Snapdeal launches instant refund facility

Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015, 18:12

Online marketplace Snapdeal on Friday launched its instant refund facility to help its customers get refunds within one hour of receiving the returned products, a company statement said here.

Focussed on mobility but no timeline to go app-only: Flipkart

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 15:17

eCommerce major Flipkart on Tuesday said it is focused on developing products for mobile devices but has not decided on the timeline to go app-only.

Jack Ma joins Alibaba's $4 billion shares buy-back

Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2015, 23:08

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's founder and chairman Jack Ma and vice chairman Joe Tsai today said they would use their own money to buy the company's shares as it began a two-year plan to buy-back shares worth USD 4 billion.

Jack Ma criticised for not helping Tianjin blast victims

Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2015, 23:01

Jack Ma, one of China's richest men and the founder of e-commerce giant Aibaba, has come under immense pressure from netizens who criticised him for not donating money for the welfare of the victims of last week's Tianjin blasts that killed at least 114 people.

Speed hiring: Now, get hired or fired in just 12 minutes!

Last Updated: Sunday, August 16, 2015, 21:27

Job street has just got into fast lane with a new concept called 'speed hiring', wherein suitable candidates are filtered out in flat 12 minutes!

Resale price pacts in online retail space under probe: CCI

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2015, 18:02

Keeping a close watch on the growing e-commerce market, fair trade regulator CCI is probing whether certain resale price arrangements between manufacturers and e-retailers violate competition norms.

Flipkart sells 150 mn products online till August

Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2015, 14:34

Leading e-retail major Flipkart on Monday said it has sold 150 million products till date this calendar year, registering a whopping 150 percent growth over last year.

Internet, e-commerce boosting Chinese farmers incomes

Last Updated: Sunday, August 2, 2015, 15:57

Internet aided by e-commerce is boosting income of Chinese farmers and helping in turning the backward agricultural sector into a lucrative modern industry.

Indiamart aims to facilitate biz worth Rs 30,000 cr in FY16

Last Updated: Sunday, August 2, 2015, 15:37

Online marketplace Indiamart expects value of deals facilitated through its platform to grow by about 33 percent to Rs 30,000 crore for its SME partners by the end of 2015-16.

Snapdeal launches 'Instant' to speed up delivery

Last Updated: Friday, July 31, 2015, 19:07

eCommerce firm Snapdeal has rolled out a new service 'Snapdeal Instant' to allow delivery of packages to customers as early as within an hour of placing the order.

Alibaba Group to invest $1.0 bn in cloud computing

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 15:41

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will invest $1.0 billion in its cloud computing arm to expand its international presence, the company said Wednesday, as it looks outside its core business and beyond traditional markets.