Tag: Amazon

New Delhi: The face-off between Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Jeff Bezos-run behemoth Amazon over the retail assets of Future Group in India has once again exposed the ambition of the so-called “gatekeeper for e-commerce” to keep the reins of a growing retail market in the country in its hands. The legal battle […]

New Delhi: Domestic smartphone brand Lava on Monday launched a feature phone ‘Lava Flip’ with an iconic flip design for just Rs 1,640. The feature phone is available in two colours — red and blue — across outlets and will soon be available on Flipkart and Amazon. “This modern-day feature phone not only looks spectacular […]

New Delhi: Amazon on Thursday announced that it is now adding Hindi as new language support for Alexa on Fire TV. The experience includes Hindi interactions for Alexa on Fire TV, local knowledge, information, hundreds of skills and more in Hindi. Customers who choose Hindi as their device language will also see Fire TV rows […]

New Delhi: The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Monday urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to prevent banks from entering into an “unholy nexus” with e-commerce companies which is damaging “small businesses”. In a communication sent to Sitharaman, it expressed serious concern over granting of 10 per cent cash back or discount by […]

Puri: A Puri-based lawyers’ association has reportedly sent a legal notice to e-commerce giant Amazon over alleged unauthorised sale of “Nirmalya Mahaprasad” of Lord Jagannath through online. The CEO of Amazon India has been given 20 days time to reply on the matter. The lawyers have threatened to approach the court and file a petition […]

Puri: Trouble seems to be deepening for e-Commerce giant Amazon with Puri’s Singhadwar police on Friday registering a case against the company for its advertisement to sell ‘Nirmalya or dry Mahaprasad of Lord Jagannath through online mode. Based on the complaint of Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and servitor group Suara-Mahasuara Nijog, the police have […]

New Delhi: The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has written to the Enforcement Directorate(ED) with all the necessary details to prove that since the beginning of Amazon in India in 2012, it has brazenly and flagrantly violated the laws, rules and regulations of the country and has caused misery to crores of small traders […]

Puri: Even as e-commerce giant Amazon finds itself entangled in a legal battle for selling Lord Jagannath’s revered dry Prasad ‘Nirmalya’ on-line, another online shopping company has landed in trouble over a similar reason. A servitor of Sri Jagannath Temple, Sambhunath Khuntia has alleged that e-commerce platform Pinterest has advertised to sell the ‘Abadha’ Prasad […]

New Delhi: In a significant development related to war between e-commerce giants and traders of India, the Union Government has directed the Enforcement Directorate and Reserve Bank of India to take necessary action against Amazon and Walmart-owned-Flipkart. The Centre has taken strong cognizance of various complaints made by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) […]

New Delhi: The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) in a communication sent to Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal demanded immediate action against e-commerce entities including Amazon, Flipkart, Zomato, Swiggy and others. “It is a case of daylight robbery of e-commerce entities in India and therefore demand immediate action against the erring e-commerce portals and […]

New Delhi: Amazon has been ordered to pay Rs 45,000 to a law student who was promised a laptop for Rs 190 only, but it wasn’t delivered. Amazon has been penalised by the Odisha State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (Commission) as compensation to law student Supriyo Ranjan Mahapatra. According to Amazon, the deal was between […]

New Delhi: The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has strongly criticised the Karnataka Government for entering into an MOU with “tainted” e-commerce company Amazon to help drive e-commerce exports from the State. “We strongly object to this MOU of Karnataka Government with Amazon which is facing probe by law enforcing agencies and also facing […]

New Delhi: The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has welcomed the Budget proposal to impose 2 per cent extra tax on foreign e-commerce companies whether engaged in business of sale of goods or providing services, acceptance of offer for sale, placing of purchase order, acceptance of purchase order, payment of consideration or supply of […]

By Arul Louis New York: Jeff Bezos, who built an online bookstore into a $1.7 trillion technology empire reaching into space, has announced he will be stepping down as CEO at the apex of his career to focus on innovations. Bezos, who extended the company’s reach to India with multi-billion dollar investments, said on Tuesday […]

Bengaluru: Amazon India is offering a host of deals and offers on the latest iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 11 Pro series, and iPhone 7, among others as part of its “Apple Days” sales which will be live until February 17. Customers can get iPhone 12 Mini at a price of Rs 64,490 with a discount […]