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India proposes user safeguard rules for e-commerce platforms

The draft guidelines says the e-commerce firms must self-declare compliance and also provide a way for customers to contact them directlyThe platforms are also required to display terms of contract with the seller relating to return, refund, exchange, warranty, delivery and mode of payments

1 min read5 Aug 2019
Industry

Walmart told US govt in Jan India e-commerce rules regressive, warned of trade impact

Differences over e-commerce regulations have become one of the biggest issues in frayed trade ties between New Delhi and WashingtonWalmart had invested $16 billion in Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart, its biggest ever acquisition globally

5 min read11 Jul 2019
Companies

Content platform POPxo forays into offline retail

POPxo has opened its first standalone store in Delhi and plans to add four more in the coming quarterThe company sells lifestyle products such as bags, notebooks, laptop sleeves, among others. The firm also plans to add skin care and fashion offerings

1 min read29 May 2019
Companies

Alibaba re-evaluates India strategy, may focus on smaller deals

The Chinese e-commerce firm is likely to make more vertical e-commerce investments and smaller dealsThe potential shift in strategy follows Alibaba’s disappointments at some of its large e-commerce bets in India

3 min read6 May 2019
Industry

Online retail to be $170 billion by 2030: Report

According to estimates by Jefferies, online retail is currently 25% of the total organised retail market: by 2030 it can jump to 37%Indian online shoppers currently spend ₹12,800 per shopper per year; that number is expected to rise to ₹25,138 by FY 30

2 min read19 Apr 2019
Industry

India's online retail market to cross $170 bn by FY30: Jefferies

Currently, the total online retail in the country is pegged at 18 billionSpends per online shoppers, which is estimated at ₹12,800 is expected to increase to ₹25,138 by FY30, according to a Jefferies report

1 min read18 Apr 2019
Industry

Amazon to keep selling illegal mobile signal boosters despite telcos' appeal

Amazon says it's a marketplace and shouldn't be held responsible to comply with laws applicable to productsAmazon rivals, Walmart-Flipkart and Snapdeal, have removed the mobile signal boosters from their websites

2 min read12 Apr 2019
Opinion

Opinion | India's draft e-commerce policy is more a miss than a hit

The state has no right to mine our personal data just because we are citizens of this country

4 min read26 Feb 2019
Companies

BlueStone Jewellery eyes up to $25 million to expand offline stores

Bluestone Jewellery is looking to finalize a funding deal in the next couple of months, says CEO Gaurav Singh KushwahaBluestone will use the funds to grow offline stores to 300 in the next three years, says CEO Gaurav Singh Kushwaha

1 min read12 Feb 2019
Industry

Amazon cuts India deal to return products to website

Lawyers representing Amazon and Walmart have been toiling without pause to stitch together new dealsDespite Cloudtail’s return to Amazon.in, thousands of products remain missing from the virtual shelves of Amazon and Flipkart

3 min read7 Feb 2019
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