigners and those of Indian origin.
18 Aug, 2016, 06.38 AM IST
Flipkart sellers threaten revolt over return policy; say will either exit or remain inactiveFlipkart recently decided to increase sales commission it levies on merchants as well as shipping fee, a reverse shipping fee, & collection...
15 Jun, 2016, 08.30 AM IST