Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in India, updated continuously by our newsroom.
India’s third largest mobile operator Idea Cellular has revealed plans to expand its 4G network to nine additional telecoms circles by March next year. The operator plans to add around 57,000 new 4G cell sites this year alone. With the expansion, Idea…
India is currently the largest growing market for smartphones and it is estimated that the number of smartphones sold in the country is very likely to be greater than 100 million in 2017.BEIJING: As India embarked on cashless economy with demonetisation of…
Oppo has relaunched its self-proclaimed “selfie expert” – the F1s – with increased memory and storage in India. The phone will now be available with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. It will also be available in a new grey color. Oppo launched the F1s earlier in…
Indian conglomerate Reliance Group, parent company of Reliance Communications (RCom), has teamed up with Cisco Jasper to launch a new dedicated IoT venture in the market. The new venture, UNLIMIT, will provide enterprise customers throughout India with a…
India’s smartphone market crossed the 30 million unit shipments milestone for the first time in the third quarter, research firm IDC said. IDC’s Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that the 32.3 million units sold during the quarter represent 17.5% growth…
India is on track to manufacture $80 billion worth of mobile phone components over the next five years, new research suggests. This will help India become a global manufacturing hub, the study conducted by IIM Bangalore and market research firm Counterpoint…
‘Boycott China’ messages may have become routine on WhatsApp in India. But in the startup world, India and China are drawing closer. Chinese firms and funds have become big investors in Indian startups , and they are becoming particularly useful now as US…
Leading private carrier Jet Airways will operate a daily service to Singapore from here from December 14 to expand its connectivity in the Asean region, the airline said on Monday. “The new flight is introduced to meet the demand for a direct flight to…
Targeting global retailers who are looking to Asia to chart growth, CapitaLand Mall Asia has its biggest presence ever at international retail event Mapic in Cannes, France. It is the fifth consecutive year CapitaLand has exhibited at Mapic, one of the…
India is expected to push for a new approach to tariff cuts at the 16-country trade bloc to prevent China from flooding its market with cheap goods. The commerce department is working on ways to give minimum tariff concessions to Chinese goods and delay the…
Asia Pacific leads the world in mobile cross-border shopping, according to the third PayPal Annual Global Report, released in conjunction with global market research company Ipsos. With its investigation of the online domestic and cross-border shopping habits…
DHL eCommerce will invest €70 million (US$75.1 million) to expand its air hubs in Delhi and Mumbai, supporting the growing e-commerce industry in India. According to DHL, the 5,761m2 Delhi hub and 4,274m2 Mumbai hub will be equipped with automation to handle…
Vodafone India has reported solid revenue growth for the first half of its financial year despite parent company Vodafone’s decision to take a €5 billion ($5.36 billion) writedown of its Indian operations. Service revenue for the first half increased 5.9% to…
Dachser India has moved to a new regional office in a thriving business area in Mumbai, to be closer to its brand named customers and enable staff from different departments to communicate more effectively. “With India’s strong developing manufacturing,…
A direct air link between India and Indonesia is set to become a reality with Garuda Indonesia, the South East Asian country’s national air carrier, considering to launch a service soon. Garuda Indonesia plans to introduce direct flights connecting…
For the first time, cash is no longer king in India’s online shopping scene. In a post-Diwali media release, India’s online marketplace Snapdeal reported that customers across India were willing to pay at the time of making the purchase instead of opting for…
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