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India's Flipkart Denies Media Report of Accel Selling $100 Million Stake

Flipkart denied a newspaper report that said venture capital firm Accel Partners had sold a small stake in India's biggest online marketplace to Qatar Investment Authority for $100 million.

Technology

India's Flipkart Denies Media Report of Accel Selling $100 Million Stake

Flipkart denied a newspaper report that said venture capital firm Accel Partners had sold a small stake in India's biggest online marketplace to Qatar Investment Authority for $100 million.


Global Markets

Amazon May Export Delivery Lessons from India to Cut Costs Abroad

Online shopping is booming in India. But, like local rivals Flipkart and Snapdeal, Amazon has struggled with deliveries in cities where snarl-ups are frequent and road signs unreliable.

Global Markets

Amazon May Export Delivery Lessons from India to Cut Costs Abroad

Online shopping is booming in India. But, like local rivals Flipkart and Snapdeal, Amazon has struggled with deliveries in cities where snarl-ups are frequent and road signs unreliable.


Technology

Bits & Bytes | Tag Heuer Smartwatch, Luxury Embraces Data, Revolve Clothing

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.

Technology

Bits & Bytes | Tag Heuer Smartwatch, Luxury Embraces Data, Revolve Clothing

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.


Global Markets

When Shopkeepers Help You Tap ‘Buy’

As the country’s leading Internet bazaars — Flipkart, Snapdeal, and Amazon India — hawk wares to the urban, English-speaking middle class, they’re all but ignoring the 510 million working-age adults living in rural areas.

Global Markets

When Shopkeepers Help You Tap ‘Buy’

As the country’s leading Internet bazaars — Flipkart, Snapdeal, and Amazon India — hawk wares to the urban, English-speaking middle class, they’re all but ignoring the 510 million working-age adults living in rural areas.


Global Markets

Copying Alibaba, India E-Tailers Woo Small Sellers for Growth

Indian e-commerce firms are offering funding help and tech support to woo small retailers, emulating a strategy used by Alibaba to expand into the towns and villages home to the majority of consumers.

Global Markets

Copying Alibaba, India E-Tailers Woo Small Sellers for Growth

Indian e-commerce firms are offering funding help and tech support to woo small retailers, emulating a strategy used by Alibaba to expand into the towns and villages home to the majority of consumers.


Global Markets

India's E-Commerce Boom May Turn to Bust for Many

Can India’s virtual economy sustain such a rally? There's plenty of reason to be optimistic, but an equal number of reasons to be cautious.

Global Markets

India's E-Commerce Boom May Turn to Bust for Many

Can India’s virtual economy sustain such a rally? There's plenty of reason to be optimistic, but an equal number of reasons to be cautious.


Global Markets

India's E-Commerce Giant Flipkart in No Rush to Go Public

Flipkart, an online marketplace that analysts estimate to be worth $11 billion, has benefited from the foreign funds that have sloshed into India's rapidly growing online retail sector.

Global Markets

India's E-Commerce Giant Flipkart in No Rush to Go Public

Flipkart, an online marketplace that analysts estimate to be worth $11 billion, has benefited from the foreign funds that have sloshed into India's rapidly growing online retail sector.


Technology

India's Flipkart to Double Value of Goods Sold as Demand Surges

Flipkart aims to double the total value of goods it sells to $8 billion this year, two people with knowledge of the plans said, as India's largest online marketplace seeks to widen the gap with rivals including Amazon.com's India unit.

Technology

India's Flipkart to Double Value of Goods Sold as Demand Surges

Flipkart aims to double the total value of goods it sells to $8 billion this year, two people with knowledge of the plans said, as India's largest online marketplace seeks to widen the gap with rivals including Amazon.com's India unit.


Technology

Logistics Are Holding India’s E-Commerce Companies Back

E-tail is hugely promising for Amazon and Snapdeal in India—but it often doesn’t deliver.

Technology

Logistics Are Holding India’s E-Commerce Companies Back

E-tail is hugely promising for Amazon and Snapdeal in India—but it often doesn’t deliver.


Technology

Indian Retailers Hobble Online as E-Commerce Firms Race Ahead

The head of Future Group, one of India's largest and most established retailers, admits he can't keep up with web sites like Snapdeal and Flipkart when it comes to spending money to entice shoppers to buy online.

Technology

Indian Retailers Hobble Online as E-Commerce Firms Race Ahead

The head of Future Group, one of India's largest and most established retailers, admits he can't keep up with web sites like Snapdeal and Flipkart when it comes to spending money to entice shoppers to buy online.