Tag Archives: ecommerce in India

18 Jan

Neha Dhupia Launches HerStyle, an Online Store Selling Lingerie, Nightwear and Thermals.

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Neha Dhupia Launches HerStyle, an Online Store Selling Lingerie, Nightwear and Thermals.

Bollywood actor Neha Dhupia has launched HerStyle (we earlier covered her ecommerce foray). HerStyle is an online store that offers International and national brands in lingerie, nightwear and alluring fragrances. In terms of technology, HerStyle runs on PrestaShop, a free … Read More »

 
05 Jan

Reviewed: PepperFry – The Lifestyle eCommerce Store Is Live (Claims INR 5 lakh of sales on Day 1)

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Reviewed: PepperFry - The Lifestyle eCommerce Store Is Live (Claims INR 5 lakh of sales on Day 1)

PepperFry, the eCommerce startup from the ex-Ebay heads, Ambreesh Murty and Ashish Shah, has gone live. The founders, in an interview soon after the $5Mn funding announcement, had mentioned that the venture would be focusing on Lifestyle segment that do … Read More »

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26 Oct

Flipkart Raising $200Mn From Carlyle And General Atlantic?

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Flipkart Raising $200Mn From Carlyle And General Atlantic?

There have been a lot of speculation regarding the latest valuation and series D funding of Flipkart. While a billion dollar valuation has been talked about and also been ridiculed, there wasn’t any credible name that came forward until now. A Reuters report … Read More »

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01 Oct

eCommerce Startups – Stop, Look and Proceed [Insights from eBay India Census Guide]

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eCommerce Startups - Stop, Look and Proceed [Insights from eBay India Census Guide]

eCommerce startups and men who complain about women’s shopping habits have a reason to be happy during this weekend (and also longer hopefully). The eBay 2011 census guide indicates that eCommerce is catching up real fast with Indians not only … Read More »

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22 Sep

Chhotu May Have The Answers To eCommerce Delivery Issues In India

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Chhotu May Have The Answers To eCommerce Delivery Issues In India

While eCommerce growth is driving everyone in media crazy and getting VCs to think about, “What am I missing?”, the ecosystem around eCommerce stills seems to be ruled by old world companies and is seeing very little innovation. From payment … Read More »

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24 Aug

Zivame – One Stop For Your Lingerie Shopping Needs

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Zivame - One Stop For Your Lingerie Shopping Needs

Lately atleast 3 out 5 startups that we review are into eCommerce. Everything in India is moving online and now it seems this a make or break time. We will either see a boom or a bubble burst. Given that … Read More »

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22 Aug

Baby Boom in India? Why Flood Of Baby Product eCommerce Sites? [Complete List]

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Baby Boom in India? Why Flood Of Baby Product eCommerce Sites? [Complete List]

Last year we saw a trend of Local Deal sites mushrooming everywhere. While the mainstream media is still Gung-ho about these sites, there is a new trend coming up, that of baby product sites. Logistics and inventory is a greater … Read More »

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22 Jul

Flipkart Story – All You Need To Know [Unofficially]

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Flipkart Story - All You Need To Know [Unofficially]

It’s been about a year since Flipkart started moving from being a pure bookstore to selling mobiles/DVDs etc. Then we had cribbed about a possible brand dilution and investor pressure. Probably we were never sure about the bigger picture. Since then, Flipkart went … Read More »

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21 Jul

Yebhi Raises INR 40 Crores From Catmaran Fund and Nexus Venture Partners

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Yebhi (earlier known as bigshoebazaar – read the story) has raised INR 40 Crores ($9mn) from Catmaran Fund and Nexus Venture Partners. Catmaran Fund has picked up 13% in the company and Nexus 7% (they earlier invested $2.5mn in Yebhi). … Read More »

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