Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in India, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Amazon’s Black Friday-like event for the summer will be back for the third time. On July 11th, the e-commerce giant will hold the third annual “Prime Day,” and this time, more people will be able to take advantage of all the deals on offer. To start with, the…
India and Portugal have entered a collaboration to strengthen the connection between the startup ecosystems of the two countries. The recently-launched India-Portugal International Startup Hub is an initiative towards that end. “Startup sphere is an…
India is all set to become the global manufacturing hub of the food industry, and to establish its presence and showcase its capabilities, the World Food India 2017 is being held in New Delhi, from 3rd to 5th November 2017. World Food India will be the…
Malaysia-based Korean concept retail store Kioda plans to open 300 stores in India by 2021 and has tied up with Franchise India which will invest USD 10 million for expansion and marketing. Kioda, which has a product range of cosmetics, gifts, stationery and…
With apparel manufacturers trying to liquidate old stock ahead of the new GST tax regime, e-commerce companies like Amazon India, Myntra and Jabong are expecting blockbuster sales this weekend. Flipkart firms Myntra & Jabong will go head on with Amazon India…
India’s digital economy has the potential to reach up to $4 trillion in just four years, according to India’s tech firms. This outshines the government’s goal of making India a $1 trillion digital economy by 2022. IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who chaired…
India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked the nation’s finance ministry to cut its target for non-tax revenue to be raised from the telecoms industry by nearly 40% due to the “severe financial stress” the sector is facing. The Finance Ministry has set a…
There is good news for air travellers. Budget airline AirAsia has come out with ‘discount fares’ as part of its sales promotion campaign. The ‘discounted fares’ begin from as low as Rp1,099 for domestic destinations on flights operated by its Indian joint…
India’s e-commerce market, which is very much driven by mobile commerce, is growing fast and Amazon, which has been operating there for several years, is trying to stay ahead of that growth. The company recently made progress gaining on market leader…
Running on its 3rd day, Flipkart said its Fashion Sale event has witnessed a 2x sale jump in the first 3 days of the total 9 day sale event. The ecommerce player said, it is confident about receiving similar response on the remaining 6 days of the sale event.…
hai AirAsia has planned to operate direct flights to Bangkok from Trichy international Airport on a daily basis from August 12, according to sources. The move was widely welcomed as a large number of travellers from the central region currently have to take a…
India’s largest operator Bharti Airtel beat out disruptive new entrant Reliance Jio Infocomm in April in terms of active subscriber additions for the first time since Jio launched services last September. Analysis from Goldman Sachs finding that Airtel added…
Ranked 89 globally, India’s average internet connection speed of 6.5 Mbps is slower than Vietnam and Indonesia, which are much faster, a report said on Friday. While Vietnam, ranked 58, had an average internet speed of 9.5 Mbps, Indonesia at rank 77 provided…
India’s Bharti Airtel is closer to completing its acquisition of Telenor’s Indian operations, after securing approval for the proposed merger from the Competition Commission of India (CCI). In a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Airtel said CCI…
India’s Reliance Communications (RCom) has been granted a seven-month reprieve from its debt repayment obligations to give it time to complete its proposed merger with Aircel and a planned sale of a stake in its mobile tower operations. In a media release,…
India’s leading fashion etailer, Jabong has announced the addition of another leading international fashionwear brand, Esprit, to its product portfolio. A publicly owned manufacturer of clothing, footwear, accessories, jewellery and housewares, Esprit will be…
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