The Budget move that leaves Amazon, Flipkart sellers with less money in handE-commerce marketplaces including Snapdeal, Amazon and Flipkart have approached the government through industry body Ficci seeking a revers...
28 Feb, 2020, 07.57 AM IST
Cloudtail, Appario push brands for higher marginsAmazon’s largest sellers seek 18-20% hike on current margin base as they chase profitability.
23 Jul, 2019, 06.38 AM IST
Flipkart checks direct buying from companiesFlipkart asks suppliers to route goods directly to preferred sellers on its platform and wholesale sellers.
11 Jul, 2019, 02.10 PM IST
Flipkart appoints intermediaries to get around new FDI normsThe latest restructuring of Flipkart’s operational model follows the tightening of foreign investment rules in e-commerce from February.
08 Mar, 2019, 05.15 PM IST
Flipkart sellers plan to tweak purchasesIndia only allows FDI-funded marketplaces to lend their platforms for other businesses and sellers and bars such marketplaces from holding ...
26 Feb, 2019, 11.20 PM IST
Flipkart bets on alpha-beta tango to sync with FDI normsFlipkart is enrolling more alpha intermediaries as well as consumer-facing beta sellers as part of its business restructuring post FDI rule...
19 Feb, 2019, 08.29 AM IST
Govt accuses Amazon, Flipkart of influencing prices; companies deny chargesThis is the first time since the new rules were announced on December 26 that there is clarity on how the e-tailers, who were lobbying at a...
06 Feb, 2019, 08.44 PM IST
Amazon, Flipkart sales fall a third as FDI norms kick inThe curbs bar some of the business practices that foreign funded companies followed.
04 Feb, 2019, 12.47 PM IST
New e-policy: Rs 5,000 crore stock may bleed Amazon, FlipkartA back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests each player has stock of more than Rs 2,000 crore.
29 Dec, 2018, 01.08 PM IST
Carts toppled, e-tailers look for deliveranceThe new policy hits Amazon and Flipkart more severely because their group entities control much of the inventory sold on the platform.
28 Dec, 2018, 07.38 AM IST
New norms may freeze Flipkart, Amazon modelsBig sellers like RetailNet, Super-ComNet and OmniTech Retail on Flipkart and its fashion affiliate Myntra besides Cloudtail and Appario on ...
27 Dec, 2018, 11.41 AM IST
Focus on B2B pushes Amazon Wholesale’s revenue up 73%After regulatory changes in early 2016, the company saw a huge rise in revenue to Rs 7,047 crore in FY17 from only Rs 2.6 crore in FY16.
13 Nov, 2018, 09.23 AM IST
Small online sellers ally with big vendorsThey have become suppliers to largest sellers such as Cloudtail, WS Retail, which are part owned or backed by the marketplaces, rather than...
07 Apr, 2018, 07.01 AM IST
Flipkart and Amazon violating FDI rules, mobile companies tell Suresh PrabhuIt has revived the row between online and offline retailers. Offline retailers allege that etailers are using foreign capital to provide st...
05 Apr, 2018, 09.47 AM IST
Flipkart and its fashion unit Myntra: Two star sellers fail to make revenue cutMyntra’s sales shifted from Vector E-Commerce to Tech Connect during the last financial year, which is now the largest seller entity on the...
03 Feb, 2018, 12.31 AM IST
Flipkart launches Metronaut to rule men's fashion categoryThe marketplace plans on launching multiple private labels in furniture, fashion and decor ahead of the start of the festive sale season.
03 Jul, 2017, 08.49 AM IST
March 31 deadline for FDI norms looms: WS Retail still pushing biggest cart on FlipkartWS Retail’s revenue is more than the combined sales of retailers such as Shoppers Stop, Future Lifestyle, Tata’s Trent and Aditya Birla Gro...
06 Jan, 2017, 08.58 AM IST