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
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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.
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.
Business chambers now inviting start-ups for membership.
US retail major is in talks with Flipkart, Snapdeal, ShopClues and Grofers for partnership.
From 50 stores Vimal Textiles aims to have 150 in 3 years.
A raise in the I-T exemption limit has been sought by many.
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