Indian e-Commerce News Articles of Current Week (24 July 2014)
Ecommerce News
Hey Folks, this week’s e-commerce news articles are basically about the funding’s got by big Indian E-tailors and also how companies are scouting for new innovations and business opportunities.
Paytm in for Rs 100-crore advertising blitz this week
Mobile company Paytm will be unleashing 100 crore advertisement and marketing campaign. Experts estimate that e-commerce companies will spend about $150 million (about Rs 900 crore) on advertising over the next 12 months
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Flipkart site shuts down as Xiaomi Mi 3 touches 100,000 registrations in India
Chinese smartphone Xiaomi Mi 3 has made a debut in Indian market with an exclusive sales tie-up with Flipkart for Mi 3. Flipkart claimed to have received 100,000 registrations for the phone between July 15 and 21, when they provided a ‘one week registration window’. A large number of registered users were not able to order the phone due to technical difficulties encountered by Flipkart.
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Facebook Explains Why It Wants to Be a Retail Store
Mark Zuckerberg and company started testing a “Buy” button inside the News Feed posts and ads that turn up on the world’s most popular social network, letting users instantly pay for goods and services from other merchants without leaving Facebook.
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E-commerce companies eye education market in India
India’s leading e-commerce companies such as Flipkart.com, Snapdeal.com and Groupon.co.in are offering online courses and coaching materials, and are even facilitating long duration certificate or business education degrees. Apart from formal education or preparation for competitive exams, e-commerce companies are also providing hobby courses.
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India’s biggest online retailer Flipkart sets a new benchmark, raises $1 billion in fresh funds
Flipkart will announce possibly as early as next week that it has raised over $1 billion (Rs 6,000 crore), the biggest ever fund-raising by an Indian e-commerce company. Flipkart and Snapdeal are wooing new global and high profile investors with each new round of funding.
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Pakistanis take a cue from Indian e-commerce companies to launch their own online ventures
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Ecommerce firms like Flipkart, Snapdeal say they too can make their low-level workers millionaires
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