Copying Alibaba, India e-tailers woo small sellers for growth

Indian e-commerce firms are offering funding help and tech support to woo small retailers, emulating a strategy used by Chinese online retail giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd to expand into the......

Why Flipkart and Snapdeal may still not list in India

Most e-commerce firms with 'Singapore holding structures' would opt out of the new Sebi platform, says N Sundaresha Subramanian. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has announced the......

Flipkart arms pledge assets for Rs 1,400-cr credit

A combination of bank guarantees, letters of credit, buyer's credit for computer servers have been provided to the two local operational arms by Kotak Mahindra Bank and Deutsche Bank.  ......

Snapdeal defers Rs 1,250-cr IPO

SoftBank-backed e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal has deferred its Rs 1,250 crore IPO, joining the list of startups that have decided to shelve their initial public offering (IPO) plans this year.......