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Union Government constitutes Amitabh Kant committee to review e-commerce rules

The Union Government has decided to set up a committee to look at easing the policy regime for e-commerce players, including the rules for foreign direct investment (FDI)....

August 11, 2016

Flipkart acquires Jabong through fashion portal Myntra

Homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart acquired online fashion portal Jabong through its fashion unit Myntra. It is said that Jabong was acquired by Flipkart in a cut-price deal that...

July 26, 2016

Union Government approves 100% FDI in Aviation, Defence and e-commerce sectors

The Union Government has eased foreign direct investment (FDI) norms for nine sectors to give impetus to job creation and ease of doing business in the country. Decision...

June 20, 2016

Flipkart acquires mobile payments firm PhonePe

India’s homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart has acquired a Bengaluru-based mobile payments company PhonePe for an undisclosed sum. PhonePe has been co-founded by ex-Flipkart employees Sameer Nigam and Rahul...

April 2, 2016

SBI Launches SBI e Smart SME to offer Ecommerce Loan

India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has launched SBI e-Smart SME to provide a working capital loan for sellers on ecommerce platforms. It was launched by...

February 26, 2016

Binny Bansal appointed as CEO of Flipkart

Homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart has promoted co-founder Binny Bansal to the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from current post Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. He...

January 12, 2016

Surojit Chatterjee appointed as Senior Vice President of Flipkart

Homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart has appointed Google’s executive Surojit Chatterjee as Senior Vice President and Head of Consumer Experience and Growth. In the new role, he will be...

November 4, 2015

Samardeep Subandh appointed as Chief Marketing Officer of Flipkart

Samardeep Subandh has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart. In his role as CMO, Subandh will be the primary custodian of Flipkart...

October 21, 2015

Aditya Birla Group launches online fashion portal abof.com

Kumar Mangalam Birla led Aditya Birla Group has launched a new online fashion store Abof.com. With this, the textiles and telecom conglomerate has entered into e-commerce space which...

October 17, 2015

Rajiv Mangla appointed as CTO of Snapdeal

Former Adobe executive Rajiv Mangla has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of eCommerce major Snapdeal. In his new role, Mangla will help to establish Snapdeal’s technical...

August 27, 2015

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