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Delhi acid attack: Centre issues notice to Flipkart

Dec 17, 2022 - 10:26 am EST @theindpanorama 0

The Union consumer affairs ministry on Friday, December 16, issued a notice to e-commerce giant Flipkart following the Delhi acid attack, wherein a teen was attacked with acid purchased from Flipkart. Meanwhile, the Central Consumer […]

ED sends notice to Flipkart over forex violations

Aug 6, 2021 - 10:39 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

India‘s financial-crime agency has asked Walmart’s Flipkart and its founders to explain why they shouldn’t face a penalty of $1.35 billion for alleged violation of foreign investment laws, three sources and an agency official told […]

SOFTBANK PUTS $2.5 BN INTO FLIPKART’S WALLET

Aug 15, 2017 - 8:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Flipkart has raised an estimated $2.5 billion from SoftBank Vision Fund, making the fund created by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank one of the biggest shareholders of India’s largest ecommerce player. “This is the biggest ever private investment in an Indian […]

FLIPKART COULD OFFER $900 to 950 MILLION FOR SNAPDEAL

Jul 18, 2017 - 10:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): E-commerce major Flipkart is expected to make a revised offer of USD 900-950 million for buying rival Snapdeal, according to sources. The new offer almost matches the initial asking price of USD 1 billion for […]

AMAZON INVESTS OVER RS 2,000 CR IN INDIA BIZ

Jul 10, 2017 - 2:24 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Global e-tailing giant Amazon has invested over Rs 2,000 crore (over $310 million) in India in the past two months as it looks to consolidate its position in the country and fend off local rivals like Flipkart. […]

SNAPDEAL SEARCHES FOR FUNDS, TAKEOVER SPECULATION GROWS

Mar 31, 2017 - 4:04 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

HONK KONG/MUMBAI (TIP): Indian online retailer Snapdeal is seeking investment to shore up its finances after unsuccessful talks with Chinese funds and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd as it battles to remain competitive, sources with direct […]

Snapdeal, Truecaller tie up for better shopping experience

Mar 3, 2017 - 2:16 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Online marketplace Snapdeal, which is also the third largest e-commerce company of India, said on Thursday that it has partnered with Truecaller to enhance consumer experience by integrating Truecaller Priority in the […]

How to fast track your IT Career – You don’t have to be an IITian to get to Google

Oct 24, 2016 - 2:10 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

The IIT tag has helped many a student in India bag coveted jobs at Google, but many non-IITians too have made it to the company straight out of college on the back of their skills rather […]

Amazon commits $3 billion more for India

Jun 11, 2016 - 7:24 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BENGALURU/MUMBAI (TIP): As the Seattle-based e-commerce juggernaut Amazon closes in on the pole position of the Indian e-commerce market, its founder & CEO Jeff Bezos has announced that his company will pump in an additional$3 […]

Flipkart Revises 30-Day Return Policy To 10 Days | eCommerce war stiffens

Jun 6, 2016 - 9:31 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

E-commerce website Flipkart has revised its returns policy and cut down their 30-days returns window to just 10-days. Also Read: FLIPKART HITS $1 BILLION IN SALES | Flipkart Posts Over Rs 2,000-Crore Loss In Discount War & Big… […]

‘Life Mantras’ by Sahara’s Jailed Boss Subrata Roy tops in Nielsen BookScan

Mar 6, 2016 - 9:31 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI: ‘Life Mantras’ a book by Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy has topped the non-fiction category of Nielsen BookScan. According to Nielsen best-seller list, the recently unveiled book brought out by Rupa Publication, has topped the non-fiction book […]

FOREIGN FIRMS RUSH TO INDIA’S ONLINE MARKETPLACE

Feb 8, 2016 - 1:45 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): India‘s booming online marketplace business has attracted a new wave of merchants and sellers from countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and the US. In fact, thousands of sellers are […]

