The F series of devices, which is being launched in India first, will make its debut during Flipkart's Big Billion Days (BBD) sale and help Samsung cash in on the festive demand

India Stock Market News Updates Today: IndusInd Bank, M&M, TCS, Bajaj Finance, Bharti Airtel, Sun Pharma, Maruti, Tata Steel and Axis Bank were among the top gainers on Sensex pack. Kotak Bank wa the only loser.

Interestingly, the report also says that there was 200 per cent increase in the monthly average in-app session in the entire shopping category

Samsung will launch the new India-made Galaxy F range of smartphones at Walmart Inc-controlled online retailer Flipkart on Oct. 8, Asim Warsi, a Senior Vice President and Head of e-commerce Business at Samsung India

The tie up with Max Fashion will help Flipkart expand its portfolio of apparel and accessory offerings to customers ahead of the festive season

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In India, just about 30 per cent of the towers are fiberised at the moment. This has to go up to at least 60 per cent to realise the potential of 45/5G

There has been a shift in demand between online and offline platforms for brands. The online demand is definitely growing

Badly hit by the coronavirus lockdown, multiple logistics startups are eagerly waiting for the festive season for demand revival

Ravinder Singh, Senior Vice President, YMIS, saidt he market sentiment is estimated to improve by mid-August onwards during festive seasons

The most popular category 'fashion' is expected to continue doing well even this year owing to a relatively slow recovery rate post-lockdown and activities and social gatherings increasing along with aggressive discounts from platforms

With GDP contracting 24 per cent in first quarter, economic recovery will be a long and painful process. Business Today's Rajeev Dubey, Dipak Mondal and Joe C. Mathew caught up with Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian on the state of the economy and plans to put it back on track. Edited excerpts:

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India's fuel demand in August slipped further and saw its biggest monthly decline since April, while petroleum consumption during April-July witnessed a weak growth of nearly 22.5%

'Will volunteer to take COVID-19 vaccine first to end trust deficit': Harsh VardhanUnion Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that he will be the first person to take COVID-19 vaccine so as to dispel the \"trust deficit\" around the same. In an interaction on social media, Vardhan said that even as no date has been fixed for the launch of the coronavirus vaccine, it may be ready by the first quarter of 2021. He also said that the vaccine will be given first to the people who need it ...

India Stock Market Highlights Today: HUL, Asian Paints, Maruti, Bajaj Auto and Nestle India were among the laggards. On the other hand, HCL Tech, followed by Tech Mahindra, HDFC duo, Reliance Industries, TCS, SBI and IndusInd Bank were among the top gainers today.

E-commerce companies see a large chunk of their business coming in during the festive sales and they make significant investments ahead of time to ramp up their capacity to be able to handle the spike in orders

SIAM chief Kenichi Ayukawa says the industry is observing growth, which has instilled confidence back into the industry, especially in the two-wheeler and the passenger vehicle segments

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