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Myntra Raises $20 Million In Series C Funding From Tiger Global

by | posted: February 10, 2012
Bangalore based e-commerce start-up Myntra has raised its third round of funding led by the venture capital firm Tiger Global. This Series C funding amount is being reported as $20 million. This makes...
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Flipkart To Buy LetsBuy.com: A Marriage Of Convenience?

by | posted: February 9, 2012
The Indian Digital Review reports that Flipkart is going to buy LetsBuy.com. The actual announcement will be made in a few days. This is exciting news for the e-commerce space in India.   LetsBuy.com...
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Flipkart Not Threatened By Amazon’s Junglee

by | posted: February 8, 2012
Amazon has finally entered India by introducing their online marketplace called Junglee.com. This is not a direct competition to e-commerce players in India but Amazon is the big daddy of e-commerce around...
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Your Favorite Marathi Books Now On A Digital Platform: Will It Increase The Popularity Of The Local Language?

by | posted: December 29, 2011
Major Marathi publication houses will jointly launch MarathiReader.com. Eight publishers, including big names like Popular Prakashan, Mauj Prakashan, and Continental Prakashan which collectively hold the...
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Interest In Online Deal Sites Dwindling Despite Holiday Season; ECommerce Still Booming

by | posted: December 16, 2011
MyDala, Deals&You, Khojguru and all the other Groupon-Clones in the Online Deal Scenario will not be too happy. After Groupon’s Initial Public Offering failed to live up to expectations, we now...
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Updated: Reliance Entertainment’s BigAdda.com Shuts Down Social Networking Site – To Focus On ECommerce

by | posted: July 1, 2011
You are reading it here first: So finally some sense is being knocked into the Indian Social Networking players. While ibibo continues to spend money on TV ads trying to lure the users for social games....
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InfoEdge To Invest 3.5 Million $ in 99labels.com

by | posted: May 11, 2011
InfoEdge  has made its second investment in as many months in a fashion retail website 99labels.com. The investment is to the tune of $ 3.5 mn in the fashion commerce site. This is the second...
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Spice Ventures Into Indian E-commerce Market With Saholic.com

by | posted: May 6, 2011
Slowly but steadily, Spice group is entering into the emerging online market in India. Just a month back, Spice was known only as a mobile company. But, within such a short period of time, Spice took certain...
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Do Bijness On Your Facebook Page Or Blog In Partnership With LeLoot

by | posted: April 22, 2011
In recent months, we have seen how using applications built for setting up online stores on Facebook Page have benefited brands. Applications like ShopTab are the best examples of what I am talking about....
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Ecommerce To Grow By 47% But Online Travel To Still Dominate

by | posted: March 18, 2011
Ecommerce is on its way in India if the recent report by IAMAI is to be believed. According to the report the online commerce industry clocked INR 19, 688 crores by year end 2009 which increased to an...
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Flipkart Bullish On Indian E-Commerce Growth – Targets 1 Billion Dollars In FY2015

by | posted: March 7, 2011
Flipkart.com the ecommerce portal that started its journey by selling books has big plans for the future. Currently the Bangalore based Flipkart sells over 2,00,000 books annually and has expanded its...
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Ebay India Introduces Group Buying

by | posted: January 13, 2011
If you thought Groupon’s entry into the Group Buying space in India would be the biggest news for ecommerce in January, you could be wrong. Ebay India, sent out email notifications to its users last...
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BuyThePrice.com Secures First Round Of Angel Funding

by | posted: December 24, 2010
MyZingo eCommerce Service Pvt. Ltd. owned BuyThePrice.com has, in its first round of funding, secured investments from angel investors Rajan Anandan, Rehan Yar Khan, Sunil Kalra(from the Indian Angel Network)...
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MySmartPrice.com – Compare Before You Buy!

by | posted: December 22, 2010
In certain ways, it is very fitting that I’m reviewing this site on the back of some very big news from Flipkart. MySmartPrice.com - which was launched in September this year with an initial focus...
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Ebay.in’s India Census And The Rise Of Ecommerce

by | posted: December 9, 2010
Ebay.in has announced the 2010 edition of its India Census(do play around with the interactive map). And Delhi, once again was India’s top ecommerce hub. Mumbai, Jaipur, Chennai and Bangalore rounded...
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Fashion And You Secures USD 8 Million From Sequoia Capital India

by | posted: December 9, 2010
Fashion And You, an exclusive online luxury sales website announced that it has secured funding worth USD 8 Million from Sequoia Capital India. According to the company this funding will go towards growing...
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