The government on Friday extended the deadline for submission of feedback on the draft e-commerce policy by three weeks to March 31 following demands by some companies for a separate policy on data with easier sharing norms. At a stakeholder consultation with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), e-commerce companies sought […]

Job offers are pouring in at the nation’s top business schools from e-commerce companies and startups, which are on the lookout for managerial talent with a technical background to drive the next phase of growth. Indian Institutes of Managements in Bengaluru, Kolkata and Kozhikode, and the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) in Delhi said they […]

The demand for big data is on the rise, but the industry is struggling to keep up with demand and develop the best possible algorithms. One of their biggest challenges is trying to recruit enough scientists to leverage big data to its full effectiveness. One survey showed that 1-in-3 data scientists working in the United […]

Customer insights are invaluable. Nothing beats being able to pull back the curtain and peer into the minds of an audience. However, getting to this point is challenging for many businesses. Online surveys are useful, but they must be developed and executed correctly. The Perks of Using Online Surveys You’re familiar with surveys, right? You’ve […]

India’s leading ticketing platform BookMyShow (BMS) has tied up with four teams of the Indian Premier league (IPL) as their exclusive ticketing partner, allowing the platform to corner 50% of the entire ticket inventory for IPL 2019. As part of the deal, BMS will start selling tickets of home matches of reigning champions Chennai Super […]

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, interacts with children who have been trying out Google’s newly launched reading tutor app “Bolo” in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 8, 2019. Google on Wednesday unveiled the Bolo android app that is a speech-based reading-tutor app aimed at rural kids.Photo/Rajanish Kakade) Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who advocates greater participation of […]

Reliance Industries plans to grow the number of low-cost Reliance Trends fashion stores across India to 2,500 from 557 over the next five years and integrate them with its online business, two people briefed on the plans said. The expansion, which has not been reported before, is the latest move by the conglomerate’s billionaire owner […]

E-commerce and consumer internet companies have raised over $7 billion in private equity and venture capital funding in 2018, says EY report. The report, titled ‘E-commerce and Consumer Internet Sector – India Trendbook 2019’, noted that majority of the funding was towards building supply chain, expanding into new segments, acquisition/consolidation, and bringing innovative product offerings. […]

By now, most of us are aware of the basics when it comes to controlling data usage on our smartphones. We know that we should always use our WiFi networks when we’re at home instead of our mobile data connections because otherwise, we’re wasting money. We also know that whenever we’re in a trustworthy public […]

After building out a powerful influence machine in Washington over the last few years, Amazon is going on the attack. The company is pushing aside trade groups it doesn’t like and creating new ones it does. It’s dispatching senior executives to woo antitrust enforcers. And it’s poaching senior staff from government agencies and congressional offices. […]