Alnoor Peermohamed And Anita Babu

Stories by Alnoor Peermohamed And Anita Babu

With 'apni hi gadi samjho,' Uber aims to break outsider tag

With 'apni hi gadi samjho,' Uber aims to break outsider tag

Rediff.com   21 Aug 2017

With a new campaign that talks about togetherness, Uber challenges Ola's homegrown narrative.

Can Flipkart 2.0 beat Amazon?

Can Flipkart 2.0 beat Amazon?

Rediff.com   11 Aug 2017

After raising $2.5 billion from SoftBank's Masayoshi Son and his Vision Fund, Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal are back in the driving seat at Flipkart, the company they founded over a decade ago.

Innoviti, the Google Maps of digital payments

Innoviti, the Google Maps of digital payments

Rediff.com   11 Aug 2017

A platform that helps retailers reduce failed transactions while keeping the cost down, Innoviti is all set for India's digital payments revolution.

Lessons from Snapdeal's failures

Lessons from Snapdeal's failures

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2017

India's first true e-commerce marketplace is struggling for its survival and in it lies valuable lessons for pure play aggregators, say experts.

Titan taps Amazon to enter US

Titan taps Amazon to enter US

Rediff.com   9 Aug 2017

Titan will become the latest Indian brand to ride on the back of the global e-retail major

Can Nykaa teach Amazon, Flipkart a lesson?

Can Nykaa teach Amazon, Flipkart a lesson?

Rediff.com   7 Aug 2017

Unlike some of India's largest online retailers like Flipkart, Amazon, Myntra and Jabong, which are very secretive about their data and use it to cut better deals with brands than their competitors, the Nykaa monetising its insights. If it is is able to do so without giving away any of its advantages to competitors, it could be on to a winning model.

Why winning in India is so important for Uber

Why winning in India is so important for Uber

Rediff.com   4 Aug 2017

The Indian arm is the second largest unit for the company, crosses 500 mn trips milestone

The speed bumps for India's electric cars

The speed bumps for India's electric cars

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2017

Even as India goes green, lack of uniform standards for setting up charging stations is holding back companies. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.

Will India choose Rupay over Visa, Mastercard?

Will India choose Rupay over Visa, Mastercard?

Rediff.com   14 Jul 2017

RuPay has 42% of total debit cards, but contributes only 16% of PoS, e-commerce transactions. With banks scheduled to renew deals with Visa, Mastercard, here's how RuPay plans to increase its reach to premium customers.

With Halli Labs, Google makes its first Indian acquisition

With Halli Labs, Google makes its first Indian acquisition

Rediff.com   13 Jul 2017

Joins Facebook, Apple and Twitter in buying Indian start-ups

Flipkart claws back, snatches market share from Amazon

Flipkart claws back, snatches market share from Amazon

Rediff.com   27 Jun 2017

Its share among top three e-commerce players grew to 57% in March 2017 from 45% in June 2016

Modi clinches deal with Bezos, Amazon will keep investing in India

Modi clinches deal with Bezos, Amazon will keep investing in India

Rediff.com   27 Jun 2017

Terrific meeting with Narendra Modi. Always impressed, energised by optimism and invention in India. Excited to keep investing and growing," Bezos wrote on social networking platform Twitter.

Tesla eyes India plant, seeks relief

Tesla eyes India plant, seeks relief

Rediff.com   16 Jun 2017

Elon Musk's likely referring to waiver of 30% local sourcing norm for setting up single-brand retail

Why Uber's APAC head was fired

Why Uber's APAC head was fired

Rediff.com   9 Jun 2017

He was illegally probing a 2014 Delhi rape case using the victim's medical records to find out if it was a ploy by Ola to sabotage Uber's operations

Tata Elxsi wins deal for self-driving car software

Tata Elxsi wins deal for self-driving car software

Rediff.com   6 Jun 2017

While Tata Elxsi will steer clear of building hardware sensors used in autonomous driving, the company is also working with large Tier-1 suppliers to co-develop sensors that will be work with its underlying software.

India overtakes US in Android app downloads

India overtakes US in Android app downloads

Rediff.com   1 Jun 2017

India has around 355 million Internet users, second only to China, says a report

How Bharat Electronics plans to boost revenue

How Bharat Electronics plans to boost revenue

Rediff.com   1 Jun 2017

Eyes Rs 10,000 cr revenue mark despite focusing less on manufacturing, more on system integration

IKEA acquires 14-acre plot in Bengaluru for third India store

IKEA acquires 14-acre plot in Bengaluru for third India store

Rediff.com   1 Jun 2017

Store will directly employ 500-700 people, half of them women, and create 1,500 jobs indirectly

Apple, Facebook eye control of digital payments IP in India

Apple, Facebook eye control of digital payments IP in India

Rediff.com   30 May 2017

Both firms have made several applications for patents pertaining to digital payments in the country

Myntra kicks Jabong upstairs!

Myntra kicks Jabong upstairs!

Rediff.com   29 May 2017

Customer insight drives the online fashion retailer to launch 'mood' stores, rethink the way it sells its wares.