Tag: E Commerce

New Delhi: E-commerce companies Flipkart and Amazon, for the second year in a row topped LinkedIn India’s top companies list 2017, a statement said here on Thursday. The professional network site on the Internet said the list is fuelled by exclusive LinkedIn data, including job seeker reach, engagement and retention. LinkedIn has around 500 plus […]

New Delhi: Industry chamber Assocham on Sunday asked the government to clearly define the scope of e-commerce under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, as the current definition is wide enough to even cover commodity derivatives exchanges. “E-commerce definition, as given in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) dispensation, has been left so wide […]

New Delhi: The partnership with e-commerce major Amazon would help Shoppers Stop tap customers from non- metro markets and scale up its financial performance, a top official of the Mumbai-based retailer said. The partnership would allow Shoppers Stop list its entire portfolio of over 400 brands on Amazon.in and vise-versa Amazon experience centres will be created […]

Chandigarh: Leading wholesale chain Walmart India Thursday announced the launch of its B2B e-commerce platform for all members of its ‘Best Price’ modern wholesale stores. The facility will be available at Best Price stores in Jalandhar and Ludhiana. “All members of Best Price stores in the two cities can now log on to www.bestprice.in, book […]

The commercial taxes department of the Kerala government has imposed a Rs.54 crore fine on some e-commerce companies and portals. More such companies will be fined, said a top official

San Francisco: In a bid to combat delivery-related fraud cases, e-commerce giant Amazon is making a section of its drivers take selfies before resuming their duties for the day in order to record and verify their identities using facial recognition from time to time. For now, the requirement applies specifically to “Flex drivers” — who […]

Kolkata: India’s e-commerce regulations need more consultation with American companies that have invested in India, according to a senior US official. Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the US Foreign Commercial Service for the Department of Commerce, Ian Steff on Friday said some of the e-commerce regulations have not received the type […]

New Delhi: IndiaMart, the online marketplace dedicated to the business-to-business (B2B) category, is among the several new members of The E-Commerce Council of India (TECI). According to a statement by TECI, its new joinees range from online marketplaces to logistics and Artificial Intelligence startups. TECI is the umbrella organisation of Indian e-commerce players formed in […]

New Delhi: E-commerce major Amazon is the most trusted among the Internet brands in India, followed by Google and Facebook, according to a recent report by TRA Research. Among the 32 Internet brands surveyed, Indian messaging app Hike ranked fourth, beating Facebook-owned Whatsapp, which ranked 10th, said brand intelligence and data insights company’s “Brand Trust […]

New Delhi: Merchants from India saw an increase of four per cent in e-commerce sale on international marketplaces in the first quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter, says a new report. Sales from India were up 121 per cent on year-on-year basis, according to the Global Seller Index report from Payoneer, a […]

Bengaluru: In a bid to strengthen its last mile delivery ahead of the festive season, e-commerce major Flipkart has onboarded nearly 27,000 kirana stores across 700 cities to its pan-India supply chain in a span of six months. With this partnership, the person delivering your everyday grocery items may also come to your doorstep with […]

Bengaluru: Aiming to bring the next 200 million consumers to the e-commerce fold, Flipkart on Friday said that “The Big Billion Days” sale witnessed almost 50 per cent growth in the number of new customers compared to last year, with 70 billion views in six days of the sale that began on September 29. Clocking […]

New Delhi: Led by Amazon and Flipkart, e-tailers in India achieved a record $3 billion (nearly Rs 19,000 crore) of Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) in the first six days of the festive sale from September 29-October 4, a new report said on Tuesday. Walmart-owned Flipkart and Amazon dominated 90 per cent of the market share […]

New Delhi: The model framework for the guidelines on e-commerce consumer protection will cause unnecessary compliance burden on e-commerce entities, and hence will negatively impact ease of doing business in India, industry body Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) said on Tuesday. India jumped 14 ranks to 63rd position in the World Bank’s “Doing […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major development, the department of handlooms textiles and handicrafts, Government of Odisha, has signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with E-Commerce Platform Flipkart to implement ‘Flipkart Samarth Programme’ to open national market access for weavers, artisans and craftsmen of the State while empowering them to leverage the benefits of e-commerce model. The […]