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Buyers complain about server errors, allege discounts were 'not real'.
Tech titan Google on Wednesday launched the Google Wallet app for Android users in India, allowing them to securely store essentials like boarding passes, loyalty cards, event tickets, and public transport passes. The digital wallet, which becomes operational in India from Wednesday, comes as a complementary service to existing payment app Google Pay, a top official said.
The company has notched up a total of $540 million in funds over the last six years, $360 million of which has flowed in two tranches this year itself.
Flipkart might consider Singapore, too, as listing norms aren't very strict.
Google will be able to co-relate data from the first click to the final delivery of product. This kind of knowledge is invaluable, something which even Amazon does not have.
The management changes come amid talks that the company is preparing for an IPO in the United States.
The complaint has been received against these online trading entities weeks after an uproar over Flipkart's massive discount sale which had raised concerns of anti-competitive practices.
Sources said the fresh batch of profiles include students whose date of joining has been delayed by Flipkart.
Also on Flipkart's to-do list is getting people from the Silicon Valley on its rolls.
This will be done to meet the massive demand that Flipkart expects during the festive season
A combination of bank guarantees, letters of credit, buyer's credit for computer servers have been provided to the two local operational arms by Kotak Mahindra Bank and Deutsche Bank.
Several firms are stepping up to help their workforce cope with soaring temperatures
Sachin and Binny Bansal are the faces of the e-commerce sensation but other investors dominate the board.
'Big Billion Day' scheduled for October 6 is inspired by flat number where co-founders began their journey.
Flipkart's value has eroded by a third from a peak of $15.2 billion to as low as $9 billion following several investor markdowns
Amazon India has caught up with Flipkart and overtaken Snapdeal in terms of monthly unique visitors.
The service is available in Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Noida, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Manesar, Navi Mumbai and Thane and will be scaled up to other cities soon
20 start-ups that beat decades old companies in valuations.
Flipkart, the poster boy of Indian e-commerce, hit a new high by raising $1 billion (about Rs 6,000 crore) in the latest funding round, led by existing investors Tiger Global Management and Naspers.
Recently, e-tailing major Flipkart released the Digiflip Pro XT 712.
Flipkart aims to double the total value of goods it sells to $8 billion in the next three years.
Following the footsteps of Motorola, Chinese handset maker Xiaomi is also teaming up with e-Commerce major Flipkart to launch its handsets in India.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday questioned Amazon's announcement of $1 billion investment in India, saying the US retailer was not doing any great service to the Indian economy but filling up for the losses it had suffered in the country. He said that their huge losses in India "smells of predatory pricing", which is not good for the country as it impacts crores of small retailers.
Flipkart, India's largest e-tailer, raised $210 million in a fresh round of funding from a group of four investors led by internet-focussed investment group DST Global, it said in a statement on Monday.
The start-up, which has invested $100 million over the past eight years, sells 50 million products.
PE investment so far in 2014 stood higher at $ 8.4 billion as against $ 7.8 billion in 2013, with 38 per cent higher volumes in 2014 as compared to 2013, led by the technology sector.
Kunal Shah has funded over 266 startups including Razorpay, Snapdeal, Zetwork, BlueSmart, Unacademy, Bliss Club, and Spinny, amongst others.
Such campaigns would badly affect players in the traditional retail market.
Readying its game plan, the Bengaluru-based e-commerce giant plans to renew talks of investments in various companies such as Swiggy, BookMyShow, Pepperfry, UrbanClap
Flipkart offers over 30 million products across more than 70 categories
Amazon signed up Motorola as an exclusive brand partner for its new devices, which in turn helped it grow
This is the second instance of mainstream banks blocking services to new-age digital payments companies.
IIM-Ahmedabad has written to Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal on the issue, saying the students felt cheated for no fault of theirs for choosing the company over other brands and will suffer as they have to re-pay their education loans.
Flipkart's maternity programme gives new mothers six months of paid leave as well as flexible working hours for four months with full pay.
The latest infusion brings the total capital pumped into Amazon's e-commerce business in India to Rs 22,390 crore
The identity of the new investor could not be ascertained.
'There was a time when I went without salary for about six months,' says Amod Malviya, an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and currently CTO, Flipkart.
The incident that happened on December 9 came to light only on December 11 when 28-year-old Nanjundaswamy's body was found at a building housing the gym in Vijayanagar Police station limits.
In June this year, the Bengaluru-based online marketplace has jumped into the fiercely competitive smart device market in India by launching its calling tablet for Rs 9,999.
Where Binny slipped up badly was in gauging the level of transparency and governance that is expected by a global strategic investor, says Indrajit Gupta.
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