Following the footsteps of Motorola, Chinese handset maker Xiaomi is also teaming up with e-Commerce major Flipkart to launch its handsets in India.
What sold the most this year? Beauty, toys and baby care, sports and fitness, television and large appliances, followed by fashion, says T E Narasimhan.
While the first half of the year saw India's e-commerce market shrinking, the success of Diwali sales will boost the sector beyond last year's benchmark
Consumers are opening up their wallets for intangible promises.
Shailendra Kumar, MD, Oracle India, details the India plan.
A 20-minute chopper ride over Delhi, followed by lunch comes for Rs 5,000.
India's rank was further amplified by the collapse of the South American and Russian economies.
E-commerce, Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) as an advertising category, is expected to bring at least Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) in ad spending next month, when there would be both Dussehra and Diwali.
It is hard enough to make a profit in e-commerce without having to deal with excessive paperwork, legal fees and the constant threat of harassment by revenue officials.
Websites that compare product prices and offer cashback can help you get attractive deals and discounts.
Unlike some of India's largest online retailers like Flipkart, Amazon, Myntra and Jabong, which are very secretive about their data and use it to cut better deals with brands than their competitors, the Nykaa monetising its insights. If it is is able to do so without giving away any of its advantages to competitors, it could be on to a winning model.
Foreign retail chains, reluctantly allowed limited entry, have begun to make their initial moves and, like Ikea, intend to spend big money -- sometimes in the billions of dollars.
The unique pageant aims to show the world that beauty can have various meanings.
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With over 200 brands and websites as participants this year, the Google Online Shopping Festival is turning bigger.
Global sales made via mobile devices are expected to top $638 billion.
Start-ups that did not have a business model and, hence, could not grow or attract new funding, are shutting shop.
Prominent recruiters were Flipkart, Urban Ladder, AskmeBazaar etc
Merrylin Boro, the 23 yr-old beauty bares her heart out.
Higher advertising spends to grab customer eyeballs take a toll on startups across segments
At Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion), e-commerce has seen one of the fastest rates of growth in investment activity this year.
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
VCs have been especially bullish about India.
Key events that rocked India Inc in 2014 and one of them is Vishal Sikka taking over reins at Infosys.
Manu Kumar Jain, India head, Xiaomi, tells Sangeeta Tanwar how the Chinese smartphone maker won over the Indian market.
Another point of contention is the invoice issued by the e-companies.
Online retail is increasing market share rapidly.
I don't remember a time I've ever done anything with a fear of failure. Even if I have a bad idea, I say to myself, 'What's the worst that could come out of it?' says Masoom Minawala, founder, Style Fiesta.
Brazilian model Bruna Bernandes -- who wants to become a cardiologist -- is in India to try her luck. She's already worked with SRK and Salman and finds India safer than Brazil.
"Although we are kind of open Muslims, I don't want to show my body."
Sarvesh Agrawal tells Shobha Warrier about how he built a start-up "of the interns, by the interns and for the interns."
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.
Shopkeepers are losing buyers in droves to e-tailers for everything from fashion to smartphones, and are struggling to find solutions.
Drones are being sold by e-retailers like Flipkart and Snapdeal for less than Rs 40,000 apiece.
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