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30Jul By AnkitaNo Comments

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Paytm Mall Plans To Expand Globally

Paytm Mall is planning to expand to Southeast Asian countries, along with countries such as Japan, and it has also appointed a head for its international business and expansion. Paytm mall is a platform provided by Paytm for the user to shop, it works just like any other E-Commerce website or Application. It aims to offer a combination of the Mall and Bazaar concepts to Indian consumers. "Only trusted sellers passing strict quality guidelines and qualification criteria are allowed on the 'Mall, All products listed on the mall goes through Paytm certified warehouse and shipping channels ensuring guaranteed consumer trust'," a statement made by Paytm. Sanjeev Misra has joined Paytm Mall as senior vice-president for international markets will launch and expand the int...

Chinese E-commerce Players Eyeing to Target Indian and Middle East Market

8Jul By AnkitaNo Comments

CHINA

Chinese E-commerce Players Eyeing to Target Indian and Middle East Market

Chinese e-commerce players are now targeting India and middle east countries markets due to high potential for economic growth as per the report in Chinese media today. According to a report from app data provider App Annie, five of the top 10 best performing cross-border e-commerce Chinese apps in the first five months such as Club Factory, SHEIN, ROMWE and JollyChic focussed on the Middle East and India markets. According to the report in Xinhua news, the Indian market enjoys a huge population and high potential for economic growth, thus attracting many e-commerce players to expand their presence. Smartphones are popular in Arab countries and local consumers have strong purchasing power. But the oil-rich countries lack textiles and other light sectors, offering cross-border e-co...

Online Startup SaleBhai Received BSE Approval for SME IPO

3Jul By AnkitaNo Comments

Market

Online Startup SaleBhai Received BSE Approval for SME IPO

New Delhi, 3rd July, 2018: B2C e-commerce company SaleBhai Internet Limited, the owner and operator of SaleBhai.com have received BSE approval for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on SME Platform of BSE. The company had filed a Draft Prospectus (DP) with BSE for listing on the SME platform of BSE Ltd on May 17, 2018, and has now received in-principle approval from BSE. BSE’s approval means that the Ahmedabad-based E-commerce startup will be the first to raise money through public route at such an early stage. Salebhai had already received funding and support from 71 high net worth individuals. This interest from existing customers propelled the company to raise money from the general public through an IPO. Commenting on the IPO, Vishwavijay Singh, Co-Founder, SaleBhai, said, “We ...

Infibeam to raise 2000 Cr to set up its payments bank

30Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

BUSINESS

Infibeam to raise 2000 Cr to set up its payments bank

Ahmedabad based E-commerce Major Infibeam is now ready to expand its business in IT segment as it looking forward to setting up its payment bank along with raising $292 Mn (INR 2000 Cr). In a recent company's general meeting held on June 28, 2018 shareholders have approved a change in the company name from “Infibeam Incorporation Limited” to "Infibeam Avenues Limited", according to a regulatory filing. The company has sought shareholders approval to apply for authorisation from Reserve Bank of India for its payment bank. It is also approached the apex body to seek approval to explore the business opportunity in the manufacturing of IT hardware. Post-RBI Approval, Infibeam wants to leverage its financial technology and expand business in the domain to issue all kind of prepaid paym...

Wow Express raises $4.5 Mn from Tamarind Family Trust

28Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

FUNDING

Wow Express raises $4.5 Mn from Tamarind Family Trust

Wow Express, a Mumbai based E-commerce platform has raised $4.5 Mn in a Series A round of funding from existing investor Tamarind Family Private Trust of the Mansukhani family, the owner of the consumer durable brand Onida. The latest Series A round also included previously issued compulsorily convertible debentures, which converted along with this round. The company is looking forward to using the freshly raised capital in expanding its geographical presence, strengthening its technology platform and senior management team. Sandeep Padoshi, co-founder of WOW Express said, “We want to expand our e-commerce footprint, from the current 42 cities to over 100 cities in the next 12 months. We are also in talks to bring on board professional executives for our chief operating officer and chi...

Infibeam Sets a Record Registering 40,000 Domains in a Day

21Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

News

Infibeam Sets a Record Registering 40,000 Domains in a Day

Infibeam, India's first listed e-commerce company has created a benchmark record of registering over 40,000 domain names in a single day. According to the official statement, the company which runs a unique business model with a mix of Infibeam shopping destination and Infibeam Web Services and country’s first generic top-level domain (GTLD) Registry .OOO have created a record of registering over 40,000 domain names in a single day, as per an official statement. With over 1.15 lakh total registrations, company has secured top position in new GTLD club within India and in top 50 new GTLD club globally. Infibeam’s .OOO is one of the first generic top-level domain (GTLD) Registry operational in India after bagging necessary clearances and license from The Internet Corporation for Ass...

