Over eight lakh artisans and weavers associated with 1,500 Amazon Karigar sellers and 17 government emporiums including Tantuja, Harit Khadi, Tribes India and national-level artisan organisations like Craftmark and Dastkari Haat Samiti will benefit from this mela, Amazon India said in a statement.
With this launch, Amazon.in, now has a specialised network of 15 FCs spread over 1.3 million square feet with five million cubic feet of storage space and 60 delivery stations exclusively to cater to customer needs in over 400 cities.
More than 5,500 of these "seasonal positions" have been created across Amazon India's network of fulfilment centres, sortation centres and delivery stations, ahead of the Great Indian Sale in January.
"A limited 123 units of the all-new Ford EcoSport were exclusively available for 24-hours, starting midnight of November 05, giving a chance to select customers to jump the queue and be amongst the first few to own India’s most capable compact SUV," Ford said in a statement.
The device will be put on sale on Amazon.in from August 18 and will be available in two versions -- 3GB RAM and 32GB internal memory (Rs 12,999) and 4GB RAM and 64GB internal memory (Rs 13,999).
The platform witnessed over three times growth in the first week of OnePlus 5 sales as compared to the brand’s previous flagship smartphone, OnePlus 3T.
The company, which has committed an investment of USD 5 billion in the Indian market, will also set up 33 delivery stations to meet the demand it is witnessing in the said category.
Government has received over 1,300 complaints against direct selling and e-commerce companies till December 2016, Parliament was informed today.
Global marketplace Amazon today said that the seller base on Amazon.in grew by 160 per cent in 2016 from the previous year.
The latest tranche of investment made in November takes the total investments in Amazon Seller Services to Rs 7,000 crore in past 12 months, according to regulatory filings.
Using 'AmazonNow', customers can shop for over 5,000 everyday essentials including fresh fruits, vegetables as well as frozen food items from local stores like Hypercity, Spar, Modern Bazaar, Easy Day, BigBazaar, SRS and my247market.com, Amazon.in said in a statement.
Amazon.in's festive sale started from October 1 and is slated to close today. Its rivals, Flipkart and Snapdeal, which started rolling out festive offers from October 2, will end their sale today.
YES BANK will help sellers on Amazon.in to profitably grow their business during the festive season by providing them comprehensive financial solutions ranging from current account, trade services, forex, payment gateway, business lending and loan products.
Amazon.in has launched a new warehouse in Delhi-NCR, its seventh such facility in the region, a move that will help the US-based e-commerce giant deliver products faster during the festive season.
In China, Xiaomi runs a crowdfunding platform where hardware start-ups submit their products and consumers can book them, helping these companies raise funds in the process.
Under the 'I Have Space' programme, Amazon India partners with local store owners across different cities to deliver products to customers within a 2-4 km radius of their store.
While the GST rates are yet to be announced, handset makers are concerned that the regime may result in concessions currently offered by different states coming to an end.
Prime products will be delivered through the Fulfilment By Amazon (FBA) channel, which helps sellers by giving them access to Amazon's fulfilment resources, fast, free delivery options for their products and customer service.
While the home category grew by 200 percent, kitchen grew at 135 percent during the review period, Director, Category Management of Amazon Sellers Services Pvt Ltd, Sumit Sahay told reporters here.
"Since our launch in June 2013, we have been working extensively to meet different business requirements of sellers and help them grow business profitably online," Gopal Pillai, GM and Director Seller Services, Amazon India told PTI.
Another step in increasing the reach of Project Udaan to serve customers in additional cities and towns across India. The partnership will see ConnectIndia Centers (CICs) -which earlier functioned as rural distribution centers for Amazon - also act as assisted shopping points for customers.
"We are looking at setting up R&D centre in Bengaluru. We expect to start after Diwali and it would be fully functional before the end of the year...We expect to have about 85 people to begin with," Coolpad India CEO Syed Tajuddin told PTI.
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The company has partnered with Capital First Limited, an independent Mumbai-based non-banking financial company (NBFC), for the lending programme, Amazon said in a statement.
In the last four years, Craftsvilla.com has built an ethnic e-commerce marketplace with close to 25,000 artisans and designers across the country.