It also plans to open 5 new centres across India in addition to its two fulfilment centres (FCs) in Mumbai and Bangalore.
Industry body to write to commerce ministry, seek regulation for e-tailers.
With over 200 brands and websites as participants this year, the Google Online Shopping Festival is turning bigger.
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Buyers complain about server errors, allege discounts were 'not real'.
The e-commerce industry is expected to return to high growth next year as large players such as Amazon, Flipkart and Paytm Mall begin to look beyond the 20 million customers who shop online on a monthly basis.
According to the job portal TimesJobs.com's job index Recruittex, the top hiring industries are healthcare, petrochemicals/oil and gas, consumer durables/FMCG and automobiles/auto ancillaries.
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.
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India plans IPO rule changes to lure homegrown start-ups.
Last year, SoftBank, which has invested in e-commerce firm Snapdeal and Taxi aggregartor Ola) had announced to invest nearly $10 billion (around Rs 60,000 crore) in India over the next few years.
Paytm, which recently hived off its e-commerce and payments bank businesses into separate companies, would use these fresh funds to bolster the two businesses
Last year, the top 10 investors in the country had put their money in 209 deals, according to the data compiled by VCCEdge based on deals disclosed. This year they put money in only 60 deals.
A confident, assertive single woman is finding her way into popular advertising narratives.
USAID looks forward to working with each to make financial inclusion a long-lasting and sustainable reality in India.
Most of the unicorns or billion-dollar valuation firms including Flipkart, Paytm and Ola have had the maximum stakes owned by foreign funds. The founders of all these firms have either single digit stakes in their companies or in low double digits.
This issue assumes greater importance if you are a managed marketplace in the hypercompetitive online world.
'I've been backing businesses in the e-commerce space because they enable goods and services to reach people who could never have been catered to in this manner before.'
Start-ups that did not have a business model and, hence, could not grow or attract new funding, are shutting shop.
Tamil Nadu Election Candidates, TN 2016, Deepika Election Live, Thanjavur Election are some of the apps keeping people hooked to their handsets.
Again would offer two variants of double-toned milk with almonds, cashews, dates; and strawberry, chocolate, jaggery - and two variants of double-toned yoghurt - alphonso mango; and carrot, orange, banana.
Few angels have seen exits; till that happens, they won't be rushing to invest again.
The excitement around e-commerce is real but the valuations may be a bubble
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Government seeks stakeholders' comments by Jan 30 on discussion paper.
India ranks third among global startup ecosystems.
Seeking to guard investor returns from excessive exchange rate movements, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday said a move towards an inflation target of 4 per cent will help contain the currency market volatility.
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.
It is all about hitting the ball high and timing it right.
'India has tremendous potential for digital ventures,' says Ratan Tata.
The threat may be a decade away, but it has brick-and-mortar sellers rethinking their strategies and banking on the govt to regulate online companies.
Narayanan's strategy of building exclusive brands for Myntra has been a success as well, and more such brands will be added to the portal's offering in the future
Ending Paytm's monopoly as the only wallet payment option on Uber, the ride-hailing service has decided to allow payments through Jio Money. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.
Russian firms expand their footprint in India. And take bigger steps to do business with India's private sector.
eBay says it has cut jobs at its centre in Bengaluru in favour of shifting them to other locations around the world.
India's e-commerce sector is expected to touch $22bn in 2015.
The joint venture will look at long-term, patient investments on solutions that don't lend to an IPO or exit on valuation basis.
The Rs 100 crore infusion will well-capitalise the company to drive its new strategy and growth plans.
Others taxed at 5, 12, 18, 28%
Online retail in India touched $12.6 billion in 2013.
Global e-commerce company Amazon has said it sees "substantial uncertainties" in interpretation of Indian laws, which could impact its business in one of the world's fastest-growing multi-billion dollar online shopping market.
JLL had shortlisted over 10 developers and Embassy was selected after a long due and rigorous process of due diligence.
Nearly 150 companies visited the campus this year.
