According to preliminary collection figures, the yield fell 30% following the first instalment payment deadline ended on Tuesday, as against the same period last year

Online sellers have sought an additional time of 3 to 4 months citing large numbers of products and compliance burden on sellers and MSMEs

A lot of local stores are going online with help from tech start-ups and a clutch of FMCG majors

Ever since resumption of full services, there's been 125 per cent increase in new seller registrations compared to current sellers during the April-June period, says Flipkart

The coronavirus might linger on for many years, but effective e-commerce and hybrid fulfilment methods will help propel the retail industry forward and help retailers weather such storms now and in the future

Start-ups such as Near.Store, Store Se and WoW! Momos capitalised on the situation and quickly tweaked their business model to become grocery delivery platforms

Fashion sales bounced back to around 70 per cent of the pre-coronavirus lockdown era. Kids apparel witnessed a jump of 100 per cent since early June compared to sales volumes prior to COVID-19 era

The e-retail industry in India is currently only constitutes 3.4 per cent of the overall market and has enough headroom to grow

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The new mall experience is unlikely to be good for mall economics. New norms will lead to new consumer behaviour. Capturing and analysing relevant consumer data is imperative to understanding this new behaviour and building retail strategies around them

Progress of the sector cannot be halted, but at the same time citizens' rights should be protected and the laws of the land should prevail, said DPIIT Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra

Last month, a group of nine business bodies, representing mostly American, European, Australian and Asian foreign companies, had written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking deferment of 2 percent tax imposed on non-resident e-commerce companies

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing companies to reimagine and reinvent

Three out of four firms have identified 'complete shutdown of operations' as a major constraint being faced by businesses, whereas more than half of them have indicated 'lack of demand for products' as a hindrance

Reliance said it expects to achieve a peak output of around 28 million standard cubic metres per day by FY24 when all three projects are up and running

Several firms have revoked internship offers, making students desperate since many IIMs have credits for the projects done at work

From partnering with cab aggregators, food delivery platforms and third-party supply chain firms, FMCG and retail majors have gone all out to ensure that their products reach consumers. A reinvention of traditional supply chain is on the cards

As India tightens FDI norms, Chinese firms and investments may face regulatory and consumer backlash. The friction between Asian giants could be the beginning of an adversarial chapter in trade

Ministry of Home Affairs had earlier not explicitly excluded the supply of non-essential items by online sellers in revised guidelines. Vehicles used by e-commerce firms were allowed to ply with necessary permissions

Coronavirus update: Amazon, Flipkart had sought clarification on what items could be delivered during the lockdown after MHA issued its set of guidelines