Locked in an intense battle with Amazon, homegrown e-commerce major Flipkart is looking at re-entering the grocery segment that accounts for a significant portion of Indias retail industry. “Yes we will get into grocery… 80 per cent of units bought in India is grocery… USD 400-600 million is grocery market, so we have to get […]
MobiKwik, an Indian mobile payments network and mobile wallet announced that it has launched UPI on its platform. MobiKwik users can now load their wallet with e-cash using UPI. The company already has options of netbanking, credit & debit card and the exclusive cash pick up & cash deposit service for wallet loading. Speaking on […]
Aramex, a leading global provider of comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions has recently invested in last mile mobile-based companies Grab.in and Logisure to strengthen its last-mile delivery service in the category of e-commerce in India. The company has committed to invest Rs 20 crore in Zomato backed last-mile delivery company Grab a Grub, which does on-demand hyperlocal deliveries as well as first […]
SoftBank Group Corp said Wednesday that Ken Miyauchi, head of the group’s Japanese telecommunications operations, would become president and chief operating officer to replace Nikesh Arora. Arora, the former Google executive handpicked by the SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son as his successor, has abruptly quit as president after it became clear that Son wanted to remain […]
In line with trending terms like “Brexit” and “Rexit”, now Twitterati have coined a new expression “Nexit” after India-born Nikesh Arora announced his surprise resignation as President and COO at SoftBank. For the past several days, two words Brexit and Rexit have been trending. Brexit in short stands for Britains possible exit from the European […]
Having made a string of technology investments in India, Japanese telecom and Internet giant SoftBank has said its investments in the country will top USD 10 billion in 5-10 years. SoftBank, which owns one of Japans biggest mobile carriers and a controlling stake in US-based Sprint Corp, will make its first USD 350 million investment […]
Nikesh Arora, a Ex-Googler and the president and COO of SoftBank Group, received heafty pay check of $73 million (8.04 billion yen) in 2016. Arora’s compensation includes $14.2 million (1.56 billion) paid by other SoftBank units. After Google, Arora had joined SoftBank as its vice-chairman and CEO of SB Group US (previously SoftBank Internet and Media […]
MobiKwik, India’s largest independent mobile payments’ network today announced that it has registered 5000 percent growth on Big Basket, India’s largest online supermarket Bigbasket offers over 20,000 products from over 1,000 brands and is present in 25 cities across the country including Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Delhi-NCR. Upasana Taku, Co-founder, MobiKwik said, “Grocery […]
Confident of the success of online sale of groceries, AskMe Grocery has said it expects the value of merchandise sold through its platform to touch Rs 1,800 crore by March next year. The growth is expected to come on the back of addition of new partners and expansion of its fresh food category, AskMe Grocery […]
Japanese telecom giant SoftBank today said its investee companies in India – Snapdeal, Oyo Rooms, Ola and Hike – saw good traction even though its own profits dropped 27 percent for the fiscal ended March. SoftBank’s sales for 2015-16 totalled 9.15 trillion yen ($84 billion), up nearly 8 percent from the previous financial year. Chief […]
Mobile wallet company Mobikwik today said it has raised USD 50 million (about Rs 330 crore) in funding, led by Japanese payments firm Gateway and Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek. Its existing investors such as Sequoia Capital and Treeline Asia also participated in the current round of funding. The company said it will use the proceeds […]
PepperTap Shuts Down Grocery Delivery, Pivots to Logistics Sriram Sharma , 25 April 2016 Share on FacebookTweetShareShareEmailReddit PepperTap Shuts Down Grocery Delivery, Pivots to Logistics Hyperlocal grocery delivery startup PepperTap announced on Saturday that it will be shutting down its operations, the latest casualty in a sector that saw exits of pilots programs from Ola […]