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Amazon to offer loans to sellers in India, seven other countries

by Nandita Bose |Jun 29, 2015

Credit is becoming a key factor in competing for new vendors and grabbing market share.

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Wal-Mart challenges Amazon with unlimited shipping service for $50 per year

by Nandita Bose |May 14, 2015

Wal-Mart's service, which will be by invitation only for now, will offer selected products on the company's website to customers within three days or less, company spokesman Ravi Jariwala told Reu...

To conquer the marketplace, the watch will have to appeal not only as a gadget but as a fashion statement, a fact tacitly acknowledged by Apple 's decision to launch its advertising campaign with a 12-page insert in the March issue of Vogue.

The Apple Watch: Is it a gadget or a fashion statement?

by Nandita Bose |Mar 9, 2015

With the expected launch next month of the Apple Watch, the company's first new product in five years, Apple will be stepping into new territory.

ITC Q1 sales jump 25 per cent. (Photo: Reuters)

ITC Q1 sales jump on demand for smaller smokes, consumer goods

by Nandita Bose |Jul 29, 2014

The company's net sales rose to Rs 91.6 billion ($1.5 billion), up by a quarter from the period last year and beating a consensus forecast of Rs 85.1 billion from Thomson Reuters Starmine.

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Carrefour to exit India, shut five wholesale stores

by Nandita Bose |Jul 8, 2014

Carrefour has been in talks with Indian retail companies and strategic investors about its Indian assets in recent months, after flagging in March that it was considering the future of the business.

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Small retailers oppose foreign investment in e-commerce

by Nandita Bose |Jun 26, 2014

The Confederation of All India Traders, one of the country's largest trade bodies, will organise a rally on August 9, to protest against the impact of such a decision on the livelihoods of small b...

Logistical challenges hit growth of online retailers in India

by Nandita Bose |Jun 10, 2014

Online retailers jostling for a chunk of India's $13 billion e-commerce trade are so desperate to avoid snarled roads and inefficient railways that they fly their packages in the passenger cabin o...

Govt may announce FDI in e-commerce next month

by Rajesh Kumar Singh |Jun 4, 2014

A more robust online retail sector will spur manufacturing and help an economic revival, said the people, who are privy to discussions within the new government. An announcement is expected in nex...

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ITC Q4 net profit up 18 per cent, sales volumes fall

by Nandita Bose |May 23, 2014

Sales volumes fell 3 per cent as customers cut discretionary spending, but a sharper fall was arrested by cheaper smokes whose sales begun to pick up.

As Amazon looms, Indian e-tailers strike $400 mln in deals

by Nandita Bose |May 21, 2014

"Amazon is scaling up .... much faster than expected and that is forcing everyone from retailers to investors in these companies to re-think," said Ashish Jhalani, founder of e-tailing India, a re...