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LT Foods’ organic business arm opens B2C operations in Europe

The 70-year-old Indian-origin global FMCG Company in the consumer food space forayed into business-to-Consumer (B2C) segment in Europe with the inauguration of a new facility in Maasvlakte, Rotterdam.

Edtech soonicorn Brightchamps gives India business a makeover; acquires 90% of learners via schools

The company, which was founded in 2020, ran a platform to teach co-curricular skills to kids aged 6-16 in India until the beginning of 2023. This B2C model now only makes up for 10 percent of its India revenue.

Lohia Auto to foray into high-speed e-scooters, looks to take on Ola Electric’s product lines

The EV arm of the Lohia Global has already invested Rs 100 crore to establish a manufacturing plant at Kashipur, Uttarakhand, with an installed capacity of 100,000 vehicles across three- and third-wheeler segments. Lohia Auto has sold more than 50,000 units of EVs comprising 14,000 e-rickshaws and 30-35,000 two-wheelers to date.

Mobile World Congress: Indian exhibitors get a large arena even as govt contingent seen missing

Indian firms showcase the domestic tech might at Indian Mobile World Congress in Barcelona even as the usual political and bureaucratic attendees are nearly absent.

Adani Group’s holding co’s debt doubles in FY22 despite revenue soaring

AEL’s biggest revenue vertical doubled its revenue on higher coal prices, according to a Jefferies report

Focus on B2C biz; aim to pare debt from proceeds of Eris Life deal: Strides Shasun

The focus of the company is on B2C (business to company) business and the regulated markets, which is core to the company's future growth, said Shashank Sinha, MD, Strides Shasun.

Higher opportunities exist in B2C business: Emmbi Industries

The company is now increasing focus more on business to consumer (B2C) sales, says Makrand Appalwar, CMD of Emmbi Industries.

B2B hiring grows 32%, B2C faces restructuring woes

"For the last six months, there has been a rise in hiring in the B2B segment as they are now more open to matching expectations of candidates in tune of market reality," Vijay Sharma, CEO and Co-founder, Belong, a talent solutions company, told PTI here.

E-commerce boom: Investors turn focus to profitable growth

According to the report, e-commerce B2C segment has grown significantly, leading to creation of many 'unicorns'. "However, focus of investors going forward seems to have shifted to profitable growth to achieve stabilisation of the economic model

Kwality ropes in Akshay Kumar to build strong B2C brand

The company currently earns 30 percent of its revenues from its B2C business. It aims to enhance the B2C share by launching around 15 value added products in the next 12 to 18 months.

Tie-up with Lightning to help enter B2C biz model: Repro

Pramod Khera, Executive Director of Repro India told CNBC-TV18 that the long-term partnership will help the company shift base from B2B business to B2C model.

E-retailers festive season sales flouting FDI norms: CAIT

Traders body CAIT has alleged that e-commerce firms such as Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal are violating FDI norms by holding forthcoming festive season sales and it has complained to the Commerce Ministry.

E-tailers under fire for allegedly flouting FEMA, FDI norms

The Footwear Retailers Association claims there is violation of FEMA provisions as far as e-commerce firms are concerned in terms of flouting investments

Walmart India expects 90% of biz to be digitally-influenced

One of the main reasons for great optimism over e-commerce is the advent of better connectivity such as the 4G becoming a reality in India.

'Handling atleast 100 cases of anti dumping every year'

India is also preoccupied with handling a large number of such investigations and giving relief to the domestic industry wherever it is proved that dumping is taking place and consequential injury is taking place, JK Dadoo, additional secretary and DG anti-dumping, ministry of commerce says.

E-commerce players divided over FDI in B2C segment

Currently, 100 percent is allowed only in the business to business (B2B) space. The players in domestic space like Flipkart and others want that the government should not open up 100 percent FDI in the B2C space.

Not planning to review FDI policy on e-comm any time soon

Global retail giants like Amazon wants India to relax the foreign investment norms in e-commerce space. India's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy restricts e-commerce companies from offering services directly to retail consumers.

Ecommerce growth depends on simplified taxation, says ELP

Growth in e-commerce has attracted the attention of the tax authorities. State governments have initiated inquiries and raised tax demands. To ensure growth of e-commerce industry, government need to understand their functioning and devise tax rules.

Indian biz fantastic; one of APAC's pillar: DHL

The e-commerce boom in India has led to logistic companies making significant changes in their business models.Storyboard‘s editor Anant Rangaswami spoke with DHL's APAC CEO Jerry Hsu to understand how the wordl‘s largest logistics company is coping with that change.

See big upsides for e-commerce logistics going ahead: Pros

With the Indian economy on a revival path, the next few years would be very good for the industry because the logistic sector has a very high correlation with pick-up in the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country, says Yogesh Dhingra of Blue Dart.