Buying on the internet is the future but be wary of the fine print and make sure you get a genuine product.
'One out of three phones sold in India is a Xiaomi phone.'
A handful of online retailers have started offering alcoholic beverages through the e-commerce route since then. Letsbuydrink.com caters to Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad and Mumbai and offers imported alcoholic beverages for sale.
While players in the financial ecosystem are opening up to the idea of receivables funding for the sector, this market needs a regulator, which a Parliament panel feels only RBI can provide.
'One good thing that has come out of all this is that it shown people that online ordering is the way forward.'
Recent easing of restrictions does not address the pain in the sector.
On an average, around 45 per cent of domain name registrations in India get converted into a live website.
Laying fibre to home is a cumbersome and a slow process as every building has to be physically wired.
Indian e-commerce company raises Rs 600 crore in sixth round of funding.
The international investors who are investing, merging and shaping India's new ecommerce start-ups are betting that if China can produce an Alibaba with an expected market value of $ 170+ billion market value when it does its IPO, India should produce at least one or two with a $5bn+ market value, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Surat-based company in talks with banks, insurance cos, manufacturing cos etc for their iris scanner machine.
Internal management tensions, stiff opposition from Chinese handset makers led to halving of the company's market share
The organisers have become savvier about marketing the game.
"If I am using data to build intelligence and personalisation for you, then it's meaningful," says Ankur Warikoo, co-founder and CEO, Nearbuy.
To promote localisation of manufacturing and reduce its import bill, the government increased basic customs duty on mobile handsets - from 10 per cent to 15 per cent.
These risks are viewed as more acute in the online world.
Hopscotch.in wants to focus on enhancing technology and mobile applications.
Apple is loathe to use customer data to deliver targeted advertising.
Start-ups that did not have a business model and, hence, could not grow or attract new funding, are shutting shop.
BlackBerry has got everything in place to help its latest launch become a favourite with consumers, says Himanshu Juneja
If Aldo, Charles & Keith, Hush Puppies, Steve Madden can do it, why can't Woods?
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates tops list of the world's top 25 richest self-made billionaires.
E-commerce model appears to be the best bet available to US retail giants at this point to tap the Indian market.
In some ways, Elon Musk's vision is even bolder and more transformative than that of Steve Jobs, says B S Prakash.
'It is really troublesome that someone in a position of power is misleading people and presumably, citizens of the country to give up data.' 'That is not a part of informed consent.'
Google Inc on Monday launched the first smartphones powered by its Android One operating system in India, pricing them at around Rs 6,399 ($105) to capture the low-cost segment of the world's fastest growing smartphone market.
T E Narasimhan/Business Standard reports from Chennai on how the Future group plans to shore up its small store network in the South.
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Markets ended tad lower with financials declining the most ahead of RBI policy review tomorrow.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.
Stay ahead of the game; learn the tricks from Ecom king Jack Ma.
Nifty ends above 8,400; TCS, HDFC surge 2%, Bajaj Auto dips 2%.
Budget smartphones will rule the market in 2015.
India's first true e-commerce marketplace is struggling for its survival and in it lies valuable lessons for pure play aggregators, say experts.
After six years in the business, the scorecard of Bengaluru-based QwikCilver is impressive, with a 90 per cent market share.
Investors are sceptical that the economy could have picked up so much steam.
'I can snap my fingers and get 1,000 people overnight, but I can't guarantee that they will develop because there has been zero change in education in the country in the last nine years.'
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
A number of Xooglers are employing lessons and practices learnt during their stint at Google to branch out into innovative ventures.
Quikr founder & CEO Pranay Chulet tells Raghu Krishnan and Bibhu Ranjan Mishra why money has never been an issue for Quikr and that someday he will make a romantic comedy.
Tariff cap offers Ola relief in battle with Uber. Though it might hurt their earnings, Ola believes the Karnataka High Court's judgement levels the playing field with Uber.
