By Karen Weise and Michael Corkery What if the Everything Store couldn’t sell everything because of disruptions from the coronavirus? That’s the situation that Amazon — which typically stocks more than 100 million items, from toilet paper to yoga pants — is working to avoid as the deadly outbreak continues to shut down and slow […]

Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Walmart-owned ecommerce marketplace Flipkart has filed a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging an antitrust investigation into its alleged anticompetitive business practices. The move comes days after the same court had stayed the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) probe following a similar plea by rival Amazon. “We are a party […]

Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Walmart‘s Flipkart has filed a legal challenge against an antitrust investigation ordered against the company in India, a court filing seen by Reuters showed, following a similar petition by its rival Amazon.com Inc. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in January ordered a probe into alleged violations of competition law and certain […]

Illustration: Rahul Awasthi The contribution of e-commerce to smartphone, television, air-conditioner and washing machine sales has gone up in 2019 from the previous year, which marketers attributed to continued shift of consumption habit and plethora of price aggressive online launches. Latest data from sales tracker GfK India showed the contribution of e-commerce to total smartphone […]

By P R SanjaiAs global streaming giants Netflix Inc. and Walt Disney Co. spend millions of dollars to grab viewers in India, a country that could become their biggest overseas market, a homegrown rival is preparing to defend its turf. Zee5, the top domestic streaming platform set up by India’s biggest television broadcaster, is betting […]

WeWork India is planning to go slower on its investments than previously planned and is looking to turn profitable by October this year. The local affiliate of the global coworking venture started operations a little more than three years ago. CEO Karan Virwani said the company has gone considerably slow in signing lease agreements for […]

Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Do you want a celebrity to wish you or your loved ones on important occasions? A dedicated set of startups — Tring, Wysh, YoShot, and Celebrify, to name a few — are helping fans, mainly from small towns and cities, connect directly with their favorite television and regional movie stars. These include […]

Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Walmart-owned Flipkart will launch its wholesale business in the upcoming quarter, two sources directly aware of the development said, as it gears up to take on Amazon’s B2B division, Reliance’s Market and Tencent-backed Udaan, apart from other vertical ecommerce startups. Flipkart has over the last few months ramped up its supply chain […]

Alphabet Inc-owned Google‘s $2.1 billion bid for fitness trackers company Fitbit could pose privacy risks, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) warned on Thursday, adding its voice to other critics of the deal. Google announced the deal in November last year, as it seeks to compete with Apple and Samsung in the crowded market for […]

Chinese video sharing app Tiktok, which has had a tough time in India due to regulatory issues, on Thursday affirmed to focus on self regulation to ensure that people ‘post responsibly’. There is a four-step moderation process to review posts so as to maintain the platform’s credibility, its country head Nikhil Gandhi said. The app, […]