Flipkart to relocate HQ to India ahead of IPO
Flipkart, the Walmart-owned Indian e-commerce startup that closely fights Amazon in the South Asian market, is preparing to shift its headquarters back to India from Singapore as the company prepares…
Myntra enters India’s quick-commerce race with 30-minute apparel delivery
Myntra, India’s largest fashion e-commerce firm, on Thursday launched “M-Now,” its quick-commerce offering that promises to deliver apparel and other lifetstyle accessories within 30 minutes. Retailers in India are rushing…
Meesho claims Indian e-commerce first with positive cash flow
Meesho has become India’s first horizontal e-commerce firm to generate positive cash flow, marking a significant shift in a market where profitability has long remained elusive even as new competitive…
YouTube brings its affilate program to India, partners with Walmart-owned Flipkart
YouTube is bringing its affiliate program to India so creators can tag products in their videos and earn referral money. The company is partnering with Walmart-owned Flipkart and fashion and…
Myntra bets on 4-hour delivery amid India’s quick commerce boom
Myntra, India’s largest fashion e-commerce platform, is trialling a four-hour delivery service in four Indian cities, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, a dramatic acceleration from its standard…
Amazon and Flipkart violated competition laws in India, report says
Indian antitrust regulator has found that Amazon and Flipkart, owned by Walmart, violated local competition laws, according to a report. The finding presents a new challenge for the e-commerce giants…
India’s trade minister decries e-commerce growth, Amazon’s ‘predatory’ pricing
India’s commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday expressed concern over the rapid growth of e-commerce in the country, warning of potential disruption to small retailers. Speaking at the launch of…
Amazon is fumbling in India
About two years ago, a VC firm was evaluating an investment in a quick-commerce startup in India. The company’s instant delivery model was showing signs of success in the South…
Flipkart blitzes into India’s 10-minute quick delivery battle
India’s fast-growing quick commerce market is getting a new deeply-pocketed entrant: Walmart-owned Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce firm. Flipkart has started to roll out Flipkart Minutes, its quick commerce service, in…
Flipkart launches payments app, Super.money, in fintech push
Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has quietly started rolling out its own payments app, dubbed Super.money, as it broadens its fintech ambitions more than a year and half after separating from…