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Shopclues Expecting 20,000 Cr Sales in This Financial Year
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Shopclues Expecting 20,000 Cr Sales in This Financial Year

E-commerce company Shopclues expects to register more than two fold jump in Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) from its platform at USD 3 billion (about Rs 20,000 crore) by the end of current financial year. "We are planning to close financial year 2016-17 at annualised GMV rate of USD 3 billion," Shopclues Chief Business Officer Radhika Ghai Aggarwal said. The company has registered GMV sales of USD 1.2 billion in 2015-16, she said. Shopclues expects that additional push to its business will come from fashion category which it has recently started. "The company has already added 60,000 new sellers on its platform under fashion category and will take this number to 1,50,000 by the end of the year. In GMV and orders terms, we expect 100 per cent growth in fashion category by end of ongoing ...
Alibaba Expects $900 Billion Transaction Volumes By 2020
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Alibaba Expects $900 Billion Transaction Volumes By 2020

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Tuesday it expects to nearly double its transaction volumes by 2020, signalling it still expects rampant growth as Executive Chairman Jack Ma pledged to intensify a crackdown on fake goods. At an investor conference at its headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, Alibaba said it expects to record 6 trillion yuan ($912 billion) in gross merchandise volume (GMV) in fiscal 2020, nearly double 3.09 trillion yuan in fiscal 2016. Echoing that growth, Ma said Alibaba expects to have 2 billion consumers on its books by 2036, up from 423 million active buyers in 2016. Addressing concerns about the company's efforts to remove counterfeit products from its online platforms, Ma said Alibaba will do "anything to stop the fake produ...
Warehouse Demand For E-commerce Firms Increases 22% in 2015: Study
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Warehouse Demand For E-commerce Firms Increases 22% in 2015: Study

E-commerce has emerged as one of the key drivers for warehouse realty after third party logistics operators in 2015, a recent study by property consultant CBRE South Asia.  Third party logistics operators constituted 30 per cent of the total demand for warehouse realty followed by e-commerce at 22 per cent. Nearly 2 million sqft of warehousing space was taken up by e-commerce firms in 2015, which is a significant jump as the share of the sector rose from a meagre 2 per cent of the total warehousing demand in 2012, to around 22 per cent during 2015. On the same lines, office space demand from e-commerce firms witnessed a 170 per cent year-on-year growth?from 7 lakh sqft in 2014 to 2 million sqft in 2015. "Investors have begun to show more interest as the growth story of the sector contin...
Snapdeal Opens Data Sciences Centre in California
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Snapdeal Opens Data Sciences Centre in California

Online marketplace Snapdeal today said it has established a data sciences centre in San Carlos, California to get top global talent and build high-value solutions. The centre will focus on big-data and advanced analytics to add clarity to Snapdeals consumer-centric initiatives, help shape business strategy and optimise the operational efficiencies using data. "We have set up a data science engine in California, which is home to domain talent, to further augment our efforts in creating a superior customer experience and strengthen our supply chain. Snapdeal is extensively working on data mining through an existing analytics team," Rohit Bansal, co-founder, Snapdeal said. The centre houses experienced data scientists from leading global brands like Groupon, Google, Yahoo and Amazon and ...
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Myntra Launches ‘Try Myntra’ Campaign to Encourage Online Shopping

Myntra - India's leading fashion portal has launched 'Try Myntra, you'll love it' campaign as a successor to its popular '#JustArrived' tagline. Through this campaign, Myntra aims to address the inhibitions of shoppers who are reluctant to buy clothes online. The campaign is estimated to reach out to 20 million online shoppers who avoid online shopping of clothes due to constraints such as touch, feel, fitting, exchange policy and others. The campaign targets the key essence of easy returns and cashback policies, while emphasizing the fact that clothes purchased online are perfectly fitting. As a part of campaign, two short films have been launched. The first film starts with Abhay Deol andIra Dubey, as a married couple, wherein Ira is trying a new one piece dress, only to realize th...
Chinas Tiens Group to Enter Indian E-commerce Market
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Chinas Tiens Group to Enter Indian E-commerce Market

China Tiens Group plans to foray into the fast growing Indian e-commerce market to take on the likes of Flipkart and Amazon as the firm plans to set up its marketplace by the second half of the year. The group also plans to expand direct selling business in the country and expand user base to one crore over the next five years. "We plan to sell 3,000 products from the online shopping platform, which would be ready in the second half of the year. Indian customers will be able to buy products from different countries on the platform," Tiens South Asia Region President Kevin Hou told PTI. The Indian e-commerce market is estimated to touch USD 119 billion (Rs 8 lakh crore) by 2020. In March, the government allowed 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in online retail of goods an...
E-commerce Effect cause 55.58% decline in footfalls at Delhi-NCR malls in this Diwali
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E-commerce Effect cause 55.58% decline in footfalls at Delhi-NCR malls in this Diwali

In the wake of an unprecedented surge in e-commerce, shopping malls already under huge pressure due to large vacant spaces are expected to see a sharp decline in the footfalls could be to the extent of 55.58 per cent during the ongoing festive season this year, reveals an ASSOCHAM recent survey. According to the just concluded survey, Delhi-NCR has recorded the highest decline in footfalls at city malls. As per the study, about 120-150 malls were launched in the past two years but close to 65-70% of the spaces in many of the malls still remain empty. Several malls, unable to attract the shops are even shutting down. The major factors attributed to this situation are an economic slowdown, online shopping, high-interest rate and inflation of consumer good items, the steep dro...
This website tell you where to buy cheap products
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This website tell you where to buy cheap products

Ticnpic is India's first Network based Product search which takes into account both e-commerce and local commerce and includes augmented reality to make search easier. It lets you pick any product from any online shopping website and post it on your account and enjoy your own shopping space to compare, share and buy. You can follow people to get connected with new trending products, and to select the best choice for you. In this way you can buy the best product by comparing and sharing, thus making shopping easier. Pixr8 caught up with Saurabh Gupta, the Operational Manager & Head Automobile Department (R&D) of Ticnpic. Here is the story of Ticnpic -  (more…)