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Festive Sales
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Online retailers battle for consumers ahead of Diwali

India’s two biggest online retailers, Walmart-owned Flipkart and Amazon, are going head-to-head with their own shopping events: Big Billion Days and the Great Indian Festival. Deep-pocketed JioMart, which is owned by Asia’s wealthiest billionaire, is looking for market share, too. This year is particularly important as the world reels from economic fallout caused by the coronavirus …

Anti-trust
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Instead of ”garlands”, India welcomes Bezos with anti-trust probe

Amazon India must have had anticipated nationwide protests from industry bodies like the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) as Jeff Bezos arrives in India for a three-day visit but the sudden anti-trust probe by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over deep discounting and preferential listings on both Amazon and Flipkart has come as …

ecommerce policy
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Amazon, Flipkart may face tough challenge in 2020 due to new e-Commerce Policy

With more and more Indians taking the online route to fulfill their shopping needs, e-tailers like Amazon and Flipkart are witnessing high demands, including from far-flung and remote areas, but overall slowdown and negative sentiments – coupled with the new e-commerce policy and the likely entry of Reliance into the e-commerce space soon — may …

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Planning to sell your old smartphone? Wipe it clean to protect data

Selling an old smartphone, laptop, tablet or hard drive has become much more lucrative. Exchange plans on old gadgets during online sales on Amazon.in and Flipkart.com and stores like Cashify, which buy old gadgets directly from users and pay them instantly, are providing users much better deals than what local scrap dealers would offer. However, …