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Govt proposes mandatory 'country of origin' filters for ecom platforms

The Consumer Affairs Ministry has proposed to make it mandatory for e-commerce platforms to provide searchable and sortable filters based on 'country of origin' for packaged commodities, a move aimed at enhancing transparency at digital marketplaces. The amendment is designed to enable consumers to make informed purchasing decisions by allowing them to easily identify the origin of products while shopping online. The ministry, in a statement, said the Draft Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) (Second) Amendment Rules, 2025, would amend existing 2011 regulations by requiring "every e-commerce entity selling imported products shall provide a searchable and sortable filter for the country of origin, with their product listings." The proposed feature will reduce the time required to locate such information across vast product listings. The draft amendment rules have been published on the department's website for public consultation. Comments from stakeholders are invited until Novem

US chokes off e-commerce tsunami by closing 'de minimis' loophole

A US trade provision dating to the 1930s, which eventually cleared the way for more than a billion small parcels each year, ends on Friday

India's e-commerce stocks outrun Chinese peers on profitability hopes

Quick commerce is reshaping India's online retail landscape, with companies racing to tap into a market that could reach $100 billion by 2030

Amazon India's Prime Day returns on July 12-14 with 72-hour mega sale

Amazon Prime Day 2025 will run from July 12 to 14 with offers on electronics, fashion, appliances and more as the e-tailer pushes for expansion in non-metro regions

Fast and now under fire: Quick-commerce firms face heat from regulators

According to a report by Blume Ventures, an early-stage venture fund, India's qcom market surged from $300 million in FY22 to an expected $7.1 billion in FY25

Amazon plans ₹2,000 crore push to expand warehousing, delivery in India

The ₹2,000 crore investment into Amazon India will go towards expanding fulfilment centres, improving safety and automation, and more

Amazon India to infuse over Rs 2,000 crore to boost pan-India operations

Amazon will invest over Rs 2,000 crore in 2025 to scale up its all-India operations network, the e-commerce giant said on Thursday. Investments will support network expansion and upgrades to serve customers faster and more reliably, advance technology and innovation, and improve employee and associate well-being, Amazon said in a release. The investment announcement comes at a time when India's e-commerce market is booming, fuelled by broadband penetration, affordable smartphones, digital payments, increasing spends from affluent and middle-class households, as well as a mobile-first, digitally-charged younger population. Companies like Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart, as well as smaller online players have reshaped India's e-biz landscape over recent years investing billions of dollars into the booming e-commerce market in the country, which as per some estimates, is poised to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21 per cent and reach USD 325 billion in 2030. Announcing t

Chandigarh leads India in online shopping, surpassing Delhi and Mumbai

Small states outpace metros as e-commerce thrives in surprising corners of India

Amazon India adds flat ₹5 fee on all customer orders, Prime included

Amazon India introduces ₹5 marketplace fee across all orders including Prime, following Flipkart and quick-commerce peers; exemptions apply to digital purchases

Meesho deepens personal care focus with HUL, P&G, Himalaya tie-ups

Partnerships with major FMCG brands bring personal care staples like Dove, Gillette, and Himalaya to Meesho Mall as demand grows in price-sensitive Indian markets

Qcom fuelling snacking in India, says Mondelez executive Nitin Saini

The audience that is there on quick commerce is more disposed to experiment because they have more disposable incomes, said Nitin Saini

Reliance Retail scaling up quick commerce, plans to set up dark stores

Country's leading retailer Realiance Retail, which saw 2.4x growth in the number of orders from its quick commerce/hyper local delivery in the March quarter, is significantly scaling it with plans to open dark stores to expand the coverage area. In the March quarter, Reliance Retail saw over 2.4 times growth in terms of the number of orders, which is a significant scale-up, said its CFO Dinesh Taluja during the earnings call earlier this week. "And we are seeing very strong traction with a 2.4x quarter-over-quarter growth in daily exit orders. And this number will scale up substantially in the coming year as well. We are also starting to proactively market this proposition, our proposition of no hidden charges, quick delivery, and no delivery fees continues to resonate very well with the customers," said Taluja. Reliance covers hyper-local deliveries, a sub-30-minute delivery, at 4,000 pin codes across the country through its network of existing stores, which has a much wider reach

