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E-comm boom: Investors focus on profitable growth
According to a CII-Deloitte report, as the e-commerce market grew by leaps and bounds in the last four years, investors have shifted their focus to profitable growth to achieve stability.
According to the report, the e-commerce B2C segment has grown...
Fashion & Lifestyle
Offline retailers losing ground to online retail
Traditional brick-and-mortar apparel retailers seems to be fighting a losing battle in light of the e-commerce onslaught.
Horizon Consulting India conducted a nationwide research of brick-and-mortar retail and the strategies currently adopted and potentially planned, by these retailers.
The research base...
Fashion & Lifestyle
Recycled fashion: The new e-tailing novelty
Picking on a predictable characteristic displayed by the average women shopper -- closet overflow, yet nothing to wear -- and borrowing a page from the success stories of some international players, some online startups in India claim to have...
Fashion & Lifestyle
Big data meets fashion, makes companies trendsetters
Big Data is all about turning extremely large quantities of data into useful information. When companies aggregate data and analyse them effectively, patterns emerge, ideas are born, and fashion companies become trend setters.
The retail sector in India is emerging...
Retail
DGFT defines e-commerce for export
The Commerce Ministry on Thursday said that online transactions of goods adhering to the e-commerce norms will be entitled to duty benefits under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS).
Defining "e-commerce" for the purpose of MEIS, the Director General...
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Flipkart jubilant after Calcutta HC stays entry tax on online goods
India's e-commerce giant Flipkart has seen another success in its battle to remove entry taxes from online shipments. After the Uttarakhand High Court ordered a stray over this issue, Flipkart sued the West Bengal government, and managed to get...
Food
Back to the Basics: Helping retailers retain customers
In a recent conference on e-commerce organised by Dynamic CIO, there were more CIOs from brick and mortar retailers than from the world of e-retail. Everyone was concerned about understanding the impact of the rapidly evolving world of e-retail....
Retail
After Uttarakhand, Bihar and Assam tax e-comm goods
After Uttarakhand decided to impose a 10 per cent entry tax on goods purchased through e-commerce, Bihar and Assam have followed suit.
The entry tax is imposed by states on goods purchased online, coming in from another state.
Almost half-a-dozen other...
Retail
2.5 lakh jobs in e-commerce this year: Assocham
The e-commerce industry is likely to generate 2.5 lakh jobs in online retail this year, as hiring in the sector is expected to grow 60-65 per cent, according to a report by Assocham.
According to the report, a majority of...
Retail
JLL India to sell real estate online
Taking a leaf out of Magicbricks' book, JLL India too has decided to market housing properties online.
The company is already in talks with leading realty developers and is making arrangements to enter the India's thriving e-marketplace as soon as...
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The Luxottica report card for 2022
A look at how the world’s largest eyewear company fared in terms of revenue growth in key regions across...
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