In October 2012, Flipkart entered the menswear segment; later it launched a womenswear range
Even smaller players like Bluegape.com have launched T-shirts, cups, wall clocks and other products inspired from the fan community.
The spacetech startup is expected to launch the first rocket which can hurl satellites of 250-700 kg into a lower Earth orbit by end-2021.
Buoyed by the success of e-commerce players like Jabongand Myntra, textile companies like Arvind Ltd, TT Ltd and Creative Lifestyles, among others are exploring the online market through their own e-commerce platforms.
Five founders of e-commerce start-ups, four of them Bansals, say they had alternative ambitions chalked out.
Flipkart on Tuesday launched a next-day delivery service.
Flipkart and Myntra, together, post higher sales than Amazon
IRCTC is gearing up to promote online sale of tickets.
The People's Choice Survey is an annual report by CashKaro.com, which identifies key trends in online shopping in India.
Having raised about $570 million since July 2013 in three rounds and $760 million since its launch in 2007, the question is where and how Flipkart will spend its war chest.
There are several discussions going around in the e-health sector for consolidation with key players being PharmEasy, 1mg, Medlife and Netmeds. According to reports, Reliance Jio is in talks with Netmeds to acquire the latter.
Fresh capital will help Flipkart further grow its e-commerce marketplace in India as the world's second-largest internet market begins to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.
'RCB is a natural choice for us, mainly due to our long-standing association with Virat Kohli.'
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It took Flipkart a little over 24 hours to complete due diligence and come up with a final offer that was $20 million higher than what Snapdeal was ready to forfeit.
Snapshots from the collections of Pria Kaataria Puri, Masaba Gupta, Anita Dongre and Aki Narula shows at Myntra Fashion Weekend
Nearly 150 companies visited the campus this year.
With this round of funding, Flipkart's valuation has reached USD 11.6 billion, and US IT major Microsoft joins the marketplace as a strategic investor.
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 company, which recently hit the run rate of $1 billion in gross merchandise value ahead of the target date, is the largest mobile phone retailer in the country, counting online and offline stores, estimates show.
Its entry will increase competition especially when WhatsApp too has received approvals to launch payment service.
The management changes come amid talks that the company is preparing for an IPO in the United States.
Flipkart has long been under the ED scanner for alleged violation of FDI rules.
As do hunky actors like Shahid Kapoor and Freddy Daruwala.
Flipkart has seen 33 per cent growth in past 6 months despite slowing e-commerce business and stiff competition from Amazon.
In its first acquisition in India, the American online retail giant is planning to buy out the fashion portal
Amazon Fashion flaunts its triple digit month-on-month growth, races ahead of competitors Flipkart, Jabong and Myntra.
At Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion), e-commerce has seen one of the fastest rates of growth in investment activity this year.
'Life has been my greatest teacher.'
The Bansals losing out operational control of Flipkart comes at a time when global rival Amazon, in which Tiger Global holds a minority stake, is stepping up investment in India in an attempt to overtake the Bengaluru-based e-commerce firm.
While festive season spends by consumers did contribute to the uptick seen in Q3, experts said greater aggression displayed by retailers to corner a larger share of the shopper's wallet also worked.
Founded in 2006, PremjiInvest's assets under management are worth over $2 billion across India
The actress and funnyman Cyrus Broacha had a blast on the ramp for a line curated by stylist Ami Patel.
Consumers are opening up their wallets for intangible promises.
The Walmart chief stated that the values of the two companies were "very much aligned"
With deals close to Rs 70 crore, GoT could turn out to be the most merchandised entertainment property of the year in India.
The top five most trusted brands are Samsung Mobiles, Sony, LG, Nokia and Tata.
No longer an in-house task; hiring legal eagles is now becoming norm for M&As, fundraising
It is hard enough to make a profit in e-commerce without having to deal with excessive paperwork, legal fees and the constant threat of harassment by revenue officials.
PhonePe via Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) plans to get into a number of new verticals, including fee payments in schools and colleges, payments at hospitals and other services
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