Why so few women are taking the start-up route.

India's refurbished goods market is flourishing on a smartphone boom, changing consumer attitudes and business models.

The RBI in April had said that payments firms such as Mastercard and Visa should within six months store data only in the country for \"unfettered supervisory access\". But US firms protested and the Finance Ministry has recommended relaxing the directive.

The unicorns-in-the-making hail from diverse sectors such as software, logistics and fintech, thereby widening the pool beyond online commerce and advertising models.

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The messaging and social media technology company founded by Kavin Bharti Mittal - son of telecom billionaire Sunil Mittal - has reportedly started laying off 20-25% of its workforce.

Right now, companies like Amazon, Cashify, Shopclues and Togofogo dominate the second-hand and refurbished market in India. The refurbished mobile phone segment of Amazon alone has grown by 400 per cent year-on-year.

Ruchi Soya was admitted for the insolvency resolution process after two financial creditors-- Standard Chartered Bank and DBS Bank -- had on December 15, 2017 moved to the NCLT.

If the world's largest retailer Walmart indeed ends up buying a majority in Indian e-tailer Flipkart at valuations that has been doing the rounds, it could change the e-commerce landscape in the country in many ways.

Inthree, StoreKing, eHaat and RubanBridge. They are not household names like Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal or ShopClues, say. But these are e-commerce companies nonetheless, which are trying to build significant businesses by tapping rural demand in India.

A new breed of marketing and distribution companies is using tech to connect brands with villages.

The Mumbai-based start-up uses tech and data to assess creditworthiness and provides quick business loans.

While the leaders remain the same, there are new companies rising up the ladder.

Discussing the topic 'Maintaining the human element in an increasingly digital workplace', HR heads of India's top companies said that this change is necessary for hiring youngsters, but the new workplaces are not devoid of human touch.

The company also has plans to launch a new loyalty card on January 26, called Swadesh Samridhi.