T Koshy steps down as CEO of ONDC after completing three-year tenure

The government-backed Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) has announced that its MD and CEO, T Koshy, has stepped down following the completion of his three-year tenure at the company. ONDC is an initiative of the commerce and industry ministry to help small retailers expand their business and reduce the dominance of e-commerce giants. It aims to build an open, interoperable network on which buyers and sellers can transact without needing to be present on the same platform. "Koshy has expressed his desire to step down," ONDC said in a statement. The MD and CEO responsibilities have been transitioned to an executive committee. According to an official, the process to select a new CEO and MD would be initiated soon. ONDC offers small retailers an opportunity to provide their services and goods to buyers across the country through an e-commerce system, where buyers are able to purchase products that are sold on any platform. It is not an application, platform, intermediary or

FMCG distributors file petition with CCI against Blinkit, Zepto, Instamart

Quick commerce companies are indulging in practices of deep discounts and exclusive supply/distribution agreements, thereby engaging in unfair pricing and affecting the competition, the petition said

Fashion and beauty lead as tier-III cities drive e-commerce growth in 2024

Items like casual wear and western apparel emerged as the most sought-after products in 2024, followed by beauty, wellness, and personal care segment that constituted 20 per cent of the total orders

Uttar Pradesh govt plans e-commerce booster shot for the MSME sector

This strategic move is expected to benefit over 50,000 industrial and manufacturing units of these clusters, administered by the UP State Industrial Development Authority

Quick commerce will rival e-commerce majors Amazon, Flipkart: Zepto CEO

The quick commerce industry will reach a stage in 2025 where it will be comparable to traditional e-commerce giants like Amazon and Flipkart, Zepto co-founder and CEO Aadit Palicha has asserted. In a LinkedIn post on New Year's Eve, he said Zepto last year announced that 2024 will be the year people realise that quick commerce has the potential to create an Amazon/Flipkart level outcome in India and outlined three key forecasts for the new year. "In 2025, Quick Commerce will actually start hitting a scale where it will become comparable to e-commerce," he wrote. IPO-headed Zepto reported a 120 per cent increase in operating revenue to Rs 4,454 crore in FY24, surpassing competitors like Swiggy's Instamart and Zomato's Blinkit. Emphasising that success in quick commerce will hinge on "exceptional execution", Palicha said it will be challenging for every single player to deliver that level of execution. "In 2025, the fundamentals of Quick Commerce will evolve dramatically. The custom

Magicpin enters into quick commerce as 'magicNOW' with over 3,000 merchants

Hyper-local e-commerce firm magicpin has forayed into quick commerce for food delivery with the launch of its magicNow brand that will work for over 2,000 food brands and 1,000 merchants to start with, the company said on Tuesday. Unlike other quick commerce players, magicpin will not operate via dark stores for food delivery, the company said in a statement. "magicNOW is to provide fast food delivery within a 1.5 km to 2 km radius to maintain freshness and cuisine integrity, and will be initially launched in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, and Pune," magicpin said. magicNOW will leverage the service of magicpin's logistic aggregator vertical -- Velocity. Under Velocity, magicpin acts as an aggregator of its third party logistics partners such as Shadowfax, Dunzo, Rapido, Porter, OLA, Zypp etc for the supply backend, consolidating all 3PL services under one umbrella for brands and its sellers. magicpin is currently offering Velocity to multiple brands including K

Small town buyers, Gen Z push Meesho's order growth by 35% in 2024

Despite challenging market conditions, Meesho sustained its growth trajectory, reaching approximately 175 million annual transacting users in 2024

Why antitrust body CCI has moved Supreme Court against Amazon, Flipkart

The CCI has moved the Supreme Court to expedite the resolution of 24 court cases pending against Amazon and Flipkart, asserting that they were intended to derail its probe