India is aiming to attain self-sufficiency in vegetable oils over the next decade. The commodity is third on India’s import bill after oil ...

Kunal Bahl of Snapdeal said that e-commerce saw phenomenal growth & is changing the way people shop. Industry players expect fund inflows t...

The narrative is of online players trying to change mindsets about internet shopping in a country that has just begun its online initiation.

Flipkart is lining up its biggest round of fund-raising as a precursor to a possible American listing, and this time the valuation figure i...

While the online model scores on reach, shipping products to remote corners of the country, the offline model is a largely urban phenomenon.

Bangalore-based Myntra, founded by IIT-Kanpur graduate Mukesh Bansal, gets about 20% of its total revenue from its company-owned private la...

At present, large multi-product portals, including Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon, do not sell lenses, regarded as a specialised category.

Since its launch in June 2013, Amazon - the $74.5-billion giant - has gone from 2 categories to 24, from zero sellers to around 1,000.

Sensing that most of the growth and revenues will come from mobile-only shoppers, these sites are rushing to create specialised tools.

The service aims to simplify online transactions for users and may also be licensed to other e-commerce companies.

The higher margins earned by these companies is making them attractive for investors who have put in a total of about Rs 664 crore so far t...

The biggest problem, ecommerce firms say, stems from a government rule banning foreign direct investment in online retail.

Online marketplaces are dismantling barriers of who can do business, and are poised for giant leap and opening up avenues for small entrepr...

Like China, e-commerce in India is throbbing with local players—75-100 start-ups, driven by entrepreneurs and backed by venture capital.

Online retailers are emerging as important sales channels for consumer brands in the country as more Indians take to shopping on the Intern...

The 2007 bombings killed 68 people, most Pakistanis.