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Remove Bournvita from category of ‘health drinks’: Centre tells e-commerce firms
New Delhi: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has issued an advisory to the e-commerce companies, directing them to remove all drinks and beverages including Bournvita from the category of ‘health drinks’,…
- Business
S. Korea’s antitrust regulator to launch e-commerce market study
Seoul: South Korea’s antitrust regulator, on Monday, said that it will launch a study into the e-commerce sector to analyse the market structure and check competition issues as part of efforts to…
- Business
Flipkart, IIT Delhi to research on personas to boost personalised suggestions
New Delhi: E-commerce major Flipkart on Tuesday said that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), the industry interface organisation of the Indian…
- Business
Rural e-commerce startup Rozana receives $22.5 mn funding
New Delhi: Rural e-commerce startup Rozana on Wednesday announced that it has received $22.5 million in the latest funding round. The round was led by the investment firm Bertelsmann India Investments (BII)…
- Business
Flipkart launches its UPI handle to boost India’s digital economy vision
Bengaluru: E-commerce marketplace Flipkart on Sunday launched its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) handle to further enhance its digital payment offerings for all customers, including its 500+ million customers. With Flipkart UPI, users…
- Business
Vroom to shut its e-commerce operations, cut nearly 90% of jobs
San Francisco: US-based leading e-commerce platform for buying and selling used vehicles Vroom has announced that it is discontinuing its e-commerce operations and winding down its used vehicle dealership business in order…
- Videos
Video: Man pays Rs 1 lakh for new laptop on Flipkart, receives ‘old, discarded’ one
New Delhi: A man who purchased a laptop worth Rs 1.13 lakh from Flipkart during its Republic Day sale has claimed that he received “some old discarded laptop” instead. Souro Mukherjee has…
- Business
LimeChat partners Microsoft to launch AI chatbot for e-commerce support
New Delhi: LimeChat, a human-level chatbot startup that enables D2C brands, in collaboration with Microsoft, on Thursday announced the release of an advanced AI-powered chatbot for e-commerce customer support. Leveraging Microsoft Azure…
- India
South Delhi consumer ordered 9,940 condoms from Blinkit in 2023
New Delhi: A South Delhi consumer ordered a whopping 9,940 condoms from Zomato-owned quick delivery platform Blinkit in 2023 who, according to the company, “deserves a standing ovation”. While Gurugram ordered 65,973…
- Technology
E-com platforms log Rs 47K cr worth GMV in 1st week of India festive sales
Bengaluru: E-commerce platforms in India clocked a gross merchandise value (GMV) of Rs 47,000 crore in the first week of the festive sale season, growing at 19 per cent from the same…
- India
Flipkart’s festive sales saw a record over 1.4 bn customer visits
Bengaluru: E-commerce major Flipkart on Sunday said it’s 10th edition of ‘The Big Billion Days’ (TBBD) festive sales witnessed a record 1.4 billion customer visits over early access sale and seven days…
- India
Amazon Great Indian Festival starts Oct 8 with early access to Prime members
New Delhi: Amazon has announced that the ‘Amazon Great Indian Festival’ (GIF) will start from October 8, with 24 hours of early access for Prime members. Customers will also get early access…
- Technology
Fashion e-commerce brand Styched acquires Flatheads
New Delhi: Fashion e-commerce company Styched on Monday said it has acquired Flatheads, a direct-to-customer (D2C) online casual sneaker startup that gained recognition on Shark Tank India season 2. Founded in 2018…
- Technology
India’s Tier II cities spend over 2 hr on avg shopping online per week: Report
New Delhi: Indians from Tier II cities and beyond spend an average of 2 hours and 25 minutes per week shopping online, spending approximately 16 per cent of their income, a new…