Marketplace Model

Amazon must learn that Indians wear their National Flag on their sleeves, not on doormats

Amazon Canada might have removed the offensive product — doormat bearing the Indian tricolour — from its listings but it must go the whole hog and apologise to India

Leg-up likely for Flipkart, Snapdeal as govt mulls 100% FDI in marketplace model

New RSS diktat to Modi govt: Ban 'anti-Make in India' Flipkart, Amazon

Even as the Indian e-Commerce space grows at blistering pace, thanks to fresh fund injections and aggressive marketing strategies, the economic wing of the RSS has said that such sites are a threat to Modi's 'Make in India' agenda, and are“killing domestic players in the Indian market”

Amazon asks Indian govt to relax FDI in retail e-commerce space

Flipkart bets big on clothes, shoes; books to go on backburner?

Moving away from square one - books, Flipkart now looks to grow its recently launched marketplace model and give a big push to clothes and shoes, typically high margin categories.

The Alibaba effect? Tata Group bets on e-commerce, may rope in Zara too

While the marketplace-based venture that is expected to be launched next year is still to be named, it will allow other merchants to sell alongside Tata's various units.

Why Flipkart-Myntra may succeed: They are not chasing mythical synergies

The world over, M&As fail because they chase illusory synergies when they need to win customers. Flipkart-Myntra seems to be working on a more sensible plan of keeping the brands separate

Amazon asks Indian govt to relax FDI in retail e-commerce space