E-commerce companies typically stick to the gross merchandise value run rate to calculate sales.
OlaCabs' hyper-growth and an ambitious plan to expand to 100 cities by the end of 2015 are perhaps what attracted Japan's richest man, Masayoshi Son, chairman of telecom and media group SoftBank Corp, to announce an investment of $210 million (around Rs 1,260 crore) in the company.
The strategy these online marketplace companies follow in the next few months will determine whether Amazon gets to be the leader in 2017.
Flipkart and Myntra, together, post higher sales than Amazon
Arnab Dutta traces how Bira 91 is already among the top two in the premium segment in all the cities that it is present in today and how it is giving larger brands Kingfisher and Budweiser a run for their market share.
India Inc was, perhaps, watching out for a repeat of the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000s.
'Shape up or ship out' message has been loud and clear across the new-age companies in the stressed market conditions
It hopes to leverage the growing number of mobile transactions
His presence matters more than the money he brings.
The mobile wallet player plans to add more Chinese sellers to its e-commerce platform and boost technology for its soon-to-be-launched payments bank
Every competitor is eyeing the top slot that Flipkart holds.
Business chambers now inviting start-ups for membership.
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Traders were up in arms, fearing huge job loss if Walmart was to enter.
Amazon has seen its India sales growing four times this year.
Estimates by retail consultancy Technopak suggest that direct subsidy to consumers because of e-commerce this year would be over Rs 12,000 crore.
Vikramank Singh looks back at the year gone by!
Yes, if you follow certain safety measures, says Shruti Puri. Here are some rules you must follow.
From 690,800 sq ft in 2013, the absorption by e-commerce companies in Chennai dropped to 31,150 sq ft last year.
'Saying that Snapdeal is not doing well is beyond premature. Suggesting that someone has won or lost is myopic.'
Flipkart and Snapdeal take a cue from Amazon even as they differ on who is ahead in the race
UrbanClap's business model is still a work in progress.
The threat may be a decade away, but it has brick-and-mortar sellers rethinking their strategies and banking on the govt to regulate online companies.
As an entrepreneur the most important quality you have to have is that all consuming passion to become an entrepreneur.
Today, India is one of the fastest-growing eCommerce markets in Asia/Pacific along with China.
Suveen Sinha finds out what the tribe of modern, internet entrepreneurs who no longer run their first start-ups are up to.
India Inc is encouraged by a determined Budget.
E-commerce is awash in money, raising concerns about whether this is just another unsustainable internet trend headed for a bust.
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