Internet MNCs like Google, Amazon up the game in India – ET Retail

Last fortnight, Google announced the setting up of its largest campus outside the US, in Hyderabad. The 2m square feet facility, the first companyowned premises by the search giant in Asia, is expected to house 13,000 employees when it's ready…

Internet companies like Google, Amazon up the game in India – ET Telecom

Last fortnight, Google announced the setting up of its largest campus outside the US, in Hyderabad. The 2m square feet facility, the first companyowned premises by the search giant in Asia, is expected to house 13,000 employees when it's ready…

Internet MNCs like Google, Amazon up the game in India – Economic Times

Last fortnight, Google announced the setting up of its largest campus outside the US, in Hyderabad. The 2m square feet facility, the first companyowned premises by the search giant in Asia, is expected to house 13,000 employees when it's ready…

Amazon’s $5 billion cloud saga: What’s in it for India

Amazon amazed everyone by breaking out financial details of its secretive cloud computing business. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, during first quarter earnings call, revealed that Amazon Web Services is “a $5 billion business and its growth is accelerating.” For the quarter,…

StartUps Want NetNeutral Level-Field

After signing up for ‘Airtel Zero’ platform last week, online e-commerce firm Flipkart yesterday decided to move out of the deal with country’s top operator Bharti Airtel following massive backlash in support of net neutrality. “The massive competition in this…

StartUps Want Net Neutral Level-Field

After signing up for ‘Airtel Zero’ platform last week, online e-commerce firm Flipkart yesterday decided to move out of the deal with country’s top operator Bharti Airtel following massive backlash in support of net neutrality. “The massive competition in this…

India eCommerce Warzone: Six cut-throat skirmishes underway between global giants & Indian top dogs

Amazon, America's largest etailer, began as an online bookstore in 1994. Two years before Jeff Bezos pored through the dictionary and picked out the world's biggest river as his brand name, lesser known (at least as of today) Charles M…

Net Neutrality Differential Pricing Will Hit India’s Digital Economy

The pending TRAI decision on establishing a regulatory framework for Web-based OTTs , if passed will have serious implications on millions of Indian lives. While there is a lot of debate going on about the ramification of Net Neutrality and…

The Coming Of The eCommerce Boom

The e-commerce industry in India is set to increase from $4.5 bn today to $45 bn in next 4-5 years. Moderating the second panel session, Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & CEO, Greyhound Knowledge Group pointed out that while the…

Product e-Commerce Sector To Grow Ten-fold By 2020

Moderating the second panel session, Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst & CEO, Greyhound Knowledge Group pointed out that while the cost of creating a website has declined considerably in the last few years, the key to survival of E-commerce model is customer…

Inspired by Alibaba, India’s Flipkart Eyeing U.S. IPO?

In May last year, co-founder and chief executive officer of India’s leading online retailer Flipkart.com, Sachin Bansal, called Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group Holding Limited a role model. And it seems like he was very serious about it. According to Sanchit…

Inspired by Alibaba, India’s Flipkart Eyeing U.S. IPO? – Analyst Blog

In May last year, co-founder and chief executive officer of India’s leading online retailer Flipkart.com, Sachin Bansal, called Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group Holding Limited a role model. And it seems like he was very serious about it. According to Sanchit…

Inspired by Alibaba, India’s Flipkart Eyeing U.S. IPO?

In May last year, co-founder and chief executive officer of India's leading online retailer Flipkart.com, Sachin Bansal, called Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group Holding Limited a role model. And it seems like he was very serious about it. According to Sanchit…

Inspired by Alibaba, India’s Flipkart Eyeing U.S. IPO? – Analyst Blog : NASDAQ

In May last year, co-founder and chief executive officer of India's leading online retailer Flipkart.com, Sachin Bansal, called Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group Holding Limited a role model. And it seems like he was very serious about it. According to Sanchit…

Micromax YU Vs Everyone Else

On the afternoon of January 13, YU Televentures began selling its first smartphone - Yureka - on online retailer Amazon's India site. The phone was showcased almost three weeks earlier, and the Micromax unit had been heavily advertising the device.…

