E-business
SoftBank brokering merger of Snapdeal, Flipkart: report
28 Mar 2017
The Japanese telecom and internet group is likely to invest up to $1.5 billion in the merged entity by picking up primary and secondary shares, giving it around 15-per cent stake in the Flipkart-Snapdeal combine
eBay may swap its India unit for a $500 mn stake in Flipkart
24 Mar 2017
For eBay, which failed to use its first mover advantage in India after acquiring Baazee.com to make an entry into the market in 2005, a merger of its India operations with that of Flipkart will be seen as a win
Flipkart set to absorb eBay’s Indian unit: report
24 Mar 2017
In another sign of possible consolidation in India’s crowded ecommerce space, eBay is reportedly in talks to sell its under-performing India unit to Flipkart
Amazon to intensify crackdown on counterfeits
22 Mar 2017
Flipkart set to raise up to $1.5 bn – but at lower valuation
08 Mar 2017
Flipkart requires funding to stave off fierce competition from rivals like Amazon and the latest entrant Alibaba
Paytm Mall to take on Flipkart and Amazon
27 Feb 2017
Paytm Mall to take on Flipkart and Amazon
27 Feb 2017
Paytm Mall to take on Flipkart and Amazon
27 Feb 2017
Alternate stay aggregator Stayzilla suspends ops
24 Feb 2017
Snapdeal axes 600; co-founders Bahl, Bansal take 100% pay cut
23 Feb 2017
Snapdeal co-founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal admitted in an email to employees that they had started growing too fast and diversifying too much, and added they would now look for the right mix
Snapdeal to cut 30% jobs as fund sources dry up
11 Feb 2017
The move is expected to affect about 1,000 employees directly employed in the company’s ecommerce marketplace while thousands of contract workers in the logistics division are also expected to be let off