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Flipkart spent $1.1 billion from February to July, shows Walmart filings

The firm has also has been an active investor in the ecosystem and has a portfolio of investments in many companies

Highlights: Google unveils Pixel 7 series, Pixel Watch, Pixel Tablet & more

The Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones will be available for pre-order in India, along with the rest of the world, from 08:15 pm on e-commerce platform Flipkart

Realme announces festive days sale, discount on smartphones, laptops, IoT

Realme Festive Days sale is live on its website, Flipkart, Amazon and mainline channels. Here are the details

Cleartrip 2.0: The second coming of the 16-year-old travel company

Cleatrip, which was acquired by Flipkart in a distress sale last year now becoming one of the fastest-growing online travel platforms

Shopsy claims 6-fold growth in customers, orders during festive season sale

E-commerce firm Flipkart's social commerce unit Shopsy claims to have registered a six-fold growth in customers and orders in the recently concluded festive season sale, a top official of the entity said on Tuesday. Flipkart New Business Head and Senior Vice President Adarsh Menon said that the company crossed 100 million app downloads in July out of which an estimated 80 per cent of the app users visited the site during the "The Big Billion Day" (TBBD) sale. "Our customer grew six times during the TBBD as well as orders. Almost 65 per cent of the orders came from tier-2 and below towns. Around 75 per cent of orders came through the selection of products that Shopsy has. "Between July - September 2022 Shopsy has grown by 2 times in the overall customer base and units sold further strengthening its presence across the country," Menon said. He said that the active customer base of the company doubled between July and September on the platform. Shopsy uses the resources of Flipkart b

Nothing Ear (stick) unveiling scheduled for October 26: What to expect

The Nothing Ear (stick) is expected to be an affordable pair of true wireless earbuds. It may lack the Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) feature, which was available on the Nothing Ear (1)

Botched deliveries take toll on Amazon and Flipkart festival sales

The exact number of orders gone wrong is a number that will not be disclosed by the companies

ONDC goes live with beta launch in Bengaluru; 161 orders placed on Day 1

Govt-owned network starts in Bengaluru with online grocery, restaurant orders

Big Billion Days: Flipkart witnesses over 1 billion customer visits

The e-commerce firm also said TBBD 2022 marked more than 100 per cent increase in crorepati sellers on the marketplace since the last edition

Flipkart's 'Big Billion' sale logs 70% growth in premium mobile phone sales

E-commerce firm Flipkart has recorded 70 per cent growth in sales of premium mobile phones during the eight-day long festive season sale, the company said on Friday. Premium mobile phones costing Rs 20,000 and upwards comprised almost 50 per cent of the total mobile sales and more than 44 per cent of the buyers of premium mobile phones came from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. "India truly upgraded this Big Billion Days (BBD) with categories like mobiles, electronics and large appliances witnessing a growth of over 70 and 30 per cent each, respectively, in the uptake of premium products over the last BBD," Flipkart said in a statement. The company did not disclose the base number of sales it registered during The Big Billion Days (TBBD) in 2021. Walmart group claims to have recorded over 1 billion customer visits during the festive days, with tier-2 and 3 cities contributing 60 per cent of the total traffic, the company said. Fashion and lifestyle continued to be a big attraction in Tie

Can Reliance repeat its brick-and-mortar success in e-commerce?

Reliance JioMart is trying to catch up with Amazon and Walmart. This festival season, it started a digital push for all shopping needs. Can Reliance repeat its brick-and-mortar success in e-commerce?

Tier-2 & 3 regions are goldmines for e-commerce firms: Amazon India V-P

Amazon India has witnessed a significant demand for services from Tier-1 and Tier-2 regions for its flagship sale event

E-com giants clock $3.5 billion in first four days of festival sales

For the first 4 days, an estimated Rs 11,000 crore worth of mobiles were sold from the large e-commerce players - In terms of units, 60-70 lakh mobiles were sold in the first 4 days

Big Billion Days: Buyers take to social media as iPhone 13 orders cancelled

At the Flipkart's Big Billion Days festive sale, the premium versions of iPhone 13 are still available. But the less expensive ones are being shown as sold out

Flipkart says 'anomalies' behind some iPhone 13 order cancellations

The company said in a statement that "a minor fraction of orders (less than 3% of all orders) have been cancelled by sellers due to anomalies"

E-com firms log 28% rise in orders in first 2 days of festive season: Study

Personal care and electronics excluding cell phones are the two top categories in terms of sales

1.6 mn users per second on Flipkart app as 'Big Billion Days' sales kick in

Early trends indicate that the overall consumer sentiment towards festive shopping is positive

Flipkart sees 1.6 million users per second on Day 1 of festival sale

E-commerce firm Flipkart on Friday said its platform saw 1.6 million concurrent users per second on the first day of its festive season sale. Leading e-commerce portals like Flipkart, Amazon, Meesho and Snapdeal have started their annual festive season sales. Without disclosing the actual sales number, Flipkart said early trends in its 'The Big Billion Days (TBBD)' sale indicate that the overall consumer sentiment towards festive shopping is very positive. Categories such as mobiles, large appliances, fashion, furniture, and home appliances witnessed the greatest interest and demand among buyers, it added. "TBBD 2022 witnessed an unprecedented number of concurrent users on the app - 1.6 million per second. The number of Flipkart Plus customers using Early Access during TBBD 2022 saw healthy growth as compared to last year's event. The majority of these customers were from Tier-2 cities and beyond," Flipkart said. The Walmart-owned firm said its easy payment option, Flipkart Pay La

HC puts in abeyance CCPA order against Flipkart for selling faulty cooker

The Delhi High Court on Friday put in abeyance an order of the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) asking online marketplace Flipkart to recall certain sold pressure cookers that allegedly did not meet quality standards. While directing that Flipkart's petition against the CCPA order be tagged along with a similar plea by e-commerce giant Amazon, Justice Yashwant Varma asked Flipkart to deposit the penalty of Rs 1 lakh imposed on it by CCPA and also notify the buyers of all the pressure cookers in question. The court sought CCPA's response to the plea by Flipkart and said the interim order which was passed in Amazon's case will also be extended the present matter. The petitioner is entitled to the interim relief (as granted to Amazon earlier) on identical terms, the court said. On September 20, the court had kept in abeyance a CCPA order passed against Amazon for allegedly selling domestic pressure cookers that did not meet quality standards. It had asked Amazon to depos

Reliance Retail's JioMart begins a month-long festival season sale

JioMart will host two sales during this time- Tyohaar Ready Sale and the Bestival Sale