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E-Tailing
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Snapdeal bats for new FDI policy in e-commerce from Feb 1

Leading Indian e-tailer Snapdeal on Tuesday supported the implementation of revised Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy on e-commerce from February 1. “Snapdeal supports the immediate implementation of the current FDI policy on e-commerce so that…

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Food
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Amazon India proposes $500m food venture

Amazon India has applied to the government to invest US$500 million in a wholly owned venture that will allow the US eCommerce giant to stock locally produced food items and sell them online. If successful, it would become the first foreign retailer to enter…

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E-Tailing
3 min read

Boycott China? Dragon now angel for Indian startups

‘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…

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Electronics
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LeEco India ready to roll out 1000 stores

Chinese tech firm LeEco India plans to open 1000 outlets across the subcontinent by the end of this year. Expecting half of its revenue in India to come from physical stores, LeEco filed an application five months ago with the Foreign Investment Promotion…

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E-Tailing
2 min read

Coupang Sales Growth Bolsters SoftBank’s Bet on Korean Retailer

Coupang’s net sales more than doubled in the first half of the year, helping to validate SoftBank Group Corp.’s bet that the South Korean web retailer will carve out a piece of Asia’s booming e-commerce market. Net revenue rose to 868 billion won ($782…

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Fashion
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New lifeline for sagging Rocket Internet fashion sites

Investors have injected US$339 million lifeline into GFG, which owns the struggling Rocket Internet fashion websites. Rocket Internet and others have sunk the euro 300 million into its Global Fashion Group, raising GFG’s valuation to €1 billion – which is…

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E-Tailing
2 min read

Sevenfold growth forecast for Indian eCommerce

The Indian eCommerce industry is expected to burgeon in the next four years, according to a report by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India. While the business to business (B2B) segment is expected to more than double…

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E-Tailing
2 min read

Snapdeal integrates offline, online retail in new platform

Indian online marketplace Snapdeal has launched an omnichannel platform that integrates its offline and online retail channels. It offers customers the convenience of online discovery and ordering along with faster hyper-local fulfilment and is expected to…

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E-Tailing
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India eCommerce to lead BRICs

India – not China – is set to become the fastest growing B2C eCommerce market of the BRIC countries in the next five years. A new publication by Germany-based secondary market research expert yStats.com India B2C eCommerce Market 2015 also reveals the main…

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E-Tailing
2 min read

Authorities turns down FDI in retail e-commerce

The Union authorities won’t ease overseas direct funding (FDI) guidelines for digital commerce. Minister of State for Commerce and Business Nirmala Sitharaman final month met executives of Flipkart andSnapdeal and representatives from the Confederation of…

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General
1 min read

Snapdeal makes it to the top 10 employers’ club in retail

Snapdeal has become the first e-commerce company in India to enter the best employers’ club. The latest survey by Great Place To Work Institute India, in partnership with Retailers Association of India, has put the New Delhi-based firm among the top 10…

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E-Tailing
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Snapdeal gains a lot of weight, turns 5

After doing USD2 billion gross merchandise value of sales last year, Snapdeal seeks to hit USD3 billion in the next two months; Its seller base has grown to 100,000, from 1,000 in 2012. Lees ook: Rescued retailers’ employees finally paid out Lees ook: Samsung…

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General
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India’s Snapdeal ventures into TV commerce shopping

India’s online marketplace Snapdeal.com recently launched a 50:50 joint venture with DEN networks to launch a TV Commerce channel. The DEN Snapdeal TV shop is urrently available for viewers on channel number 132 on DEN cable network and will be extended to…