Prime Minister Narendra Modi literary sum up the Indian thrive for information technology and growing e-commerce sector in his words by saying ‘IT+IT=IT; Indian talent + Information technology = India Tomorrow’. The Digital India campaign has given a push to the budding e-commerce sector of India. However, the e-commerce sector doesn’t have a garden path […]
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In May 2015, Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Snapdeal Chief Executive Kunal Bahl and the company’s directors, in connection with the sale of prescription drugs online. That’s when the concept of online pharmacy came into light. With more customers willing to shop online for just about anything,
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India’s 2014 2G auctions ended yesterday after just 11 days and 68 rounds of bidding. Through these auctions, the Indian government was able to raise Rs 61,162.22 crores from the sale of 353.2 MHz of spectrum, with the two circles of Delhi and Mumbai accounting for 57% of the total money raised. You can read
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The smartphone market is no stranger to legal struggles – Apple and Samsung have had legendary battles over patent disputes but this has largely been the case in US & Europe. However, the ripple effect is beginning to show in the Indian and also around Asian market with growing competition between brands. In the last
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In the final report, the Metro man says the board was set up originally to “make policies, plans, to lay broader principles of railway management, to frame rules, to inspect and guide the railways”. “And today the board is not performing these roles” he says. On ‘delegating tendering and commercial powers to general managers and
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OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLE Joining the smartphones wars ensuing in India, the recent entrant in the ring happens to be M/s Best IT World (India) Private Limited ( iBall ) – who Informed the Competition Commission of India ( CCI ) how Ericsson is abusing its dominant position, contravening Competition law in the Indian
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Why does everyone love peer-to-peer ( P2P) networking systems these days? As a consumer you feel empowered with choices, get to operate on your own terms and only with those counter-parties you want to. And how is this magic achieved? With the power of all-encompassing algorithms. Naturally, a lot of economic theories and market data
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Most scaling businesses now are disruptive technology-based solutions – Be it the taxi aggregators like OLA/Uber or Online marketplaces or retail brands / product aggregators like Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal. As these technology companies / market players like OLA, Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal raise stakes – Will this help consumer choices or hamper rivals? The Competition Commission
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What do consumers look for ? Best ‘value for money’ spent – does this mean better choices or do they only want to save money – which is important – but do they look at long term benefits in terms of getting quality and improvement while comparing product choices? What do Retailers or producers offer?
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In recent times, online retail or e-commerce has substantially reshaped the shopping experience of customers. The E-commerce industry in India is expected to reach the $100-billion mark by Financial year 2020, owing to increasing internet usage, discounting and investment by online retailers. Modes of E-Commerce Transaction E-commerce transactions could either be Business to Business (B2B)
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