Page 4 - Festive Sales

E-commerce firms sell goods worth $4.1 bn in first week of festive sale

The key factors that majorly boosted this year's sale include affordability, mobile phones and tier-II growth wave.

Flipkart Group garners 68% of Rs 29,000 crore festive sales: Report

Flipkart Group emerged as overall leader during the week-long festive sales, accounting for 68% of the total sales as the country saw a massive 55% (year-on-year) growth

Smartphone shipments rebound in anticipation of record festive sales

At 50 million units, the shipment number broke all previous records as Chinese players Vivo, Realme and Xiaomi shipped in greater volumes

7-day festive sales set to break records amid order surge from small towns

With the one-week festive sales in the Covid-hit year set for grand finale on October 21

Railways expects festive season to push freight higher in coming months

The recovery in freight came after it touched a historic drop of 65 per cent in April 2020, over the same month in 2019

Festive stocking pushes up passenger vehicle sales in September

Vehicle manufacturers had increased inventory amid expectation that retail sales would pick up during festivals

Amazon, Flipkart festival sales: Here are the top six smartphone deals

Amazon's Great Indian Festival starts from October 17. Prime members will get early access starting tomorrow, October 16. Flipkart's Big Billion Days' sale starts from October 16-21

Over 100,000 Amazon-enabled local shops, kiranas gear up for festive season

Local Shops on Amazon is a new programme that was launched in April this year to help bring offline retailers, kiranas and local shops online

Tata Motors Q2 total sales surge 5% led by festive season, pent-up demand

Total domestic sales were up 13 per cent to 106,888 units from 94,454 units in July-September period last year

Early Diwali for gig workers: E-commerce firms to create 300,000 jobs

Sales are expected to touch $4 billion this year because of Covid-driven online adoption

E-commerce firms to create 300,000 jobs this festive season: RedSeer

E-commerce companies see a large chunk of their business coming in during the festive sales

Covid-19 impact: E-commerce companies may see 50% rise in festive sales

Flipkart, Amazon projected to cross $7 billion in these sales during Covid-19

Full recovery in consumer durables will be long drawn affair: Analysts

Analysts expect companies to shift focus to online platform in order to boost sales in these Covid-19 impacted times

ITC clocks growth in e-sales, expects festive season to push overall demand

The company has also witnessed fast growth in its online business in the wake of the pandemic and expect to continue the momentum

Apple to ramp up festive sales with first India online store: Report

Apple appears to be eying a fair share of the festive sales in India this year as the iPhone maker is planning to make its long planned online store in the country a reality soon, the media reported

Year in Review: 50% Indians fell prey to discount scams, 29% to fake sites

McAfee revealed how Indians have fallen prey to festive season sales and discounts in 2019

Buying a car? Enjoy attractive festive-season discounts in December

But if you delay purchase to the new year, you will get a higher value on resale

High festive-season discounts bring much-needed respite to auto dealers

Retail sales of passenger vehicles - largest component of the pie - jumped 11% in Oct

Missed festive sales? Some easy-on-pocket audio devices you can still buy

We reviewed a few earphones, earbuds and headphones that are not just light on the pocket (well, most of them) but also pack good sound quality. Here are some of our picks

Despite economic gloom, e-tailers set to celebrate a Rs 35,000-cr Diwali

The shift in spending from offline to online and a slow first half has helped push sales this October