Another point of contention is the invoice issued by the e-companies.
The rise of the mall in India, at a time when many in the United States are becoming debt-ridden white elephants.
Spends by e-commerce players have now touched Rs 1,000 crore.
NRIs are increasingly buying properties in India online.
E-commerce is awash in money, raising concerns about whether this is just another unsustainable internet trend headed for a bust.
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.
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 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.'
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
Discount chain to expand to the east and west, continue with third-party brands.
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But no general trade, because that is a completely different channel of distribution.
Foreign retail chains, reluctantly allowed limited entry, have begun to make their initial moves and, like Ikea, intend to spend big money -- sometimes in the billions of dollars.
The industry is looking at a promising 2016, though experts and even the investors anticipate correction on the valuation side
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Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said universal connectivity and net neutrality "can and must" coexist.
The final guidelines should be there in 3-4 months.
2015 was characterised by some interesting events and trends.
India Inc was, perhaps, watching out for a repeat of the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000s.
Recent easing of restrictions does not address the pain in the sector.
In commercial real estate, leasing of office space was higher although the activities were subdued in retail segment.
Bengaluru's average home prices are Rs 4,000 a sq ft.
Ecotrail Personal Care, a start-up by sisters Mauli and Grishma Teli, is the only company in India that makes halal cosmetics
As we ring in the New Year we must recognise that 2015 promises to be a very exciting time for India.
It hopes to leverage the growing number of mobile transactions
For the four new players, the spike in wealth is 126 per cent.
Stay ahead of the game; learn the tricks from Ecom king Jack Ma.
The people who know Tibet will continue to fight the good fight. Long, hard, less than hopeful, but always peaceful.
India'sstartups have a good beginning but will they survive competition is a big questions which needs immediate attention.
Manu Kumar Jain, India head, Xiaomi, tells Sangeeta Tanwar how the Chinese smartphone maker won over the Indian market.
'A CEO is successful if he is able to retain the confidence of his shareholders. And the shareholders of India Inc have backed their prime minister-CEO to the hilt,' says Sudhir Bisht.
Payment banks may not be viable option to attain financial inclusion.
Malls, retail stores are being hit by online sales and are struggling this festive season.
"Not a single step has been taken by this government to empower small businesses in India," says Praveen Khandelwal, national secretary general of the Confederation of All India Traders and former treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi unit.
UrbanClap's business model is still a work in progress.
What we want from spectrum allocation is access to broadband networks at prices that will result in productivity gains.
Be extra careful while using credit cards because there is a risk of misuse
Anand Chandrasekharan, CTO of Mad Street Den tells Shobha Warrier of Rediff.com that he wants to make his company the one-stop artificial intelligence company in the world.
Hackers have begun to emerge from the shadows of suspicion.
A buoyant economic mood and tempting discounts, both online and offline, are fuelling a shopping frenzy this Diwali.
Bezos wears it on his sleeve, Nadella keeps it quiet
Team Menstrupedia is inspiring young girls to break taboos and speak about their problems related to menstruation and instilling confidence in them.
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