Law enforcement authorities in India insist that the market-place operator be responsible that all products and services put up for sale by independent merchants.
In order to counter the growing penetration of e-commerce portals, the ICT industry in Gujarat is also mulling initiation of its own portal for selling products.
In 2015, e-commerce contributed significantly to the growth in television advertising revenues.
Government's decision comes in the backdrop of several complaints being flagged by domestic traders on heavy discounts being given by e-commerce players to consumers.
Mahindra Group is keen to expand its retail operations.
Khosla said 85 per cent of Indian e-commerce firms were over-valued.
The delivery channel of India Post is being utilised primarily for small towns and cities.
E-commerce, Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) as an advertising category, is expected to bring at least Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) in ad spending next month, when there would be both Dussehra and Diwali.
According to police, Saraswati had married twice -- once in 2019 and again in 2022 -- but both marriages ended. She later returned to her lover against the wishes of her family.
Multiple levels of integrations with the bank servers are required for enabling transactions.
The government believes that WTO's push for initiating negotiations on substantive obligations related to e-commerce will oblige India to permanently accept the current moratorium on imposing customs duties on products traded electronically.
The Intel Capital India Technology Fund, with a corpus of 250,000, was established in 2005-06 in India through which tech VC has invested a lot in data centre technology, telecom and infrastructure, apart from e-commerce.
'The impression is that film shoots or photo shoots are always extremely glamorous. The end result is always is beautiful but there's a lot that goes behind getting that one perfect picture.'
While eBay now allows users to customise hompage as per their shopping needs, Snapdeal has partnered with Hero Electric to sell new range of electric bikes.
The experience of 99labels, a fashion e-retailing site controlled by InfoEdge -- the same company that owns India's largest job search site, Naukri.com -- is key to understanding big changes sweeping the e-commerce sector.
"We are concerned about the data localisation law and the new e-commerce regulations...they do not fully take into account the needs of all stakeholders, including American and other foreign companies," acting principal deputy assistant secretary of the US, Thomas Vajda said.
Online companies would look forward to an integrated and uniform approach for tax laws and regulatory policies
IPOs have been the flavour of the season for some time. But the coming together of three mega IPOs, from diverse businesses and historic relevance, could tell a story that's still in the making, points out Nivedita Mookerji.
Spends by e-commerce players have now touched Rs 1,000 crore.
There are umpteen cases where travel websites and airlines advertise tickets for unbelievably low prices, without mentioning taxes and other charges.
GST Reform 2.0, which trims tax slabs from four to two, signals a push for demand-led growth, and together with recent income tax cuts, sets the stage for sustained economic growth, experts said. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on September 3 approved an overhaul of the indirect tax regime by taxing essentials at 5 per cent and other goods at 18 per cent. A new 40 per cent tax will be applicable on luxury and sin items.
Three years and Rs 28,710 crore worth of transactions later, it has more than double the number of sellers than Flipkart.
The big boys of India's traditional retail have finally come together to fight the onslaught of their online counterparts.
The biggest fear many of the e-commerce firms have is the possible requirement to change business models overnight, which would drastically increase costs as well as disrupt businesses.
Anant Ambani, the youngest son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani and the first among three siblings to be appointed executive director on flagship Reliance Industries, will be paid Rs 10-20 crore salary annually plus a host of perks including a commission on company profits, according to a shareholder notice. While the richest Asian's all three children - twins Akash and Isha, and Anant - were inducted on board of the oil-to-telecom-and-retail conglomerate in 2023 as non-executive directors, the youngest of the three was in April this year appointed executive director of Reliance Industries Ltd.
Flipkart, Amazon & Paytm have raised commissions from sellers.
Group buying sites, discounted fashion brand retailers and specialised online stores dominate the list of 20 hottest e-commerce start-ups.
Fewer e-commerce companies hired candidates from B-schools this year.
Flipkart has received a lending licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Walmart-backed ecommerce company confirmed on Thursday. The nod came in March this year, according to sources.
Smaller Singapore- and US-based venture capital funds, retail associations and trader bodies such as the CAIT and SJM are all planning to approach the government to put pressure on the commerce ministry.
Despite having the third-largest internet user base in the world, India does not feature in the top ten e-commerce markets
The couple, who lived in the UK, had come to Ahmedabad after two years to surprise Patel.
'Things may get much worse before they get better,' predicts Ajay Chhibber.
Walmart, the world's largest retailer, is hoping to get more than 30,000 consumers through its e-commerce pilot project that will be launched in the first week of July.
It all started with Flipkart and Amazon trying to outdo each other - after Flipkart announced $1-billion fund-raising in July.
The MHA on Friday, while extending the lockdown for two more weeks till May 17, lifted many restrictions in green and orange zones. There are no restrictions on sale of non-essential items by e-commerce platforms in green and orange zones, a home ministry spokesperson said, adding barber shops and salons are also allowed to open in these areas.
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Dismisses speculation that he would launch a major e-commerce initiative soon.
India's e-commerce market grew 27 per cent in 2014 to $3.8 billion.
India's e-commerce sector is a prize, but one that may end up being spread thinly.
Nearly 7 out of every 10 P2M UPI transactions take place in high frequency categories like groceries, restaurants, pharmacies, fuel service stations, bakeries and utility services such as electricity, gas, water and sanitation.
