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Covid-19 crisis: Nearly 10,000 mobile retail stores shut in the past year

The north India region, the largest market among all four zones of the country, has seen the worst, according to market analytics platform PredictiVu, with close to 10 per cent of outlets closing

Online fashion industry clocks 51% growth order volume in FY21: Report

Online fashion industry witnessed an order volume growth of 51 per cent and GMV increase of 45 per cent in FY21 as compared to the previous financial year, a report by Unicommerce said on Thursday.

As Covid-19 lockdowns ease, Indians still prefer home deliveries: Survey

This trend was observed not just in the big cities, but also tier-1,2,3 towns, a survey by community led social media platform LocalCircles has found

SoftBank Group may invest $700 mn in Flipkart after exiting firm in 2018

Techy conglomerate investing in Flipkart at a time when Reliance Industries and Tata are betting big on e-commerce as well.

PE funds ready cash, scout for bulk-buying social e-commerce start-ups

Customers get large discounts and the platform enjoys the benefits of scale and lower costs

Stage set for Indian small biz to build global brands: Amazon's Broussard

As work from home became the new normal due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Broussard said thousands of our e-commerce sellers from India played a key role in serving customers globally during this period.

Future Retail to offer quick online deliveries in bet on e-commerce

Popular online grocery service BigBasket, in which India's Tata Group is seeking to acquire a majority stake, and Amazon both offer quick online deliveries in India.

Best of BS Opinion: Competition in e-tail, Covid-19 vaccine, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Competition in e-tail: Fair or unfair?

The e-commerce foreign direct investment policy doesn't sit well with the concept of competition

A case for India, Bangladesh weaving new ties in textile and apparel

India could become a big market for Bangladeshi suppliers if the central government pursues this as a priority but India also has a robust apparel sector of its own, which it cannot neglect

Amazon plans to step up e-payments, financial services in India

Wish to convert cash-hardened customer into a digital one: Amazon Pay CEO

Stick to spirit of law instead of finding loopholes: Goyal to investors

Goyal said that some investors have been trying to circumvent and misuse the provisions of the law, which leads to the government trying to plug the loophole

The right policy cart

E-commerce rules should be stable and equitable

DPIIT to meet trade unions, industry groups on FDI in e-commerce

Officials are likely to meet over a dozen e-commerce companies

Search for the best deal: What India's draft e-commerce policy says

Apart from China, India is one of the few countries that has specific regulations targeted at online sellers

For 49% consumers, e-shopping became preferred mode during Covid: Survey

18 per cent said they "called local retail stores and got home delivery" and 31 per cent "visited the mall, local retailers, markets and shop there."

Aditya Birla Fashion shakes up India's Rs 1.45-trillion ethnic wear market

Aditya Birla Fashion, which has acquired Sabyasachi, Tarun Tahiliani, and Shantanu & Nikhil brands in recent transactions, proposes to take these names to a wider audience

Draft e-commerce policy: Investments by large players may take a hit

Currently, online retailers such as Amazon and Flipkart are the dominant players in this space, capturing around two-thirds of the market share, experts said

E-commerce market is projected to surge 84% to $111 bn by 2024, says FIS

The merchants will be well-positioned to be successful if they put customer experience at the heart of the checkout process.

Eye on e-commerce, ESR plans one 'plug & play' warehouse every quarter

'Plug-and-play' buildings or 'speculative buildings', as ESR calls them, are ready buildings that have facilities like power, water and so on