Page 6 - E-commerce

Traders group asks govt not to allow sale of pvt labels on e-commerce sites

CAIT requested to make it explicitly clear whether private labelling or branding is allowed under FDI policy in the e-commerce sector

Flipkart, Amazon to team up against govt's 'populist' e-commerce policy

Industry experts believe e-commerce firms, especially Amazon India and Flipkart, are being unnecessarily targeted as offline retailers have for long owned private labels

CAIT slams USISPF for terming new e-commerce rules as 'regressive'

CAIT cautioned that any changes made under the undue pressure of these lobbies will be strongly and stoutly opposed by the traders of India

New e-commerce rules regressive, will hit FDI in India: US industry body

Flipkart and US-based Amazon -- the two largest players in the burgeoning Indian e-commerce sector -- are expected to be hit the hardest once the new norms come into effect from February 2019

E-commerce clampdown may not win back votes of small retailers for BJP

E-commerce firms such as Amazon.com, Flipkart Group will not be able to sell products from companies in which they have an equity interest or form exclusive agreements with sellers from Feb 1.

New draft policy on e-commerce to fix loopholes, set general rules of biz

All issues that still favour big e-tailers will be sorted out

Govt's move to provide fair market competition to e-commerce players: CAIT

Both online and offline traders in the country will now be able to sell their goods on e-commerce platforms in a transparent manner, said CAIT

Decoding the retail FDI tweaks

An e-commerce marketplace cannot sell products from group companies where it has an equity stake

Regressive step

Fresh restrictions on online retailers are arbitrary

New govt norms may end Amazon, Flipkart flash sales and discounts

Flash sales, discounts may stop; Amazon, Flipkart could suspend selling products of subsidiaries

E-tailers, traders hail govt's new e-commerce norms, but small vendors fret

Small vendors are a worried lot over the condition on vendors to sell only 25% of their products through an e-commerce platform

Amazon, Flipkart may feel the pinch after govt bars exclusive deals

These changes will come into effect from February 1

Online vs offline: More regional retailers may ask for price parity

Shopping festivals by e-tailers has led to widespread discontent among offline players

Commerce Ministry working on new e-commerce policy to boost online retail

The draft had suggested to introduce a pre-set timeframe for offering differential pricing or deep discounts by e-commerce players to customers

New e-commerce policy to shut down predatory pricing by firms: Officials

Previous draft policy had a clause against price distorting discounts

Facebook, Google and Amazon may use payments data for e-tail dream

India's payments space has the growth potential of becoming a trillion-dollar industry in the next five years.

UP traders' group wants protection from e-commerce, plans protest

Millions of small retailers will be ruined if they don't get a level-playing field against online platforms, said members of the Uttar Pradesh Adarsh Vyapar Mandal.

Ecomm cos will have to follow these modalities for deducting TCS from Oct 1

The CBIC has come out with a list of 29 FAQs answering industry queries on the modalities to be followed by the e-commerce operators for deducting TCS

As fresh deliberations start, e-comm policy may not take shape this year

The final policy may be out only after formation of the new government, according to sources

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