Online Shopping to become costlier post Maharashtra Plastic Ban

20Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

INDIA

Online Shopping to become costlier post Maharashtra Plastic Ban

Regular online shoppers might feel a little disappointed as Maharashtra government has banned the use of plastic which might result in a costlier online shopping in coming months. Post the plastic ban, e-commerce industry has come to alert adopting use of corrugated box particles and paper softeners to package products shipped outside as well as inside Maharashtra, which will result into a rise in packaging price thereby elevating the delivery cost. Additionally, some e-sellers have also increased the thickness of cardboard boxes that are more expensive than plastic packing. This is the reason e-commerce companies are planning to charge the extra cost from buyers. Notably, Paper packing costs higher than plastic and thermacoal packing by as much as 50 to 70 per cent. In such a sce...

Google to Invest $500 Million in Chinese E-commerce Giant

18Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

FUNDING

Google to Invest $500 Million in Chinese E-commerce Giant

The biggest multinational tech company Google announced on Monday that it will invest an amount of $500 million in Chinese second largest e-commerce platform called JD.com. Both the companies have mentioned this funding as an association that will help in the promotion of JD.com products on Google’s shopping service. In return for the funds, Google will receive more than 27 million newly issued Class A ordinary shares of JD.com at an issue price of $20.29 per share. This would also be helpful for the Chinese company to expand its existence beyond China and Southeast Asia to other markets in the US and Europe. "This partnership with Google opens up a broad range of possibilities to offer a superior retail experience to consumers throughout the world," stated Jianwen Liao, JD.com's chief...

Snapdeal CEO Jason Kothari Quits, Joins Infibeam as President

17Jun By NitishNo Comments

News

Snapdeal CEO Jason Kothari Quits, Joins Infibeam as President

Jason Kothari the former chief executive of Snapdeal is joining Ahmedabad-based online e-commerce platform Infibeam as President. In the sudden move, Kothari will now hold company's lead strategy, corporate development, international operations, and investor relations process. According to the press release, the company said, Kothari will help drive infibeam next phase of growth with the leadership team, it added. Jason Kothari said, "I'm very excited and happy to work with Mehta and the team at Infibeam to help accelerate the company's expansion. Earlier, Kothari served as the Chief Strategy and Investment Officer at Snapdeal. Now Snapdeal CFO Vikas Bhasin has taken over the responsibilities of Snapdeal. "Jason joins us with a history of high-impact business and strategic lead...

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Plans To Hit The E-Commerce Sector

15Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

News

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Plans To Hit The E-Commerce Sector

India’s business tycoon Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani-led Reliance Industries has its major plans to enter the country’s e-commerce market which is worth $200 Billion. The company aims to join offline as well as online buying experience for its customers. It is being reportedly stated that the plan will be carried forward by combining two units of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) namely Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd and Reliance Retail Ltd. The company aims to build an e-commerce space established on O2O (online-to-offline) market programme and bring local merchants on board boosting up their sales with the help of this plan. The O2O model helps to drag customers from online medium to buy products from offline channels. "Demand is going to come from tier 2 and 3 and 4 towns and cities. Then you nee...

15Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

BUSINESS

Myntra Plans to Expand Offline Business Aiming 100 Stores

The popular Indian e-commerce company Myntra is now on board to accelerate its growth by increasing the number of its offline stores from 12 to 100 in the coming two years’ time with the aim to make its private label business stronger. According to the reports, the fashion etailer will open 50 stores featuring its most selling and popular brand Roadster. Apart from this, the stores will also come up with brands like HRX and Mango, among others. Myntra already operates the franchise of the Mango label in India. The main purpose of expanding the offline presence is to strengthen the customer base for its brands. Ananth Narayanan, CEO of Myntra said, “We are not opening stores because we want them to be big sales centers. It is a great way to do branding for us and to provide the touch-an...

Paytm Mall Raises Huge Fund From SoftBank & Alibaba

13Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

FUNDING

Paytm Mall Raises Huge Fund From SoftBank & Alibaba

The e-commerce platform of Paytm known as ‘Paytm Mall’ has raised funds amounting to Rs 1500 crore from Japenese holding company SoftBank Group Corporation and its existing lender Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. According to the reports, the recent funding is a part of the funding commitment of Rs 3,000 crore that was at first announced in April. Paytm Mall has now received the third and final tranche of the deal. Alibaba and SoftBank Corp. had undertaken to invest an amount of Rs 3000 crore jointly in the Paytm Mall out of which the amount of Rs 2600 crore supposed to be invested by SoftBank and the rest Rs 400 crore by Alibaba. Paytm Mall is a Paytm-operated e-commerce platform that operates on its own mobile application making it easy for the users to have a look on a variety of brande...