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

Snapdeal claims 10,000 customers on housing platform

14 Nov 2015

Developers which took part in the online property sale included Godrej Properties, Brigade, Mahindra Lifespaces, IREO, Artha, Ramky Estates, Central park, Sunteck Realty, Rustomjee, Lavasa Corporation, Nirmal Lifestyle, Ajnara and Mahagun

Alibaba creates sales record on China’s ‘Singles Day’

12 Nov 2015

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

Apple in talks with US banks for PayPal-type digital payments

12 Nov 2015

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

Paytm to hire 3,000 employees for payment bank operations

09 Nov 2015

Alibaba raises offer for rest of Chinese video streaming site Youku Tudou to $3.7 bn

07 Nov 2015

The deal gives Alibaba, which has recently expanded into films, a larger arena to broadcast local movies and Hollywood blockbusters to China's middle-class consumers

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

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