Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries' upcoming 'new commerce' platform is working hard to get its grocery game right
Minister's remarks come a day after Bezos announced $1 billion investment
Biyani explained that physical retailers will need digital, while digital will need physical presence because of the costs related to acquiring customer and fulfilling orders
Keynote speaker Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy, who has business relations with Amazon, was clearly upset with the event starting late
Commits to exporting $10 billion India-made goods by 2025
All eyes on Bezos' visit this week as traders up the ante
CAIT claimed that small retailers have suffered at the hands of Amazon, Flipkart
Both Google and Facebook-owned WhatsApp are working with small sellers and merchants to help them set up their digital stores
The traders' body has strongly objected to the business model of both the companies
Fynd helps shopkeepers launch their own e-commerce websites and apps with a selling capacity of over 50,000 styles and 50 brands. The product is already being used by 6,500 stores across 350 cities
Flipkart saw 2x more sale; for Amazon, it was the biggest-ever in a single day
According to traders, they will meet the ministers over the next few days and chart out instances of violations of various rules by the e-commerce firms
Company hopes tie-up with Flipkart and Myntra will boost online share of total sales to 15%, from just 3% share that its own portal commands
The delivery stations enable Amazon Logistics to supplement capacity and provide flexibility to its delivery capabilities to support the growing volume of customer orders
Agarwal said Amazon works with some 500,000 sellers, and has created over 200,000 jobs in India since launching its ecommerce operations in 2013
In June, Meesho raised funding from social media giant Facebook
What Snapdeal has done in the past two years, says a company spokesperson, is focus on the 'next 400 million online buyers'
2.1 million orders worth Rs 28,000 crore have been placed on GeM
Shein and Club Factory are accused of dodging import duties by fudging listed prices
According to CAIT, e-commerce policy should take within its ambit not only foreign players but also domestic ones