Estimates suggest about $100 million has been poured into these companies and a lot more is still to come.
India to become second largest smartphone market by 2016.
He was number three in 1999 when the company was founded.
After electronics and fashion, the next retail segment is food business.
Turbocharged with technology is becoming the Holy Grail of retail.
For growth in export, continuous gain in productivity is essential.
Today, more about 35 per cent of Amazon's traffic is through mobiles.
Trade has grown steadily since 2004, before flattening out in the past couple of years.
Customers, instead of visiting showroms, now do most of their decision-making in the comfort of their drawing rooms using internet
Key events that rocked India Inc in 2014 and one of them is Vishal Sikka taking over reins at Infosys.
Who invested how much into Flipkart in its latest round of $1 billion funding? Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com finds out.
To mark Prime Minister Modi's seventh meeting with Obama and his historic joint address to US Congress -- the sixth Indian PM to do so -- India Abroad, the newspaper published from New York and owned by rediff.com, reached out to diplomats and strategic thinkers in New Delhi and Washington, DC, to assess the current state of the US-India relationship and suggest a road map for the future.
The government has initiated a forensic audit at the state-run Oriental Bank of Commerce and Dena Bank after unearthing of a suspected scam, wherein the lenders allegedly misappropriated funds worth Rs 436 crore from their fixed deposit customers.
Most business groups in India, including Godrejs, Tatas and Mahindras, have seen patience tested in JVs, with some of them winding up quickly
'Don't panic. Believe in yourself.' 'This is a preventable illness. Only you can prevent it.'
'The BJP has shown signs lately of returning to its trader mindset.' 'Several strong emotions get meshed in this: Nationalism, protectionism, mercantilism, and arrogance,' points out Shekhar Gupta.
Of all the tremors to rock the start-up world of late -- Snapdeal's layoffs, Stayzilla's shutting down, Flipkart's frequent devaluations -- nothing will match the rumble at ShopClues for poignancy.
Or it could lose you one, says Samali Basu Guha.
Online grocers like Bigbasket and localbanya witness surge in sales.
In the World Bank's latest 'Doing Business' 2017 report, India's place remained unchanged from last year's original ranking of 130 among the 190 economies that were assessed on various parameters. But last year's ranking has been revised to 131 from which the country has improved its place by one spot.
At Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas's nuptials, the Adil Manuel Collective played funk, jazz and R&B for longer than planned that evening at the Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur. One of the couple's friends in the audience yelled: 'Are you guys even from India?' Adil Manuel offered to show her their passports.
It is all about hitting the ball high and timing it right.
Industry asked the government to be 'brave and bold' and said that it will rise to the occasion.
Deal values have been falling steadily since May this year, when it touched a high of $851 million.
Neighbourhood stores have the ability to adapt to changes.
IPL will always be the safest bet for advertisers from April to June.
Mark Zuckerberg said one of his greatest regrets was that Facebook has been slow in identifying the Russian information operations in 2016.
Markets such as Bengaluru and Chennai, which had managed to escape the impact of real estate slowdown so far, appear to be giving in now.
Samsung eyes growth in consumer electronics business in 80 districts through its service vans, and adding over 250 service points and as many resident engineers.
GST was 'flawed' and had unleashed a 'tsunami of tax terrorism', he said.
India looks less equal to China than 5 years ago, the strategic alliance with the US is hobbled by trade, and Pakistan is looking anything but chastened by Balakot. What has gone wrong? asks Shekhar Gupta.
'Our liquidity is strong for the next 15-20 days.' 'But if the situation worsens drastically, then we will have to think about laying off people.'
Critics have even suggested that India is doing this because it is not prepared to take on the requirements of TFA, with a relatively weak trade infrastructure.
The BJP's document for Delhi polls sparked a row by describing people from NE states as 'immigrants'.
If one were to go by the degree of clout, Jaitley was the undoubted No. 2 in the Modi government.
These ambitious projects are littered with every possible acronyms and include proposed road links, air connectivity plans, electricity grids and special economic zones on coasts, says Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
Unified Payments Interface launched to simplify mobile banking.
Many small-scale start-ups are operational in this space for some years now. Larger players, too, seem to have realised the potential and are now entering into the fray, mostly through acquisitions.
Daniel Zhang will be promoted to the executive chairman on September 10, 2019, while Ma remains a director on Alibaba's board.
Yulu founder Amit Gupta believes bicycle sharing is the next big thing.