MicromaxYU Vs Everyone Else

On the afternoon of January 13, YU Televentures began selling its first smartphone - Yureka - on online retailer Amazon's India site. The phone was showcased almost three weeks earlier, and the Micromax unit had been heavily advertising the device.…

More niche acquisitions likely in e-commerce sector, say analysts

In a bid to strengthen their presence in the e-commerce sector, large players such as Amazon, Snapdeal and Flipkart are likely to look at acquiring companies with niche, differential capabilities, say industry analysts. "Snapdeal will be able to leverage Unicommerce's…

Lack of logistics hindering Indian e-tailers from selling overseas

Home-grown e-commerce companies such as Flipkart and Snapdeal, which have reached out to Indian artisans and small cottage industries, are unable to sell their products in the international market, while their global rivals such as Amazon and eBay are able…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Microsoft (@MicrosoftIndia) to invest Rs 1,400 crore in India cloud data centres #Press #Media @EconomicTimes

Seeing a $2 trillion promise in India's cloud market, Microsoft has decided to spend Rs 1,400 crore on setting up three data centres in the country. In a filing with the Registrar of Companies, the US software giant said it…

Dated laws, policy grey areas worry e-commerce players

Amazon, Uber recently expressed concern over lack of clarity in regulation. E-commerce players such as Amazon and Uber feel that dated laws and lack of clarity in regulations are the biggest risk for their India operations. “The rules that exist are…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Dated laws, policy grey areas worry e-commerce players #Press #Media @Hindu_Line_

Amazon, Uber recently expressed concern over lack of clarity in regulation. E-commerce players such as Amazon and Uber feel that dated laws and lack of clarity in regulations are the biggest risk for their India operations. “The rules that exist are…

Why Amazon runs Junglee as a separate website

It's been 16 months since Amazon, the $75 billion American e-tailer, launched a full-fledged online marketplace in India. It's been three months since its founder Jeff Bezos committed $2 billion of investments to its Indian operations. Even as those operations…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Why Amazon (@amazonIN) runs Junglee as a separate website #Press #Media @timesofindia

It's been 16 months since Amazon, the $75 billion American e-tailer, launched a full-fledged online marketplace in India. It's been three months since its founder Jeff Bezos committed $2 billion of investments to its Indian operations. Even as those operations…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Amazon’s (@Amazonin) strategy for India: Stick to the concept of sister site #Press #Media @EconomicTimes

It's been 16 months since Amazon, the $75 billion American e-tailer, launched a full-f ledged online marketplace in India. It's been three months since its founder Jeff Bezos committed $2 billion of investments to its Indian operations. Even as those…

Mobile-commerce comes of age in India

Just two seconds can make a difference of hundreds of crores of rupees in some businesses. That's the premise on which HDFC Securities is re-inventing its stock trading app for mobile phones. The new app will feed real time stock…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Mobile-commerce comes of age in India #Press #Media @EconomicTimes

Just two seconds can make a difference of hundreds of crores of rupees in some businesses. That's the premise on which HDFC Securities is re-inventing its stock trading app for mobile phones. The new app will feed real time stock…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Companies devise new strategies to keep pace with rapid rise of mobile commerce #Press #Media @EconomicTimes

From e-commerce to m-commerce Exactly a year after it launched a mobile app, Amazon India gets half its traffic from smartphones. "The significance of mobiles is much higher in India than anywhere else as most of first time internet users…

Companies devise new strategies to keep pace with rapid rise of mobile commerce

From e-commerce to m-commerce Exactly a year after it launched a mobile app, Amazon India gets half its traffic from smartphones. "The significance of mobiles is much higher in India than anywhere else as most of first time internet users…

Shoppers log on to comparison portals for picking up best deals

At a time when all online retail biggies such as Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon run big discount sales, how do you make sure you’re getting the best price for a product you plan to buy? A growing number of internet shoppers…

#GreyhoundInMedia: Shoppers log on to comparison portals for picking up best deals #Press #Media #@EconomicTimes

At a time when all online retail biggies such as Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazonrun big discount sales, how do you make sure you're getting the best price for a product you plan to buy? A growing number of internet shoppers…