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The complex case of India's e-commerce policy

Amazon to soon directly address claims over faulty marketplace products

Starting September 1, users will be able to contact Amazon directly with a property damage or personal injury claim and then Amazon will connect you with the seller.

Bizongo scales to $150 mn in annualised revenue, nears profitability

Bizongo is backed by investors such as Schroder Adveq, CDC Investment, AddVentures, Chiratae Ventures, IFC, Accel and B Capital Group

E-commerce boom to double India warehouse deals, says Knight Frank

Annual warehousing transactions in the top eight Indian cities will grow to 76.2 million square feet by March 2026 from 31.7 million square feet in 2021

US lobby group views India's e-commerce plan as worrying, email shows

India this week spooked online retailers like Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart by outlining plans to limit "flash sales"

Myntra eyes 50 million potential customers during flagship fashion sale

The 14th edition of the sale that begins from July 3, will also be for six days this time, compared to the earlier four and five days.

Govt will not seek disclosure of flash sale from e-commerce companies

While discount sales will continue to benefit consumers, 'fraudulent' and 'back-to-back' flash sales can't take place, as they limit fair competition and make small businesses uncompetitive

India plans tighter e-commerce rules amid complaints over Amazon, Flipkart

India proposed banning flash sales on e-commerce websites and said their affiliate entities shouldn't be listed as sellers on their platforms, in a proposed tightening that could hit Amazon, Flipkart

Flipkart Wholesale sees 3x jump in digital adoption among kiranas

Flipkart Wholesale is also witnessing high organic adoption of e-commerce among its Best Price members

Flipkart joint venture to bring ToysRUs to online customers in India

For over 70 years, ToysRUs has been a global leader in the toy category.

Instamojo aims to enable e-commerce for 100,000 D2C brands by year-end

Instamojo raised its series B funding from Gunosy Capital, AnyPay-a Japanese payments firm and the existing VCs earlier this year

Amazon to retire Prime Now, allows 2-hour deliveries on main app

Amazon has announced to shut down its standalone Prime Now delivery app, and the two-hour delivery options will now be available on its main app and website.

Govt panel to iron out e-commerce delivery hurdles in curfew-hit states

E-commerce firms also making arrangements to keep their supply chains running

E-commerce firms flouting FDI rules, must be deal with: Trade group

The meeting was held after Piyush Goyal, commerce and industry minister, said the government is considering clarifying rules on e-commerce

Softbank-backed Grofers expects to achieve Rs 10,000 crore in GMV by March

Grofers expects to be supported by a traction of around 5 million customers during its ongoing sale, a top company official said

Delhi, Bengaluru emerge as hot spots for e-commerce jobs: Report

Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai have emerged as the demand hot spots for recruiting talent in the e-commerce segment, according to a report

Snapdeal FY20 revenue increases marginally to Rs 846.4 cr

E-commerce marketplace Snapdeal said its consolidated revenue from operations has grown marginally to Rs 846.4 crore in FY20

E-commerce recovered, witnessed 17% growth post-Covid-19, says report

After e-commerce resumed operations post Covid-19, the return rate has seen a dip of about 10-30 per cent depending on the category.

Flipkart Big Saving Days sale: Deals on Apple, Asus, Realme, Vivo phones

The five-day sale started on August 6 and will continue until August 10

'Not clear at all': Google tax sends foreign firms looking for answers

There are other unanswered questions such as are foreign banks with users in India liable to pay the tax, called equalisation levy, for charges levied on online transactions?