By Gaurav Pradhan Snapdeal, one of the big players of Indian Online Retail, has acquired Wishpicker which is platform which helps in giving gift purchase recommendations through analytics related to the person which necessary inputs from its social and other profile. This is the fifth acquisition for Snapdeal. Earlier acquisitions were of Doozton (a fashion
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OLA Cabs in Indian Billion Dollar Club
By Gaurav Pradhan OLA Cabs was raised its valuation to nearly US$ 1 billion (₹ 6100 crore), joining the league of Indian valuable start-ups, making itself into a Billion Dollar Club. Japan’s SoftBank Corp financed the company US$ 210 million. Olacabs started their journey from Mumbai, but now they are functional in Bangalore. It is
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Why Walmart is thinking about Online Retail ?
By Gaurav Pradhan Online Retail Universe is looking forward for a big turn-around as some big brick-and-mortar Retailers are looking to enter into Online Retail. On 15th October 2014, Walmart Stores Inc. has announced that it will be looking into the e-commerce, entering into digital retail space. They are thinking of investing an estimated US
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Why Investors are willing to invest on Amazon & Flipkart ?
By Gaurav Pradhan Online Retail is attracting money. This is a good sign for e-Commerce industry. On July 29th, Flipkart Internet Pvt. – India’s Largest e-commerce company- confirmed the news of raising USD $ 1 billion, for improving their business which is facing stiff competition from Amazon.com and
