Ecommerce is a rapidly evolving and dynamic sector, necessitating extensive consultations with stakeholders for the development of a national policy, as per information presented in Parliament on Wednesday. Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Som Parkash, stated in a written response to the Lok Sabha that a draft ecommerce policy was made public on […]
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, the short video platform launched its online shopping service in 2021 named TikTok Shop in Indonesia. The ecommerce platform is currently available in the UK and the US markets. To boost its online retail platform in the US, ByteDance is planning to prohibit links to other ecommerce platforms such […]
Fashion e-tailer AJIO on Wednesday announced its flagship event ‘Big Bold Sale’, which is powered by Adidas and co-powered by Superdry. The Big Bold Sale will commence on Thursday. Customers got early access to the sale starting from December 4. In the biggest-ever edition of the Big Bold Sale (BBS), customers can shop across 5500+ […]
People are underestimating the potential of Open Network For Digital Commerce (ONDC), which has the potential to become a leading platform in the future, said Vijay Shekhar Sharma at an event on Monday. “According to me, people are underestimating the power of this platform to inevitably become a bigger platform, at least as Paytm and […]
The Centre has introduced guidelines for the prevention and regulation of dark patterns and has banned its use on e-commerce platforms that intend to deceive customers or manipulate their choices. In a gazette dated 30 November 2023 by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), the new guidelines were notified and will apply to all ecommerce […]
The Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), in collaboration with Google Cloud India, Antler in India, Paytm, Protean and Startup India revealed ‘Build for Bharat’ initiative. According to the ONDC, the initiative aims to tackle diverse challenges in digital commerce, promoting industry innovation to develop practical solutions in this space. ‘Build for Bharat’ intends to […]
Consumer electronics brand Boat has partnered with quick commerce grocery delivery platform Swiggy Instamart, the company announced in a press release on Friday. Commenting on this partnership, Aman Gupta, co-founder and CMO, Boat said, “This partnership will provide our consumers with the ultimate convenience of ordering their favourite boAt products and having them delivered to […]
The global shopping phenomenon, Black Friday, continues to make waves in India. Unicommerce, an ecommerce enablement SaaS platforms, based on the orders processed on its platform, conducted an analysis of the Black Friday weekend, revealing a sharp 23 per cent increase in ecommerce order volumes as compared to the Black Friday sale weekend of 2022. […]
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) came down heavily on the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) for promoting e-commerce players to leverage district-specific products and their exports from the country. Terming the idea of the foreign trade policy formulator idea as “good,” it noted that it would be detrimental to the interests of […]
Only 7 per cent of Indian households currently utilise ecommerce or grocery apps for purchasing fruits and vegetables online, as revealed in a survey by LocalCircles. The survey, which garnered over 24,000 responses from household consumers across 297 districts in India, indicated that 61 per cent of respondents were male, while 39 per cent were […]
