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E-commerce retail market likely to cross $100 bn mark by 2024: Report

The rise of online fresh groceries sales along with growing numbers of prepared food delivery companies entering this space could propel category growth by five times in the next five years

Big short: How Carl Icahn made $1.3 bn as malls closed down due to Covid-19

There is something discomfiting about the idea of getting fantastically rich off someone else's misfortune, which is what happens when a "short" trade - or bet against a stock or industry - succeeds

LG India launches online store to deliver directly at customer's doorstep

In view of growing consumer preference towards e-commerce, electronics major LG on Monday announced the launch of 'direct-to-consumer' online store to deliver directly at the customer's doorstep

Milkbasket eyes break even in Jul-Sept quarter on rising e-commerce demand

Milkbasket is present in four cities so far including Gurugram, Noida, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Goel said, the company had achieved break-even in three cities and Hyderabad would join the list soon

Will place draft e-comm policy in public domain to seek views: DPIIT Secy

DPIIT Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra said the ecommerce is a fast emerging sector and it is difficult to predict where it will go in the next couple of years

Home appliances remain immune to Covid, lockdown relaxation boosts demand

28% consumers keen on buying home appliances, while other discretionary spending is on hold, says Nielsen survey

India's FMCG market contracts 34% in April amid Covid-19 outbreak

Traditional trade sees bigger drop, says Nielsen

Small brands using familiarity to redefine engagement with customers

A clutch of home grown food and beverage brands are using their familiarity with local communities to redefine the terms of engagement with customers

Amazon sees loss in Q2 as it forecasts $4 bn in coronavirus related costs

Internationally, the pandemic has hit Amazon the hardest in India, where the company has had to forgo sales to comply with the government restricting delivery to essential goods such as groceries

Amazon India launches special fund to help SMB partners in logistics

The company noted in a statement that small and medium businesses across India had been financially impacted due to the nationwide lockdown to precent the spread of coronavirus

A perfect spy novel for the lockdown

It's not flowing prose that sweeps you along. Instead, the author has opted for short, staccato sentences. They're like terse commands: Insistent, demanding but strangely riveting

Coronavirus outbreak: E-grocery market may boom after lockdown lifts

BigBasket CEO Hari Menon says more consumers will shop online than depending on traditional means after Covid

Udaan co-founders on how their set up earned the fast-growing unicorn tag

Sujeet Kumar, Vaibhav Gupta and Amod Malviya talk to Bibhu Ranjan Mishra about how Udaan took flight

Online private labels may grow 1.6 times faster than e-commerce platforms

The report also says that online private labels have the potential to develop into self-sustaining brands that have a captive base beyond the e-commerce platform that has nurtured it.

E-commerce major Snapdeal on-boards 52,000 merchants in Uttar Pradesh

UP among top ecommerce markets for 'puja' items, fashion

E-commerce in India: To be or not to be

A thinking man's guide to e-commerce controversies

FMCG recovery likely in 2020; Nielsen, CRISIL predict double-digit growth

According to Nielsen's estimates, India's Rs 4 trillion FMCG market is expected to grow by 10% in calendar year 2020 (CY20)

Mukesh Ambani set to build Alibaba-like $24-bn e-commerce giant for India

The move is the latest sign of the Reliance group's pivot towards data and digital services for future growth, as it builds an online platform to take on the likes of Amazon and Flipkart in India

It's traders vs Amazon, Flipkart over online prices & a level-playing field

As traders prepare to hold a nationwide agitation against Amazon and Flipkart this week, the government weighs its options

CCI flags concern over e-commerce deep discounts, bats for self-regulation

The CCI flagged concerns around deep discounting on goods and services offered by large online retailers, particularly in the case of mobile phones and electrical appliances