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Turmoil in the marketplace

FDI norms for e-commerce should be relaxed

E-commerce firm Shopmatic buys CombineSell for an undisclosed amount

Shopmatic had previously acquired a 50.1% stake in retail management and point of sale solution provider Octopus

Club Factory raises $100 mn in Series D, emerges third largest e-tailer

Club Factory aims to further enhance its Open Platform Strategy post this new round of funding

Jewellery e-comm firm Melorra raises $12 mn series C from Lightbox, others

The company had earlier raised $12 million from Lightbox, which bring its total fund-raise to date to $24 million

E-tailers may have sold Rs 19,000-cr goods during festive sale: Redseer

According to the consultancy firm, Flipkart continued to lead the festive sales in GMV terms, with 60-62% standalone gross GMV share during the sale event

Free meals, little rest: Amazon, Flipkart HQ turn war rooms for mega sale

War rooms of the two e-commerce giants are buzzing as they prepare for the big battle on Sunday

September 30 deadline for e-commerce compliance won't be extended

According to sources, some e-commerce firms have asked the government to extend the date

Don't kill e-commerce

Regulating new economy requires new thinking

Viability woes cloud sustainable packaging initiative of e-commerce firms

This comes at a time when the government and individual retailers look for options to curb the use of single-use plastic

Festive push: With marketing blitz, e-commerce giants hope to beat slowdown

Flipkart has tied up with SpiceJet to hold a massive 'marketing in the air' campaign

Fewer online offers likely to boost offline sales this festive season

Retailers believe they would be able to boost sales this festive season on the back of better services and differentiated products

Ads with a cause: Brands work their way on Independence Day, Raksha Bandhan

From consumer goods to fashion and lifestyle as well as aircraft manufacturers, cause-led advertising rules the day

How deep discounts, impulsive buying have helped e-commerce beat slowdown

E-commerce companies keep downturn blues at bay

Amazon has competition: Flipkart to start free video streaming service

The company is introducing the Flipkart app in Hindi. The plan is to unveil it in other languages as well such as Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali in future

Draft guidelines for e-commerce firms talk tough on deep discounting

The draft further said that e-commerce firms cannot fabricate product and consumer reviews or exaggerate the quality

Flexi-jobs in e-commerce industry records 77% rise in 3 years: Report

Reforms like the GST and demonetisation have led to the maximum informal to formal shift across sectors in 2015-18 with e-commerce growing mo­st at 14 per cent

Big is target

Scale, supposed to be a competitive advantage, is not an unalloyed gift as voices against dominance rise across industries

Suppliers not liable to pay TCS with less than Rs 2-million turnover: CBIC

The clarifications come after the e-commerce companies faced troubles in deducting TCS

Anti-profiteering body turns heat on e-tailers, seeks a pan-Indian audit

The development comes after NAA discovered that Flipkart alone had 7,500 cases of overcharging GST on account of change in rate between placing an order and delivery

Abolition of tax collected at source on e-commerce may be on cards

TCS at the rate of up to 1% is yet to be implemented as it has been deferred till September this year