A soap bar got delivered instead of a mobile phone to a buyer, defective Diwali lights were couriered to another and fake items were dispatched in yet another case.
The big boys of India's traditional retail have finally come together to fight the onslaught of their online counterparts.
At Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion), e-commerce has seen one of the fastest rates of growth in investment activity this year.
Indian e-commerce companies in particular have been using their Facebook pages extensively to reach out to as many consumers as possible, apart from paid advertisements.
While investment activity jumped three to four times this year over last year for e-commerce, it has shown marginal growth (five per cent) in the case of consumer and retail
Ratan Tata has invested his own money into 3 high-growth online retail firms, which are yet to make a profit.
The FDA has been tightening its monitoring of Indian pharma majors over compliance issues. Surprise plant inspections and import alerts have been frequent outcomes
We are looking at a 600-bed hospital from the existing 230 beds, which will help us create new specialities.
The Competition Commission of India and the US Federal Trade Commission are yet to give their nod to the biggest pharma merger and acquisition deal this year in the Asia-Pacific region.
Coal requirement for the plant would be met through Coal India.
Ebay India MD Latif Nathani says that Indian ecommerce has a long way to go before catching up with the Chinese market.
The Whopper creater has most of its burgers priced at par with McDonald's.
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The Paris-based global drug giant announced last week that it would have the vaccine available by the first half of next year.
Future, which recently tied up with Amazon in India to sell its fashion and food products exclusively on the American giant's marketplace platform, is looking at a gross merchandise value of about Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) in the next three years from the venture.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the larger interest of the public sector would be fully protected.
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In his clearest message yet on the controversy over the safety of ENDS, health minister Harsh Vardhan ruled out their acceptability in the light of research findings by experts which have held that they are no less unsafe than the 'real thing', said a government statement.
Mamata woos industry with boat ride to Gangasagar, Sundarbans
No tyres of any description have rolled out of its factories in Sahagunj (West Bengal) or Ambattur (Tamil Nadu) since 2011 and 2012, respectively.
According to eBay, the percentage of transactions during the festival season declined marginally in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai.
This is because the government's move might dim the possibility of taking over the 42 blocks permanently.
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