Retail
Amazon emerges e-commerce leader in October
27 Nov 2015
Indians’ online purchases from abroad to touch Rs54,700 cr this year
27 Nov 2015
The average spends of Indians on cross-border transactions is estimated to be around Rs1.42 lakh per cross-border shopper in 2015
Amazon may make Maharashtra its hub state
25 Nov 2015
Local traders float e-commerce platform `e-Lala’
24 Nov 2015
Amazon taking Indian lessons to other shores
14 Nov 2015
India has taught Amazon how to cut costs in areas like transportation and storage, like using motorcycles for delivery and shipping directly from sellers. Now it is ready to apply these lessons to the US and other markets
Instant hit: 60,000 Maggi 12-packs sold in 5 minutes on Snapdeal
12 Nov 2015
Returning to the market after a five-month hiatus, Maggi sold 60,000 ‘welcome kits’ of 12 packs each in five minutes flat through its online tie-up with Snapdeal
Snapdeal offers Maggi noodles on 'flash sale’
10 Nov 2015
Marking a first for a food product, Nestle's Maggi noodles is being sold via the unique "flash sale model" on e-commerce platform Snapdeal
Over 40% of items sold online in China fake
03 Nov 2015
In a blow to Chinese e-retailers like Alibaba, an official report submitted to China’s authorities says only 58.7 per cent of items sold online are of expected quality; the rest are shoddy or counterfeit
Online retailers face probe for violating FDI norms
02 Nov 2015
The Enforcement Directorate and the Reserve Bank of India have been asked to check if Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal are violating rules through their recent ad campaigns
Xiaomi to launch pre-Diwali flash sale
31 Oct 2015
Malls to see dismal Diwali amid surge in e-retail
31 Oct 2015
The mall bubble has definitely gone bust - only 8-10 per cent of shopping malls are running successfully, thanks to factors like poor location and lack of parking space, apart from the competition from online retailers
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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