Paytm, which recently hived off its e-commerce and payments bank businesses into separate companies, would use these fresh funds to bolster the two businesses
No longer an in-house task; hiring legal eagles is now becoming norm for M&As, fundraising
Alibaba is playing a big role in helping to train the senior management of the upcoming Paytm Payment Bank
Retailer bodies to demand govt action against I-Day sales offers, threaten legal action for breach of FDI rules.
Most e-commerce firms offer aggressive discounting and freebies, with specific purchases.
Industry experts said the major pain point would be tax collection at source, which would create a rift between sellers and e-commerce companies.
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday approved the biggest tax reform since Independence.
For the government to meet its GST roll-out deadline of April 1, 2017, the states will have to ratify the Bill before Parliament's winter session, starting November.
They are not only coming up with whacky names to grab attention but are also stretching the definition of e-commerce.
It took Flipkart a little over 24 hours to complete due diligence and come up with a final offer that was $20 million higher than what Snapdeal was ready to forfeit.
The new real estate hubs could typically take between 5 and 10 years to develop depending on the state of economy of the city and the state.
Lack of political consensus on economic reforms a key concern.
With EU, it is part of the FTA that we will need to negotiate.
Cong leaders speak in two voices but final stand may be decided at a meeting headed by Rahul Gandhi next week
The e-commerce sector's usage of commercial spaces was about 4.2 million square feet of the total of 17.5 million sq ft consumed in the first half of 2015.
Gujarat and Jharkhand are most favourably placed in terms of smaller share of public sector employees and lower liability on pension, wages and salaries.
Snapdeal CEO Kunal Bahl said those who do not perform will have to leave.
To run 24/7 establishments require infrastructure such as public transport.
It is still "discounts" that e-commerce players have to rely on to bring in customers, though they might claim otherwise.
Experts believe more efforts would be needed in future funding rounds.
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