VCs have been especially bullish about India.
Walmart, the world's largest retailer, is hoping to get more than 30,000 consumers through its e-commerce pilot project that will be launched in the first week of July.
US mutual funds Valic Co 1 and Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II, which have minority stake in Flipkart, have marked down the value of their stocks in the company
Pricing, durability, battery life, camera and magnetic charging are the five reasons why the Sony Xperia Z3 will fare better than Apple's latest, the iPhone 6.
The company has tied up with five distributors this year.
E-commerce model appears to be the best bet available to US retail giants at this point to tap the Indian market.
The handset delivers on build quality, battery, design, ergonomics and a pretty decent display. The camera performance is not exactly ground breaking, but the price tag covers up for that slight blip, says Himanshu Juneja
The e-commerce marketplace is like an information intermediary these days.
According to a 2013 CLSA report , online retail in India was worth $3.1 billion, or about 10% of the country's organised retail market
It is still "discounts" that e-commerce players have to rely on to bring in customers, though they might claim otherwise.
Nets three more foreign brands for exclusive retailing, but the cost of the business model may be high, say experts.
Their bootstrapped brand sold 25,000 units on Flipkart in five days during the 2017 festive sale.
In order to counter the growing penetration of e-commerce portals, the ICT industry in Gujarat is also mulling initiation of its own portal for selling products.
Flipkart on Tuesday launched a next-day delivery service.
Hopscotch.in wants to focus on enhancing technology and mobile applications.
High return rates in the e-commerce space are making a dent in the margins of e-retailers.
Shopkeepers are losing buyers in droves to e-tailers for everything from fashion to smartphones, and are struggling to find solutions.
UrbanClap's business model is still a work in progress.
With the festive season underway, retailers in the online and the offline world need to prepare well to offer the best deals to consumers and earn trust.
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