Festive Sale

Flipkart & Amazon have taken several communication and tech enhancement measures to ensure that the GST reductions are passed on to customers.

Small towns power festive electronics boom; Apple, Samsung lead smartphone charge: Amazon India

Categories that benefitted from recent GST cuts — televisions, air-conditioners, and dishwashers — have posted outsized gains, underscoring the twin drivers of premiumisation and tax-led affordability

35 million smartphones likely to be sold this festival season

In the first wave of the festival period (Sept 26 to Oct 7), 13 million units were sold, 3% lower than the previous year, but value was up 8%, crossing $3.2 billion for the first time

E-commerce majors Flipkart, Amazon to start annual festive sale from September 26

Flipkart and Amazon will start annual festive sale with access to their paid subscribers on September 26 and thereafter open it for all customers

AirAsia India announces New Year sale with fares starting at ₹1,497

The deal, as per the airline notification, is for routes such as Bengaluru-Kochi, in addition to similar discounted fares across its network. The offer is applicable for bookings made till December 25 for travel between 15th January 2023 to 14th April 2023.

Digital transactions grew 31% YoY in festive sale period, expenditure up 64%: PayU report

Travel expenditure grew by 165 percent during this festive period, whereas, OTT expenditure shot up by 80 percent, according to the PayU report.

Premium, mid-end products lift festive sale spirit amid inflation woes

Industry body Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association (CEAMA) said the sector is estimated to clock volume growth of 20 per cent and value growth of over 30 per cent.

E-commerce portals log in 28% order growth in first 2-days of festive sales: Unicommerce

Unicommerce found that the personal care segment is the fastest growing segment with over 70 per cent year-on-year (YoY) order volume growth during the first two days of the festive season sale of 2022.

Myntra looks to add 1 million new customers during festive season sale

Myntra expects to process 13,000 orders every minute, and it intends to use the 21,000 kirana stores it has partnered with to fulfil 80% of the festive orders.

Amazon-Flipkart sops war in festive sales fizzles out, shows data

Discounts may have been scaled down as the e-commerce market matures and the government looks out for alleged malpractices.

Grofers likely to enter horizontal e-com; plans to deliver anything including iPhones in 10 minutes

Online grocery delivery service Grofers, founded in December 2013, plans to involve members of the local community in expanding its product offerings to mobile phones.

Festive sale clocked $4.6 billion in GMV; Flipkart emerges as leader with 64% market share: Redseer

Mobile phones remained a strong category with around Rs 68 crore of mobiles purchased every hour during the period.

Meesho says sales doubled during its first festival offer

Nearly 60 percent of the demand during the Maha Indian Shopping League was driven by Tier-4 and beyond markets. More than 50 percent of the users placed their first online order ever during the sale, Meesho's Utrkrishta Kumar has said

Amazon, Flipkart see strong start to festive sale; tier-II, III cities drive momentum

Walmart-owned Flipkart on Sunday said early access for its "Flipkart Plus" programme (loyalty programme) saw a 40 per cent growth this year compared to last year, while about 45 per cent of customer demand has been from tier-III cities and beyond.

Big Billion Days to start on October 16: Flipkart partners with Paytm to offer cashback

This year, the sale event will create over 70,000 direct and lakhs of indirect seasonal jobs as sellers, artisans, and brands gear up to fulfil consumer demand.

Festive sales net huge pay-offs | Amazon, Flipkart eye record gross sales of Rs 39,000 cr in October

Customers from Tier II and III cities led the growth, with mobile sales being the top contributor in the midst of a challenging macro environment

Mobile phones may ring soft for e-tailers this festive sale

"While the sale of mobile phones will still grow year on year, their contribution to the overall GMV of Amazon and Flipkart is going to come down," said Sreedhar Prasad, e-commerce analyst.

Reporter's Take | Amazon and Flipkart to face-off in festive season sale from September 29

The six-day sale which will begin on September 29 will have around five lakh sellers.

Reporter's Take | Festive sale: Flash deals, deep discounts for appliances

In this episode of Reporter’s Take, Shraddha Sharma talks to Moneycontrol's M Saraswathy to find out the sales on offer in this festive season.

Amazon ramps up its offerings in large appliances ahead of festive sales

The company claims to have added around 500 products in the last few months.

Experts react on record gold sales this festive season

In an interview to CNBC-TV18's Manisha Gupta, Sanjeev Bhatia, President- Finance, PC Jewellers and Avnish Anand, Caratlane shared their outlook on record sales of gold.

Online sales extravaganza helps sellers rake in crores

Amazon is holding its festive sale between October 1-5, while Flipkart and Snapdeal are giving out offers to their customers from October 2-6. The companies said they continue to witness strong growth in traffic and sales on their platform across categories like fashion, electronics and household items.