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  • Internet firms Sea, GoTo cut jobs as focus shifts to profitability over growth March 10, 2023 05:19 PM IST

    Internet firms Sea, GoTo cut jobs as focus shifts to profitability over growth

    Singapore’s Sea is cutting fewer than 500 jobs at e-commerce unit Shopee in Indonesia, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said, days after the company reported a surprise first-ever quarterly profit helped by last year’s extensive firings. Indonesia’s GoTo is reducing 600 jobs as it reorganizes its business.

  • Women-led startups keep funding winter at bay, raise over $4 bn in 2022 March 08, 2023 02:36 PM IST

    Women-led startups keep funding winter at bay, raise over $4 bn in 2022

    While the share of funds raised by women-founded startups has increased over the years, it still remains a small fraction of the overall funding.

  • ONDC starts giving discounts to scale transactions to 5,000 per day February 28, 2023 03:23 PM IST

    ONDC starts giving discounts to scale transactions to 5,000 per day

    ONDC has aggressively ramped up its seller base to more than 10,000 at present from just about 1,000 at the end of last year.

  • Only six of India's 51 unicorns that have filed results were profitable in FY22 February 15, 2023 12:18 PM IST

    Only six of India's 51 unicorns that have filed results were profitable in FY22

    OfBusiness and Infra.Market were the only two unicorns having a profit of more than Rs 100 crore for FY22

  • Delhivery expects e-commerce industry volume to grow 20% in 2023 February 13, 2023 08:32 AM IST

    Delhivery expects e-commerce industry volume to grow 20% in 2023

    The market is moving from unorganised players to organised firms rapidly, says CEO Sahil Barua

  • Davos 2023: Sanctioned Rs 10 crore for ONDC within 3 minutes of getting brief, says DPIIT secretary Anurag Jain January 19, 2023 02:19 PM IST

    Davos 2023: Sanctioned Rs 10 crore for ONDC within 3 minutes of getting brief, says DPIIT secretary Anurag Jain

    DPIIT secretary Anurag Jain says that ONDC will ensure that 'the oligopolies of the world wither away' and that the entry barriers to e-commerce in India are removed

  • The Good Glamm Group extends partnership with Delhivery to improve supply chain solutions, customer satisfaction January 09, 2023 12:39 PM IST

    The Good Glamm Group extends partnership with Delhivery to improve supply chain solutions, customer satisfaction

    The Good Glamm Group now uses Delhivery's full suite of supply chain solutions, including warehousing and transportation for part-truckload freight, full-truckload freight, and last-mile customer deliveries.

  • Tiger Global-backed unicorn Moglix joins layoff league January 05, 2023 08:20 AM IST

    Tiger Global-backed unicorn Moglix joins layoff league

    With funding drying up, a number of companies, including the most well-funded, have laid off large numbers of employees since the beginning of 2022 impacting close to 20,000 staff, according to data compiled by Moneycontrol.

  • 52% of Indian consumers increased usage of digital devices in 2022: Axis My India Survey January 04, 2023 01:30 PM IST

    52% of Indian consumers increased usage of digital devices in 2022: Axis My India Survey

    Facebook and WhatsApp were the most-used social media platforms, according to the India Consumer Sentiment Index released by Axis My India.

  • Tata brings all ecommerce ventures, including Big Basket, under digital biz: Report December 28, 2022 10:08 AM IST

    Tata brings all ecommerce ventures, including Big Basket, under digital biz: Report

    Tata Digital said the authorized capital was also increased considering its business plans, repayment of debt and the investments to be made from time to time.

  • Traders' body says 50,000 mobile shops have shut because of illegal practices by e-commerce firms December 23, 2022 12:51 PM IST

    Traders' body says 50,000 mobile shops have shut because of illegal practices by e-commerce firms

    The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) alleges unholy nexus between e-commerce platforms, banks and mobile brands, and points out that while 8 percent of global mobile phone sales happen through e-commerce, this number is much larger in India at 58 percent.

  • With 91 crore orders in 2022, Meesho sees YoY growth of 135% December 21, 2022 01:01 PM IST

    With 91 crore orders in 2022, Meesho sees YoY growth of 135%

    Meesho started out with a thrust on social commerce, but it has been increasingly focusing on direct sales and now derives 75 percent of its business directly from customers, while 25 percent comes from resellers.

