Khosla said 85 per cent of Indian e-commerce firms were over-valued.
Mahindra Group is keen to expand its retail operations.
The delivery channel of India Post is being utilised primarily for small towns and cities.
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.
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.
Multiple levels of integrations with the bank servers are required for enabling transactions.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
Online companies would look forward to an integrated and uniform approach for tax laws and regulatory policies
Three years and Rs 28,710 crore worth of transactions later, it has more than double the number of sellers than Flipkart.
Spends by e-commerce players have now touched Rs 1,000 crore.
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.
There are umpteen cases where travel websites and airlines advertise tickets for unbelievably low prices, without mentioning taxes and other charges.
The big boys of India's traditional retail have finally come together to fight the onslaught of their online counterparts.
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.
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.
Fewer e-commerce companies hired candidates from B-schools this year.
Despite having the third-largest internet user base in the world, India does not feature in the top ten e-commerce markets
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.
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.
Flipkart Group Chief Executive Kalyan Krishnamurthy on Monday said the firm was advancing preparations for a potential initial public offering (IPO) in India, which included shifting its holding company to India from Singapore. Speaking at an internal town hall, Krishnamurthy said the company's leadership structure is strengthening and that the steps toward relocating Flipkart's legal base to India are progressing as planned, according to people familiar with the matter.
It all started with Flipkart and Amazon trying to outdo each other - after Flipkart announced $1-billion fund-raising in July.
If you are thinking of upgrading to the new iPad Air, e-commerce platforms are offering a discount on the 2024 iPad Air with the M2 chip.
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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.
Morgan Stanley writing down its investment in the e-commerce leader by 27 per cent does not augur well for the sector.
Even smaller players like Bluegape.com have launched T-shirts, cups, wall clocks and other products inspired from the fan community.
Walmart is keen to spruce up presence in India.
IRCTC and Yebhi's partnership was based on a revenue sharing model where Yebhi held inventory for IRCTC and shared about 2-10 per cent of the revenue.
In its highest ever reduction in seller fees, ecommerce giant Amazon India has introduced zero referral charges on over 12 million products on its platform that are priced below Rs 300. The move is aimed at boosting seller growth on Amazon.in and supporting hundreds of thousands small businesses across the country.
'It is unclear whether clothing or home items qualify as essential items. A lot of professionals are working from home, and they need electronics for their productivity. Does this qualify as essential?'
Industry body to write to commerce ministry, seek regulation for e-tailers.
Access to capital for sub-standard companies is on the decline
With more than 10,000 stores under the various Reliance retail brands and over 2.5 million kirana stores already tying up with it, Jio's online marketplace would have the biggest hyperlocal logistics network in the country.
Today, India is one of the fastest-growing eCommerce markets in Asia/Pacific along with China.
IndusInd Bank, has recently launched www.themorestore.com only for its credit card and debit card holders
