And, Future Group chairman Kishore Biyani, who has copyright on the famous ad tagline, admits even steep discounts didn't help much in many regions this year.
According to eBay, the percentage of transactions during the festival season declined marginally in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai.
On Tuesday, while several consumers took to social media to share their grievances about the Snapdeal site crash, many others said they visited the website to either compare prices or for window shopping.
Like its competitors, Amazon India, too, offered an 'Online Shopping Dhamaka' from September 21 to October 21, during which sellers offered deals and discounts on a host of products across categories on www.amazon.in.
The People's Choice Survey is an annual report by CashKaro.com, which identifies key trends in online shopping in India.
The big boys of India's traditional retail have finally come together to fight the onslaught of their online counterparts.
This was only four days after many aggrieved buyers chose social networking sites to attack Flipkart's 'Big Billion Day' discount this Monday (October 6), followed by an apology from the company's co-founders, Sachin and Binny Bansal.
Special firecrackers named after Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and other cricket stars -- Yuvraj Singh and Virendra Shehwag are selling like hot cakes in Patna and other towns of Bihar.
The sale launched on Tuesday will be open till October 29.
Prominent print advertisements on Monday pitched Amazon's discount strategy against Flipkart's.
Malls, retail stores are being hit by online sales and are struggling this festive season.
Though SpiceJet is likely to resume flights, experts have a doubt on the airline's financial capabilities.
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
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