The hidden Rs 9,000 crore business behind India’s water purifier boomIndia's water purifier market is evolving beyond just selling machines. Companies are now focusing on the lucrative service sector, includi...
08 Jun, 2026, 07.31 PM IST
India's plan for tighter e-commerce rules faces internal government dissent: DocumentsFinance ministry, the ministry of corporate affairs and the NITI Aayog have raised objections saying the proposals go far beyond their stat...
21 Sep, 2021, 02.54 PM IST
Industry groupings seek major changes in draft ecommerce rulesDelete clauses defining related parties, service providers as ecommerce entities, those banning flash sales, say bodies
22 Jul, 2021, 12.44 PM IST
New India e-commerce rules and their impact, explainedThe scope of India’s new e-commerce rules, as proposed by the Department of Consumer Affairs, goes beyond online retail (Amazon and Flipkar...
28 Jun, 2021, 06.36 PM IST
New India e-commerce rules set to hit Swiggy and Zomato, Ola and UberSwiggy and Zomato, Ola and Uber, as well as MakeMyTrip and Urban Company are currently reviewing the potential impact of the draft India e-...
25 Jun, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
E-commerce confusionIn today's ETtech Morning Dispatch: E-tailers unclear on 'flash sales' ban despite clarification; Amazon to hold Prime Day in amid tighter ...
23 Jun, 2021, 08.29 AM IST
Govt clarification on flash sales compounds confusion among e-tailersIn a clarification to the draft e-commerce rules, the government has allowed e-commerce portals to conduct conventional sale events, while ...
22 Jun, 2021, 11.44 PM IST
Flash sales for smartphones no longer the flashiest way of selling handsetsA slew of companies including those in consumer goods and personal grooming segments are now using flash sales to introduce new products.
19 Mar, 2016, 07.40 AM IST
Micromax to go for flash sales in bid to protect market shareMicromax, which clocked 54% jump in its revenues for the year ended March 2015 at around Rs 10k cr, will offer exclusive products in differ...
22 Apr, 2015, 09.59 AM IST
Xiaomi phones to be sold through The Mobile Store in Delhi NCRChina’s largest smartphone maker Xiaomi will begin selling its flagship phones in The Mobile Store’s brick and mortar shops, a first for th...
28 Mar, 2015, 01.57 PM IST
Sale of refurbished and ‘unboxed’ mobile phones picking up in IndiaChinese smartphone maker Xiaomi received an overwhelming response to its first online sale of refurbished and ‘unboxed’ Red Mi 1S devices i...
27 Jan, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
In a first for Indian market, China's Xiaomi sells unboxed, refurbished Red Mi 1SThe trend of buying refurbished devices is fast catching up in India, one of the fastest growing smartphone markets in the world.
24 Jan, 2015, 08.04 PM IST
Micromax unit Yu to sell 10,000 Yureka smartphones units on Amazon todayThe online sale may well coincide with Xiaomi's flash sale of the Red Mi Note priced at Rs 5,999 on e-commerce rival Flipkart.
13 Jan, 2015, 01.10 PM IST
Xiaomi sells 20,000 more Mi3 handsets, again in a few secondsThe next sale will begin August 26, for which registrations will begin at 6 pm today. Including this week's sale, Xiaomi has sold 75,000 sm...
19 Aug, 2014, 02.36 PM IST
Xioami sells 20,000 Mi3 again in just a few secondsIt had sold out 15,000 Mi3 devices online in two seconds flat on last week’s flash sales, beating the record five-second flash sale last mo...
12 Aug, 2014, 02.43 PM IST
Online travel companies like MakeMyTrip, Yatra and Goibibo cash in on airline fare warsThe deep discounts offered by domestic airlines have come as a windfall for online ticketing websites, such as MakeMyTrip, Yatra and Goibib...
28 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Flash sale portals offer heavy discounts, what is the truth behind it
Call them flash sales, secret sales or private sales, they all mean one thing: deals that promise heavy discounts for a limited period of t...
05 Mar, 2012, 10.40 AM IST