E-commerce Startups Reliance to invest $42.3 million in Indian e-commerce platform Fynd Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is acquiring 87.6% stakes in Fynd, a Mumbai-based… Shreyes MadgaonkarAugust 6, 20192 minute read
Business Startups Razorpay acquires Thirdwatch — makers of AI driven fraud prevention tech, for undisclosed amount Mastercard-backed digital payments upstart Razorpay, has announced its first acquisition today. The… Staff@The Tech PortalAugust 5, 20192 minute read
Consumer Tech Internet Amazon isn’t obligated to offer a phone helpline anymore in the European union Looks like you won’t find customer phone support for Amazon in Europe… Vinol TauroJuly 11, 20192 minute read
Business Startups Flipkart GOQii discounting row ends According to a report coming in from ET, Flipkart has settled a… Vinol TauroJune 14, 20192 minute read
Startups Nykaa has raised $14 mn from TPG Growth Capital, valued at $724 mn Nykaa, the fashion and beauty products ecommerce upstart, has raised a fresh… Staff@The Tech PortalApril 1, 2019No comments2 minute read
Business News Startups Flipkart CEO invests in Ratan Tata backed B2B marketplace Moglix In what will be a stamp on the company’s growing business, B2B… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 11, 2019No comments1 minute read
Business Internet News Amazon warehouse workers protest, say “We are not robots” Right on the eve of the biggest shopping season of the year,… Mudit MohilayNovember 23, 2018No comments3 minute read
Business News Startups Jabong lays off 200-250 employees, merges operation with Myntra The exit of Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal seems to have created imbalance… Jeet SutharNovember 16, 2018No comments2 minute read
News Startups Jason Kothari quits e-commerce platform Infibeam as President after just five months Jason Kothari, who joined Infibeam as a president has called it quit… Jeet SutharNovember 5, 2018No comments1 minute read
Business Flipkart News Amway takes Flipkart to court for selling its products ‘illegally’ Amway has taken the Indian online marketplace Flipkart to court, accusing the… Jeet SutharOctober 19, 2018No comments2 minute read
Global Internet Amazon announces launch in Turkey Adding another country to its expanding list of glocal operations, Amazon has… Deepanshu KhandelwalSeptember 19, 2018No comments1 minute read
Acquisitions Startups Binny Bansal underscores the “Walmart overpaid for Flipkart” chatter Earlier this year, India-based online marketplace Flipkart was acquired by US-based retail… Jeet SutharSeptember 19, 2018No comments2 minute read
Mobile News Retail is making the transition from offline to online, smartphones could be it’s next, exciting frontier Millennial and older generations can probably remember a time when the mention… Mudit MohilaySeptember 22, 2017No comments4 minute read
News Startups Naspers invests $71 million in Flipkart to take its stake to 16.5% South African technology investor Naspers, which is an existing investor in homegrown… Jeet SutharJune 26, 2017No comments2 minute read
Business IT & Web-tech News Walmart asks tech vendors not to use AWS to continue working with retail giant The Walmart and Amazon battle now has been escalated to another level… Jeet SutharJune 26, 2017One comment2 minute read
News Startups PremjiInvest writes letter to Snapdeal, seeking clarification over acquisition deal PremjiInvest, the investment office of Wipro chairman Azim Premji, owns a minority share… Jeet SutharJune 23, 2017No comments2 minute read
Gadgets News Flipkart’s ‘Own Your Dream Phone’ sale offers hefty discounts on premium smartphones Flipkart has announced that it will be hosting yet another sale, this… Jeet SutharJune 22, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Zivame co-founder Richa Kar steps down, company pivots to marketplace model Zivame — the online lingerie retailer, has undergone top-level management restructuring a… Jeet SutharMarch 27, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Infibeam posts 10.4% QoQ decline in revenue, announces merger of CC Avenue with them Infibeam, India’s first e-commerce company to get listed, is now planning to… Jeet SutharFebruary 15, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Snapdeal plans to shrink workforce as it looks towards business consolidation Due to slowed growth and ongoing battles in the Indian e-commerce ecosystem,… February 11, 2017No comments4 minute read
News Startups Flipkart follows Amazon’s lead, starts diverting focus towards groceries business Following in the footsteps of Amazon, Flipkart, the homegrown e-commerce platform, is… Jeet SutharFebruary 10, 2017No comments2 minute read