  • Amazon to shut down food delivery service in India November 26, 2022 07:27 AM IST

    Amazon to shut down food delivery service in India

    Restaurant partners will have access to Amazon tools and reports till January 2023

  • Slow smartphone sales, offline surge, unbranded goods drag down online festive sales November 17, 2022 03:06 PM IST

    Slow smartphone sales, offline surge, unbranded goods drag down online festive sales

    Mobile phone sales grew only 7 percent year-on-year due to fewer new launches and a fall in new buyers of smartphones

  • ONDC to start beta testing in parts of Delhi on Nov 28, focus on food delivery November 10, 2022 02:15 PM IST

    ONDC to start beta testing in parts of Delhi on Nov 28, focus on food delivery

    While the focus in the Bengaluru launch was more on the grocery side, the priority will be food delivery in Delhi

  • Amazon to delist top seller Appario from marketplace, renews etail JV Frontizo November 01, 2022 07:54 AM IST

    Amazon to delist top seller Appario from marketplace, renews etail JV Frontizo

    In April this year, Indian investigators seized data and documents from top sellers on Amazon and Flipkart's marketplaces in raids over suspected competition law violations

  • Zoho joins ONDC, will help sellers to set up online stores October 26, 2022 03:08 PM IST

    Zoho joins ONDC, will help sellers to set up online stores

    Zoho's e-commerce platform Zoho Commerce will allow sellers and existing customers to set up online stores and on-board ONDC, the company said in a media statement on Wednesday.

  • Govt may bring e-commerce policy once ONDC stabilises, data privacy issues addressed October 12, 2022 07:53 PM IST

    Govt may bring e-commerce policy once ONDC stabilises, data privacy issues addressed

    In June 2021, the Department of Consumer Affairs under the Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry released a draft set of rules that aims to tighten the governance of e-commerce platforms.

  • How Amazon Orders Reach You | Inside The Amazon Warehouse In Bengaluru | Great Indian Festival Sale October 12, 2022 01:46 PM IST

    How Amazon Orders Reach You | Inside The Amazon Warehouse In Bengaluru | Great Indian Festival Sale

    The festive season sales of various e-commerce companies is a period of intense competition, and most people are hooked to their phones to grab the best deal. Have you wondered what happens from the time you add a product to your cart on the Amazon app and checkout till the time it reaches your doorstep? Amazon says it has hired more than 70000 seasonal workers this season, and categories like smartphones and consumer appliances saw the most sales. Amazon said smartphones saw a 20X uplift versus an average business day, while the same number for smartwatches was 12X. Moneycontrol takes you behind the scenes at Amazon’s largest fulfillment centre in India.

  • Flipkart saw its cash and cash equivalents fall to $1.1billion at the end of second quarter October 06, 2022 08:10 PM IST

    Flipkart saw its cash and cash equivalents fall to $1.1billion at the end of second quarter

    This amount stood at $2.2 billion as of January 31, 2022, according to the annual report by Walmart filed in earlier March.

  • ONDC ecosystem goes live for users at 16 Bengaluru pin codes today September 30, 2022 03:35 PM IST

    ONDC ecosystem goes live for users at 16 Bengaluru pin codes today

    The Bengaluru trials will begin with Paytm, MyStore and Spice Money as buyer-side apps – platforms where users can sign up and place orders via the network

  • Smartphone bonanza drives e-commerce sales to Rs 24,500 crore in festive week: Redseer September 27, 2022 03:00 PM IST

    Smartphone bonanza drives e-commerce sales to Rs 24,500 crore in festive week: Redseer

    Deals on iPhone, OnePlus propel phone sales to Rs 11,000 crore in first four days of festive season; around 1 crore phones to be sold online during the week

  • Luxury brands get half of their sales from e-commerce: Saxena of Tata CLiQ Luxury September 28, 2022 02:19 PM IST

    Luxury brands get half of their sales from e-commerce: Saxena of Tata CLiQ Luxury

    Tata CLiQ Luxury is launching categories such as sports and fitness and home furnishings on its platform.

  • Flipkart, Amazon return to deep discounts, mega ad spends to kickstart festive sales September 26, 2022 06:00 PM IST

    Flipkart, Amazon return to deep discounts, mega ad spends to kickstart festive sales

    Sellers on e-commerce marketplaces see 2-5 times jump in demand, compared to the tepid sales in the last few months. But they are unhappy over high costs of keywords, lower average selling prices and delayed dispatches

  • Amazon, Flipkart festive sales begins on September 23 amid macro headwinds September 14, 2022 08:20 AM IST

    Amazon, Flipkart festive sales begins on September 23 amid macro headwinds

    Industry players and analysts will be closely watching e-commerce platforms’ performance in this year’s festive season amid fears of inflation hurting consumer demand and online sales dipping due to increased footfall at offline stores