E-business
FBI shuts down illegal drug site Silk Road
04 Oct 2013
Google takes on Amazon with same-day shopping delivery
01 Oct 2013
Diversifying from online advertising, its primary source of revenue, Internet search giant Google, has entered online retail, competing with online retail giant Amazon
eBay to buy payment processor Braintree for $800 million
27 Sep 2013
US online retailer eBay Inc is buying Chicago-based payment processing company Braintree Payment Solutions, for $800 million in cash, in order to boost its PayPal unit's mobile commerce business
eBay to buy payment processor Braintree for $800 million
27 Sep 2013
US online retailer eBay Inc is buying Chicago-based payment processing company Braintree Payment Solutions, for $800 million in cash, in order to boost its PayPal unit's mobile commerce business
Argos and eBay in retail pilot pact
25 Sep 2013
India to clarify rules on e-commerce soon
31 Aug 2013
Facebook readying mobile payments service
16 Aug 2013
New PayPal app gives new meaning to ‘face value’
08 Aug 2013
Amazon to hire 5,000 to meet growing demand
29 Jul 2013
Amazon to hire 5,000 to meet growing demand
29 Jul 2013
Mobile commerce is the new battlefield for retailers
03 Jul 2013
As smartphone use spreads rapidly, mobile ‘showrooming’ is the new mantra and retailers who fail to adapt to this trend will be left behind, says Vishwanath Alluri, founder and executive chairman, IMImobile
Online retail sales grow 1.9 per cent in UK
21 Jun 2013
Australian online sales reach A$237 bn
21 Jun 2013
Europe leads US in e-commerce: Internet Retailer
17 Jun 2013
Online sales in Europe, which has no sellers operating across the continent as yet, crossed $300 billion in 2012, while the US, which boasts of some global e-commerce majors, lagged with online sales of $225.54 billion during the year
Unable to sell direct, Amazon India looks for tie-ups with retail chains
08 Jun 2013
Online retail giant Amazon, which entered India this week, plans to enter into selling partnership with several leading brick-and-mortar retail chains
After eBay deal, Snapdeal.com raises another $40mn
06 Jun 2013
This is the largest institutional funding in India's e-commerce sector this year, and coincides with the entry of online retail giant Amazon into the Indian market.
Amazon follows Google into global doorstep grocery delivery business
By By Jagdeep Worah | 05 Jun 2013
Amazon.com Inc is planning a major roll-out of its online grocery business AmazonFresh across global markets, including North America, in a move that it has been quietly developing for years. By Jagdeep Worah
Amazon enters India's buy-sell e-market
05 Jun 2013
Amazon's entry as a buy-sell site gets it into head-on competition with not only pure retailers like FlipKart and others but other buy-and-sell companies like e-Bay and OXL
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