Prabhu Dayal serves hot Karachi Halwa

Jan 1, 2016 - 3:22 pm EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Why would Zia want to climb five floors of a hotel? Why did someone think Zia could fix his TV? Was Zia practicing Urine therapy? What did Christopher Lee and Alyque Padamsee […]

Flipkart posts over Rs 2,000-crore loss in discount war & Big Billion Day Sale

Dec 4, 2015 - 6:16 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI: Flipkart posted a loss of about Rs 2,000 crore in the year ended March 2015, amounting to a fifth of its rapidly rising sales, as the country’s largest online retailer spent heavily to fund […]

It’s Flipkart, Snapdeal vs Amazon, eBay

May 15, 2015 - 3:22 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on Thursday began consultations on FDI in B2C e-commerce amid a sharp divide between Indian and foreign players. While domestic companies such as FLIPKART and Snapdeal opposed FDI during a meeting […]

Indian tech start-ups woo talent back from America – Offer massive perks

May 1, 2015 - 4:30 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

India‘s IT industry has long been seen as a back-office backwater, even by its own engineers who started moving abroad in their droves in the 1970s. After losing top engineering talent for years to America’s […]

OLA RAISES $400M, LED BY DST GLOBAL

Apr 17, 2015 - 3:33 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): In one of the largest financing rounds for an Indian internet startup, taxi-hailing service Ola said it has raised $400 million – or around Rs 2,500 crore – led by Russian tech billionaire […]

Motorola Moto E 2nd gen 4G for $128 available for pre-order through Flipkart In India

Apr 13, 2015 - 6:00 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

The Motorola Moto E 2nd gen smartphone with 4G LTE has finally been launched in India with a budget-friendly price tag of Rs 7999 attached to it. It’s available for pre-order through Flipkart and shows a tentative […]

Business & Economics

BENGALURU STANDS TALL WITH $2.6-BILLION VENTURE CAPITAL

Jan 24, 2015 - 7:36 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BENGALURU (TIP): India‘s IT hub, Bengaluru, came in fifth in a list of cities globally that received the most venture capital in 2014, an indication of the growing vibrancy of its startup ecosystem. San Francisco […]

Samsung goes offline with mobile phones

Sep 18, 2014 - 12:25 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): In a move that might change the dynamics of India‘s booming mobile phone market, Samsung Electronics, one of the country’s largest phone makers, has decided to take the offline retail route even […]

Flipkart, ‘India’s Amazon,’ launches low-cost phones before Mozilla and Google

Jul 4, 2014 - 11:14 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BANGALORE (TIP): Amazon announced its first smartphone June end and not to be outdone, online retailer Flipkart, “India‘s Amazon,” is now launching a smartphone line of its own. Unlike Amazon’s higherend Fire, which sports multiple […]

FLIPKART BUYS OUT MYNTRA FOR $300 M

May 23, 2014 - 6:05 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BANGALORE (TIP): Putting an end to months of speculation about what is being termed as the biggest acquisition in the Indian e-commerce business, domestic e-retailer Flipkart announced that it has acquired rival and leading fashion […]

MOTOROLA MAY RIDE LENOVO’S NETWORK FOR SALES PUSH

Apr 26, 2014 - 7:16 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP):Will Motorola ride the on-ground network of new parent Lenovo for a deeper push into the Indian smartphone market? Soon to be part of Lenovo’s business after the Chinese company bagged it from […]

FLIPKART HITS $1 BILLION IN SALES

Mar 7, 2014 - 6:40 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Indian e-tailer Flipkart has hit the $1 billion in sales– a feat that it has managed to achieve before its own target and in roughly the same time it took online giant […]

Business & Economics

August sees highest PE deal value of year at $1.8 b

Sep 14, 2012 - 7:58 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Private equity activity in India witnessed an uptick in August with a combined deal value ofhighlight, accounting for over half the cumulative deal value, according to research and consultancy firm Grant Thornton’s latest ‘Dealtracker’ report. […]

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