In 2006, eBay -- a premium online e-commerce site, announced that its 2 millionth passenger vehicle (a blue 2005 Jeep, Liberty) had been sold in the US.
In spite of the mega IPO of Alibaba, Flipkart-Myntra is not thinking of a public offering at this point
India may be out of the World Cup, but some cricket fans are willing to pay a whopping Rs 29,100 to buy two seats for the final match.
Using Facebook video or YouTube for content distribution is not new.
Start-ups that did not have a business model and, hence, could not grow or attract new funding, are shutting shop.
In October 2012, Flipkart entered the menswear segment; later it launched a womenswear range
In the January-March period of last year, an amount worth $1,179 million was invested across 103 transactions.
Walmart is likely to buy stakes of multiple Flipkart investors, including that of Tiger Global Management and Softbank to end up with a significant majority holding
Britannia Industries, the bakery and dairy major, has tied up with e-tailer Amazon India for a pilot launch of Good Day Chunkies, a new chocolate chip cookie, for 15 days. The offer is currently on and closes on December 5, after which the product goes to offline (normal retail) stores.
The government, in February, had released the draft national e-commerce policy proposing setting up a legal and technological framework for restrictions on cross-border data flow and also laid out conditions for businesses regarding collection or processing of sensitive data locally and storing it abroad.
Ma and the other co-founders had finalised the name "Alibaba" after much research on its acceptability.
The company did not disclose the valuations at which funds were raised.
Key events that rocked India Inc in 2014 and one of them is Vishal Sikka taking over reins at Infosys.
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An Indian American Silicon Valley entrepreneur has launched a unique initiative designed to get techies to volunteer their time to develop software and applications that will benefit people in India and other developing countries.
The company has been a part of the start-up ecosystem in a big way from early stages right up to when the companies start achieving full scale.
The cost of luring buyers and sellers to its platform means the new funds won't last long.
Suveen Sinha finds out what the tribe of modern, internet entrepreneurs who no longer run their first start-ups are up to.
Its share among top three e-commerce players grew to 57% in March 2017 from 45% in June 2016
Prominent print advertisements on Monday pitched Amazon's discount strategy against Flipkart's.
He seems to have struck a chord with young entrepreneurs.
Uber is present in over 250 cities in 50 countries.
Amazon has increased the commission on non-core segments by 2-9 per cent.
Backed by top IT companies of the Silicon Valley, Indian-American Rohit "Ro" Khanna hopes to get second-time lucky in his effort to enter the US House of Representatives against Democratic Party's sitting lawmaker.
Sachin Bansal, who had co-founded Flipkart with Binny Bansal in 2007, would exit the company
Alibaba in talks to invest up to $700 million in Snapdeal
Market place model of e-commerce means providing of an IT platform by an e-commerce entity on a digital and electronic network to act as a facilitator between buyer and seller.
High return rates in the e-commerce space are making a dent in the margins of e-retailers.
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The indicative salary outlook for junior employees is Rs 1.45 lakh-Rs 3 lakh per annum, while for mid-management it is between Rs 12 lakh-Rs 30 lakh per annum
The Bansals losing out operational control of Flipkart comes at a time when global rival Amazon, in which Tiger Global holds a minority stake, is stepping up investment in India in an attempt to overtake the Bengaluru-based e-commerce firm.
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Future, which recently tied up with Amazon in India to sell its fashion and food products exclusively on the American giant's marketplace platform, is looking at a gross merchandise value of about Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) in the next three years from the venture.
The two companies have been negotiating to remain separate entities after a merger.
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These workers have been asked to undergo a 30-day performance improvement plan.
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