It is watching e-commerce policy fineprint before spelling out India plan
The strategy these online marketplace companies follow in the next few months will determine whether Amazon gets to be the leader in 2017.
His challenge now may be coping with Alibaba's undoubted status as a whale in the world of e-commerce.
It entered India in 2006, with the aim of tapping the promising consumer market.
Grand plan: 10% GDP growth; 175 million jobs; $10-trillion economy
Phonemaker Apple is said to be in talks to take 30,000 sq ft retail space at plush property Maker Maxity, in Bandra Kurla Complex
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Traders were up in arms, fearing huge job loss if Walmart was to enter.
Instead of announcing new schemes, focus will be on those already announced and key sectors.
Prominent e-commerce marketplace players include Amazon.in, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm, Shopclues and Jabong
For the traditionalists, wars on Twitter and Facebook smack of immaturity.
Consumers are set to gain from discounts.
Mumbai and Delhi NCR, country's two largest markets, do not fare very well.
The threshold limit for deduction of tax at source has been raised for unusual income such as winnings from horse race, commission
There has been nothing consolidated in the Budget for this section that may transform entrepreneurship in any meaningful way
There's little interest in seed funding now as investors are finding it a risky proposition.
'For how long can investors fund loss-making companies?'
Till December 2015, the prime minister has flown abroad 19 times, but the bills have been processed only for 2014 till now
Shopclues, the latest unicorn, was at the bottom of the sector loss pie.
The maker of the iPhone and the iPad has made a proposal to the government for a wholesale foray.
According to property consultant JLL, the vacancy in office spaces is expected to be around 13%.
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