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Meet the data scientist who is helping Flipkart take e-commerce to Bharat

The e-commerce major's chief data scientist Mayur Datar and is team are building robust data mining engines to help the firm target the next 200 million users

We've grown 2-3 times faster than India's GDP: Honeywell India chief

In a Q&A, Akshay Bellare, the president of Honeywell India, says Covid-19 has come as an opportunity and that he expects double-digit growth in the country over the next five years

Snapdeal sees surge in sale of health monitoring devices amid lockdown

The demand for pulse oximeter has spiked more than 300 per cent since the first Covid-19 case was identified

Amazon enters online pharmacy space in India; to compete with Netmeds, 1mg

The service would allow customers to order prescription-based medication in addition to over-the-counter medicines, basic health devices and Ayurveda medication from certified sellers

Reliance plans to follow Jio's success in e-commerce, retail, other biz

Next on the list: media and entertainment, e-commerce, a series of online businesses, and retail

Amazon launches upgraded 'Amazon Easy'; eyes next 300 mn customers in India

These stores will offer a touch and feel product experience through a physical product display. They include assisted shopping and last-mile delivery for customers through a single touch-point.

Facebook plans to expand footprint, steps up product testing in India

Plans to export JioMart-WhatsApp model

Google getting serious about competing with Amazon in online shopping

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, the push to create an online shopping marketplace to compete with Amazon has taken on new urgency as consumers are avoiding stores

Govt's e-commerce portal asks sellers to specify country origin of products

Decision comes as India and China try and defuse their military standoff at the Ladakh border.

Lockdown to change consumers habits; drive e-comm growth: Walmart India

With muted economic sentiment, we expect that customers will move towards more value purchases, Walmart India Best Price CEO Sameer Aggarwal said

Jio-Facebook platform can open digital market worth $2 trn by 2025: Report

Customer behaviour will see permanent shifts to higher digital adoption in e-commerce/online grocery, digital payments, and digital content from Covid, the report stated

How Covid-19 is pushing e-commerce firms and online vendors to innovate

While the Flipkarts and Amazons are burying differences and banking on each others' strengths, vendors are altering production lines to sell masks, PPEs and other Covid-related merchandise

Walmart-Flipkart deal: AAR rejects Tiger Global plea on withholding tax

Tiger Global was one of the prominent shareholders in e-commerce major Flipkart, founded by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal in 2007.

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

Traditional trade sees bigger drop, says Nielsen

Facebook's new marketplace gambit

The social network is entering a highly competitive zone of e-commerce where there are big players already. Tools like GrokNet should help it to carve out market share

Facebook takes on Amazon with online shopping, commerce venture Shops

The Facebook chief executive officer announced a handful of updates Tuesday signaling the company's commitment to online shopping and commerce

This engineer at Amazon is on a mission to help small traders go digital

The e-commerce giant has set an audacious vision to enable $10 billion in cumulative exports by Indian businesses

India business most affected due to Covid-19 outbreak, says Amazon

"The current crisis is demonstrating the adaptability and durability of Amazon's business as never before, but it's also the hardest time we have ever faced," said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO.

Covid-19 impact: Paytm Mall plans to partner with over 10,000 small shops

Currently, Paytm Mall is working with all leading logistics players including GATI, Ecom Express, Delhivery, Bluedart, FedEx

The rise of discretion

Recent decisions in the wake of Covid-19 have hurt India's FDI policy