Paytm e-commerce plans to add close to a billion products from across the globe to its platform before the festive season this year.
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New York Stock Exchange President 38-year-old Tom Farley (ranked 7) and Twitter co-founder and CEO 37-year-old Jack Dorsey.
Ma and the other co-founders had finalised the name "Alibaba" after much research on its acceptability.
E-commerce companies have said they are well prepared and working closely with delivery partners to ensure smooth and safe delivery of packages in Maharashtra where the government has announced a slew of restrictions, including night curfews and weekend lockdown to control the spike in COVID-19 cases. However, there are concerns around the mandate for delivery staff to be either vaccinated or carry a negative RT-PCR report. According to the health ministry data, till 8 am on Tuesday Maharashtra's COVID-19 caseload was 452,777 with an addition of 20,881 from the previous day. In an order on Sunday, the Maharashtra government said all personnel belonging to home delivery services will have to be vaccinated and in case they are not vaccinated, they will have to carry a negative RT-PCR report.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday unveiled a Rs 39.45 lakh crore Budget with a view to fire up the key engines of the economy to sustain a world-beating recovery from the pandemic. This was Sitharaman's fourth Budget. While the taxpayers were left in the lurch, once again, was she able to cheer Corporate India?
Amazon's Indian unit said earlier it will open five new warehouses in the country, which will almost double its storage capacity to half a million square feet.
Not displaying the mandatory information, including country of origin, on products sold on their platforms in India, draws government's attention.
Khosla said 85 per cent of Indian e-commerce firms were over-valued.
In October 2012, Flipkart entered the menswear segment; later it launched a womenswear range
Online retail is increasing market share rapidly.
They have struck gold by partnering online retailers.
Globally, the viability of on-demand businesses is being questioned
Flipkart faces intense competition from larger global rival Amazon and local rival Snapdeal.
Alipay payment service is about bringing the world's consumers and businesses together.
Nandan Nilekani, Gokul Rajaram at top two spots in value terms
Vijay Shekhar Sharma, head of Paytm, says they'd achieve their 500-million user target by 2018, two years before the earlier aim.
Ratan Tata has made investments in his personal capacity in more than 15 start-ups over the last 20 months.
Earlier this month, retail associations across the country held a meeting with the hardware manufacturers industry body -- MAIT -- to raise the issue of undercutting prices.
To take on Amazon, Paytm e-commerce plans to add close to a billion products from all across the globe to its shopping cart.
Is it a last ditch attempt to reassure consumers, or a way to gain the upper hand at the negotiating table, or is it just a way of exhausting the treasure chest before the lights go out
The company has tied up with five distributors this year.
Becoming a unicorn is surely a marker for a company in its growth story, but it's not a major achievement nor is it a turning point of any significant worth.
The cities where services have resumed include Bengaluru, Mysore, Pune, Ludhiana, Noida, Gurugram, Raipur, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Industry experts believe it would be at least 4-5 days before the backlog of orders can be cleared.
Tax collection at source would lock in Rs 400 crore of seller money, say Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal.
Prominent recruiters were Flipkart, Urban Ladder, AskmeBazaar etc
Flipkart also faced criticism earlier this year after it deferred the joining dates for campus recruits from the Indian Institutes of Management and Indian Institutes of Technology
USISPF slammed government's move and alleged that the amendments announced were without any consultation and are akin to changing rules in the middle of the game.
Higher advertising spends to grab customer eyeballs take a toll on startups across segments
With Nikesh Arora's exit from Softbank, India's start-ups have lost one of its biggest supporters.
The development comes amid a growing clamour for the boycott of Chinese products in India, combined with the government's push for Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
Employers are laying the welcome mat for Gen Y -- from hiring videos to claims for the coolest interview ever.
Formula One world championLewis Hamilton has beencleared by New Zealand police after he was investigated over his apparent video selfie while driving a motorbike in Auckland. The British driver, who is touring New Zealand before this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, posted a video to his Snapdeal handle, in which he is seen driving a Harley Davidson on the motorway. It has been illegal to use a mobile while driving in New Zealand since 2009. His constant posts on social media caught the attention of local police. However, they have decided not to take any further action on Hamilton citing a lack of sufficient evidence, Stuff.co.nz reported.
The spurt in online sales during the festival season is expected.
Amazon's fulfilment centres, which store products of hundreds of vendors selling on the American online major's platform, are being cited by Karnataka state government authorities as a primary concern in an ongoing tax dispute.
While most others have not been able to replicate the WeChat model successfully, experts expect Jio to be able to score on its 300 million plus new mobile phone users.
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Bringing in people with large corporate experience also helps in bringing in world class processes in quality and compliance
Flipkart eyes another $500 mn from eBay, which seeks to merge India ops with it and exit business
While global competitors Amazon and Walmart are looking to explore B2B online in India, traditional Indian retailers like the Future group and Reliance Retail and e-commerce players such as Snapdeal and Flipkart have no immediate plans in this area.
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