What explains Vijay Shekhar Sharma's optimism when other players have started to tread cautiously is Paytm's huge customer base: It has 120 million users and counting, says Nivedita Mookerji.
"If I am using data to build intelligence and personalisation for you, then it's meaningful," says Ankur Warikoo, co-founder and CEO, Nearbuy.
With over 200 brands and websites as participants this year, the Google Online Shopping Festival is turning bigger.
With Katrina Kaif as brand ambassador, will Lenskart be able to steer customers away from local opticians and keep them loyal?
'Modi remains the most popular politician in India; the BJP's organisational and fundraising prowess is considerable; and the Opposition, while newly collaborative, has no leader or clear economic messaging as of yet.'
India's first true e-commerce marketplace is struggling for its survival and in it lies valuable lessons for pure play aggregators, say experts.
'The boycott has not achieved success. Sales figures for Chinese products on the top three Indian online retailers in the first week of October hit a new record. Amazingly, the Chinese mobile phone company Xiaomi sold half a million phones in just three days on the Flipkart, Amazon India, Snapdeal and Tata CLiQ platforms.'
Three years after launching Big Bazaar Direct, Future group CEO Kishore Biyani's enthusiasm for online ventures has been tempered by growth concerns
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
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Nokia launches Nokia 7 Plus, 8 Sirocco series in India; relaunches Nokia 6 with new features.
After six years in the business, the scorecard of Bengaluru-based QwikCilver is impressive, with a 90 per cent market share.
Start-ups are adding value to the day-to-day lives of Indian women
'Even if you are aping the West, if you customise the idea for the Indian market, localise it based on the Indian ethos, it will succeed.'
MySmartPrice has been growing about 100 per cent a year and is profitable.
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
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.
Internal management tensions, stiff opposition from Chinese handset makers led to halving of the company's market share
Budget smartphones will rule the market in 2015.
Few top honchos of India Inc did very well in 2014.
Recent easing of restrictions does not address the pain in the sector.
"Our artificial intelligence tells us what people are buying at that point, what is in fashion; on the other hand, we have a fair idea of the material available. It gives us a sense of what we should be putting across in the market and we can put them across really quickly," Ananth Narayanan, CEO, Myntra, tells Alokananda Chakraborty.
Ma and the other co-founders had finalised the name "Alibaba" after much research on its acceptability.
Malls, retail stores are being hit by online sales and are struggling this festive season.
E-commerce is awash in money, raising concerns about whether this is just another unsustainable internet trend headed for a bust.
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.
Ecotrail Personal Care, a start-up by sisters Mauli and Grishma Teli, is the only company in India that makes halal cosmetics
Discount chain to expand to the east and west, continue with third-party brands.
Here are top 10 things you must know about the Android One Programme.
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.
Spends by e-commerce players have now touched Rs 1,000 crore.
It entered India in 2006, with the aim of tapping the promising consumer market.
Stay ahead of the game; learn the tricks from Ecom king Jack Ma.
The Redmi 3S boasts of a fantastic built quality, brilliant battery back up, and a pretty good display
A buoyant economic mood and tempting discounts, both online and offline, are fuelling a shopping frenzy this Diwali.
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.
Gone are the days of over-the-top Diwali parties, says Kishore Singh. This year round, the taxman is the invisible -- and unwanted -- guest at these once extravagant affairs.
A number of Xooglers are employing lessons and practices learnt during their stint at Google to branch out into innovative ventures.
High return rates in the e-commerce space are making a dent in the margins of e-retailers.
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