Page 5 - Festive Season Sale

Amid strong festive demand, car dispatches likely to make new record in Oct

Car sales have broken the sales record for a third straight month in October

Festive season spending booms as consumers splurge, buoying economy

The sales are a key indicator of the health of consumption, which makes up about 60% of India's gross domestic product

22% kirana owners extremely optimistic about business this festive season

The survey, conducted among 5,000 kirana owners across the country, showed that 22 per cent of kirana owners in India are feeling "extremely optimistic" about business prospects this festive season

Diwali bonanza: BoB has a plethora of deals, offers for credit card users

The offer is available with brands such as Amazon, Flipkart, Paytm, HP, Dell, Xiaomi, MMT, and more, both online and in-store

Deep discounts on offer to light up car sales in India before Diwali

Average October discounts are up 40-50% compared to last year

Week 1 of festival season sale saw Rs 47,000 crore GMV, says Redseer

Redseer claimed that Flipkart Group, continues to assert its leadership in Week 1 of the 2023 Festive Season sale

Myntra's Big Fashion Festival sale registers 460 mn customer visits

Some of the leading metros driving demand were Bengaluru, New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad, among others

Prices of essential foods to remain stable during festive season: Food Secy

Prices of essential food items will remain stable during the festival season, Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra on Thursday said. The decision on allowing sugar exports during the current 2023-24 marketing year (October-September) will be taken after the agriculture ministry comes out with the production estimates of sugarcane, he added. The secretary was briefing the media on the domestic supply and prices of key essential food items like wheat, rice, sugar and edible oils. "Prices are expected to remain stable during the festival season. We are not anticipating any manner of hike (in food item prices) in the festival season. Hopefully, prices should rule stable in the next couple of months," Chopra told reporters here. The government has taken some decisions recently to ensure price stabilisation, the secretary said. The government has recently used all tools at its command, whether trade policy or stock limit norms. These tools have been used judiciously to ensure prices rema

Petrol, diesel sales fall in first half of Oct ahead of festive season

Petrol and diesel sales fell in the first half of October ahead of the start of festival season that is expected to boost consumption, preliminary data of state-owned firms showed. Last year, Durga Puja/Dussehra as well as Diwali fell in October. This year the festival season, when consumption picks up, starts in the second half of October. Petrol sales by three state-owned fuel retailers fell 9 per cent year-on-year, the first drop in two months. Diesel consumption dropped 3.2 per cent. The decline was largely because of the larger base of last year. Petrol sales dropped to 1.17 million tonnes during the first half of October from 1.29 million tonnes a year back. Sales dropped 9 per cent month-on-month as well. Consumption of diesel, the most consumed fuel in the country -- accounting for about two-fifths of the demand, dropped to 2.99 million tonnes during October 1 to 15 from 3.09 million tonnes a year back. Month-on-month sales were, however, up 9.6 per cent when compared wit

Apple announces festival season offers on iPhones, Macs, and more: Details

Apple is offering up to Rs 10,000 instant savings, trade-in deals, and no-interest EMI on select products on its online store and retail outlets in Mumbai and Delhi

Early Diwali: Fomo, premiumisation light up e-commerce festival sales

The second half of Week 1 Festive Sale could see strong momentum by low-ASP categories as well

Jabra announces festive season deals and offers on Elite range of earbuds

Danish audio brand Jabra is offering the earbuds in its Elite range of TWS at up to 60% off, including the Jabra Elite 5 and Jabra Elite 4

Festivals bring $13 bn sale for e-tailers, MSMEs clock more Diwali orders

MSMEs from non-metro cities are clocking more Diwali orders this year than sellers from metro cities while the e-commerce opportunity could be at a staggering USD 13 billion for the Indian MSMEs during the festive season, says a report. Tech-enabled logistics platform and unicorn Shiprocket in its report released on Thursday noted that with e-commerce gaining traction, it anticipates around 10-15 per cent of the total order volume to be attributed to first-time shoppers. Shiprocket estimates the Indian e-commerce opportunity will be at a staggering USD 13-billion for the Indian MSMEs during the festive season, it said. Observing that as much as 56 per cent of its order volume originates from non-metro cities, the platform said this underscores the rapid adoption of online shopping and digital transactions in smaller towns and rural areas. In this spirit, MSMEs from tier-2, tier-3 and tier-4 cities are expecting higher Diwali gift orders than sellers from metro cities, it ...

Festival season spurs online shopping spree, e-commerce cos hopeful

"I don't have time even for lunch as there are so many packets to be delivered," said Ajay Singh, a delivery boy at a Flipkart delivery centre in a busy market in New Delhi

E-com opportunity worth $13 bn for MSMEs during festive season: Shiprocket

With rising e-commerce activity, Shiprocket expects around 10 to 15 per cent of total order volume to come from first-time shoppers

Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale, Day 4: Sofas and home theatres to buy

Amazon offers different categories of products at huge discounts during its great Indian Festival sale. Here, you can buy the best L-shaped sofas and home theatres to enhance the look of your house

Festive season sale: E-commerce firms witness over 15% growth in orders

Myntra is expecting over 8 million customers to shop during BFF. Last year, about 6 million customers shopped during the event

Gone shopping online: The best deals and discounts for festive season

E-commerce giants and niche websites are wooing customers to log in and splurge

Meesho Festive Season Sale starting today, offering up to 80 per cent off

Meesho begins its Mega Blockbuster sale today, October 6, 2023, and offers 80 per cent off on different products. The sale will conclude on October 13

E-commerce firm Meesho logs 10 million orders in pre-festival sales event

The SoftBank-backed firm expects over 3X growth during the upcoming festive season