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E-tailers scramble to add country of origin tag

The Centre has defined country of origin as the place where the item is produced irrespective of the point of shippingThe compliance pressure and financial impact on online sellers are harsher because if they don’t comply, they could get delisted

2 min read18 Aug 2020
Industry

E-tailers, food delivery firms brace for extended lockdown regime

The government has allowed e-commerce firms to remain operational during the extended lockdownOnline firms are now looking to resolve supply chain and labour crunch issues

3 min read15 Apr 2020
Industry

Time is ripe to take a relook at new FDI policy on online retail

Focus must now be on appreciating and enabling digital models that benefit the larger population

2 min read16 Jan 2019
Industry

E-commerce marketplaces face three major challenges

E-commerce players will face mounting pressure to come up with major revisions to their business models

2 min read16 Jan 2019
Industry

Offline firms seek to beat e-tailers in discounts game amid rising costs

Consumer firms scramble to match promotional offers of online retailers despite taking a hit on margins

2 min read11 Oct 2018
Companies

Amazon Pay reports net loss of Rs177.8 crore in FY17

Amazon Pay's total revenues increased to Rs7.4 crore during 2016-17, overall expenses jumped from Rs8.2 crore in FY16 to Rs185.3 crore in FY17

1 min read30 May 2018
Companies

Online furniture retailers rethink strategies as growth slows

Urban Ladder, Pepperfry are introducing lower-priced products, investing in offline stores

3 min read29 May 2017
Opinion

Amazon might just transform how goods are shipped

Between October and January, Amazon arranged for the shipping of at least 150 containers of goods from China to the US

3 min read15 Feb 2017
Companies

Pepperfry loss doubles despite four-fold increase in revenue

Pepperfry, furniture e-tailer, posted revenues of Rs98 crore for the year ended 31 March 2016 as against Rs25 crore in FY15

1 min read3 Dec 2016
Industry

How big were the Diwali sales for e-tailers? $2.2 billion, says report

About half of the sales were driven by the mobile and tablet categories, the RedSeer report said, with large appliances accounting for 10%

2 min read9 Nov 2016
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