Indian E-Commerce Growth Has Stalled, And All E-Commerce Companies Need To Be Very, Very Worried
Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal have spent the last three years engaged in a brutal war for market supremacy. They’ve put in tremendous amounts of…
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Uber Is Now Banned In Both Italy And Denmark
Uber’s perhaps the most global startup in the world, with on-ground operations in an astonishing 581 cities across 81 countries. This global penetration helps it…
Flipkart Is Looking To, Once Again, Enter The Grocery Delivery Business
A few months ago, Flipkart had mocked Amazon for selling daily-use products during the Holiday sales. “We did not sell ‘churan’, ‘hing’, detergent,…
If Flipkart And Snapdeal Do Merge, They’ll Create An Entity Of Mindboggling Scale And Size
The single biggest moment in India’s young startup ecosystem might soon be upon us. Flipkart and Snapdeal – currently the two highest valued startups…
How Baba Sehgal Has Masterfully Used Social Media To Reinvent His Career
KFC featured an unconventional ad this week. The 87 year-old firm had launched something called the Chilli Chizza in India, and its promotional…
WhatsApp To Let Users Make Payments On Its Platform, Will Take On Wallets And Banks
If wallet companies thought they’d stolen a march over banks and other financial institutions by getting large numbers of installs and users, they…
How Uber Is Using Techniques Found In Video Games To Make Sure Its Drivers Drive Long Hours
It’s become second nature – you order a cab, and a driver dutifully glides over in minutes. But to get the driver to…
These Indian Startups Were At Their Geekiest Best For Their April Fools Pranks This Year
The April Fools prank is becoming an established part of the Indian corporate calendar. Google had been the first company to bring these pranks…
Cafe Coffee Day Appears To Have A Long And Uncomfortable History With Cockroaches
The Indian internet has been in uproar over the last few days. A man had managed to videotape cockroaches snugly wedged into a fridge at…