While online sales rocked, there was less encouraging news from the offline channel. Offline sales continued to face challenges with a 2.6 per cent Y-o-Y decline in the third quarter of 2019

Ecommerce companies and handset brands were the biggest spenders this festival season. Consumer durable brands also returned after a long hiatus, but FMCG advertising spend was flat

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This partnership presents new strategic opportunities for both companies, as it opens up cross border opportunities for consumers and sellers across Asia, ShopClues said

The advantage as of now is with Reliance. It not just has close to 11,000 stores across 6,700 cities and towns, it also has the largest telecom presence through Jio, with which it now plans to offer 4K entertainment to consumers and release films on the platform

Reliance, HUL, Amazon, Flipkart and Grofers are hooking neighbourhood stores as force multipliers

While the etailer's B2B arm saw revenue dip courtesy the revised FDI norms in ecommerce, Amazon Seller Services and Amazon Pay India both managed to significantly drive up revenue

In a letter to Nirmala Sitharaman, the CAIT has claimed that e-commerce companies Amazon and Flipkart and others were selling goods much below their market value thus denying the Government of its due legitimate GST revenue

McMillon's letter comes amid accusations of \"unfair business practices\" and violation of FDI norms levelled against Flipkart and Amazon by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), following which the government has increased its scrutiny

According to media reports, the e-commerce majors have grossed up over $3 billion in gross merchandise value during the festive sales

The company plans to invest the fund into expanding from existing 1.2 million homes to 15 million homes in the next 15 months

This strategic partnership with Amazon will allow Ampere Vehicles to tap the lucrative market of digitally savvy users, especially millennials.

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Flipkart, which says it has 160 million customers in India, rolled out its free video service in August and will tie up with Bollywood A-listers like director Farah Khan to produce original video series, it said in a release.

The five-day sale promises to offer big discounts on wide-rang of products, including smartphones, gadgets and home appliances

Citing Nielsen's E-Analytics data, Amazon had said in a release that it \"witnessed the highest share of transacting customers & purchases across all online shopping platforms in the first 5 days of the Great Indian Festival period\", which concluded on October 4.