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Lighter workload, better safety: French court backs Amazon workers
Amazon must limit deliveries in France to IT products, health items, food and pet food, the Court of Appeal said, upholding a previous order for the firm to curtail shipments
Top headlines: Kirana shops beat online giants, milk demand down, and more
From New India Assurance to insure health workers, Centre disbursing first VRS package for BSNL, MTNL staff to challenges of e-commerce firms, Business Standard brings you top headlines of the day
Coronavirus impact: Delivery for e-commerce firms comes to a grinding halt
Government of Karnataka and Maharashtra have now put out an order saying that e-commerce shall be excluded from the restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
MEITY advises states to treat e-commerce delivery as essential service
The Indian e-commerce sector has come to a halt across the country including the supply of essential commodities due to various lockdowns to prevent the spread of Covid-19
E-tailers helping states continue with services during coronavirus pandemic
According to industry insiders, Flipkart, Amazon, Bigbasket, and Grofers have witnessed about 30 per cent spike in orders
Goodbye, smartphone decade...
...welcome, smarter-human era?
Big-box retailers turn to small stores amid soaring rentals, red tape
Ikea is not the only one moving away from large-format stores
Digital on-boarding key to retail growth, says Pine Labs' Kush Mehra
Fintech companies will need to design solutions with merchants in focus to encourage faster adoption, he says
The former Infosys engineer who is helping offline retailers go digital
ShopX co-founder Amit Sharma has built an app that's offered on an invite-only basis. His firm already has 50,000 customers, and aims to take that number up to 12 million
Alibaba backs logistics startup XpressBees again, plans to invest $10 mn
XpressBees is allotting 9,317 Series D1 compulsorily convertible preference shares at a price equivalent to $1,073.306 each, to Alibaba
UK's CDC Group invests $36 mn in Warburg Pincus-backed Ecom Express
Ecom Express offers express delivery to the e-commerce industry; claims its network reaches 90% of India's population
Warehousing sector gets Rs 25K-cr in investment since 2017; inflows to grow
The industrial and warehousing sector in India has attracted significant investor interest since 2017 led by robust demand from e-commerce and other consumer-led occupiers
At least half billion new users to log in internet by 2022: Omidyar report
Omidyar Network India report sees structural changes for future e-commerce
Some e-commerce companies are indulging in predatory pricing: Piyush Goyal
Global economic outlook is facing grave challenges amidst growing protectionism and rising trade tensions, said Piyush Goyal
Govt may create a regulator to settle e-commerce disputes: Report
Modi govt is under pressure from small traders, a traditional support base for the ruling BJP, to act against the big online retailers
CCI to give e-commerce firms advisory on discounts as trader protests grow
This comes at a time when Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has gone public on foreign majors
Former truck driver becomes a billionaire with some help from Amazon
Masaru Wasami made the most of an opportunity in forging a partnership with Amazon for same-day delivery in Japan.
Predatory pricing: Goyal summons Amazon, Flipkart to discuss CAIT complaint
CAIT says there must be a govt audit of how e-commerce portals function, including the business done by sellers and their authenticity
SpiceJet targets cargo unit IPO within 12 months amid e-commerce boom
The no-frills carrier is expanding its nascent cargo-hauling arm to fill the growing need for overnight shipping services, fueled by online retailers such as Amazon.com. and Walmart Inc.'s Flipkart
Don't kill e-commerce
Regulating new economy requires new thinking
