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The Chinese e-commerce giant's annual Singles' Day shopping blitz on Monday brought in a record 268.4 billion yuan ($38.38 billion) in sales, more than six times the amount of online sales made in the United States on Black Friday last year

The firm has plans to open 20 concept stores in prime locations across key metros in India over the next three years

One vendor, New Zealand-based nutritional supplement maker Clinicians, broadcast livestreams from a booth set up on Alibaba's campus

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

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Akin to Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the United States, Singles' Day has been promoted as a shopping fest by Alibaba Chairman and Chief Executive Daniel Zhang since 2009, growing rapidly to become the world's biggest online sales event

Apple is eyeing a share of the increasing Indian streaming market and has aggressively priced Apple TV+ at a monthly subscription of Rs 99, contrary to the US pricing of $4.99 per month

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

Many consumers tend to put off their purchases to an auspicious time. There are many new launches with great deals and discounts to sweeten the deal

Over the last two months, there have been over 30 new smartphone launches (minus variants) in under Rs 20,000 price category

The consumer sentiment is muted and this has got further diluted by rains, especially in Maharashtra and Karnataka that has led to lower footfalls in the malls, said Rajiv Malla, CEO, R City Malls by Runwal Group

Maintaining a balance between saving and spending is crucial. When you grow into the sunset years, the capacity to earn diminishes. This is why you must save for the golden years.