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LATEST NEWS : Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved today announced its foray into e-commerce for its FMCG items, partnering major players in the space, including Amazon and Flipkart, and targeting over Rs 1,000 crore this year itself. The Haridwar-based company said it has partnered eight players, which also include Grofers, Shopclues, BigBasket, 1mg, Paytm Mall and Netmeds, through which its entire range of products would be available online. Besides, Patanjali said it will also expand into new product segments such as bottled water through brand 'Divya Jal' and apparels and footwear under the brand name 'Paridhan' this year. "Online mechanism aims to provide convenient and efficient options along with extension of traditional retail market", said Baba Ramdev. He further added: "We are targeting sales of over Rs 1,000 crore this year and would try to have more than that as we have just started now". The Haridwar-based company had started...

Hinglish borrows parts of both languages, including the grammar LATEST NEWS : The US e-commerce firm is beginning to ship Echo speakers in India this week, about a year after bringing them to foreign markets like the UK and Germany. In that time, teams of linguists, speech scientists, developers, and engineers have given a decidedly local makeover to the Alexa virtual assistant that powers the speakers. This Alexa uses a blend of Hindi and English and speaks with an unmistakably Indian accent. She knows Independence Day is August 15th, not July 4th, and wishes listeners “Happy Diwali and a prosperous New Year!” She also refers to the living room as ‘drawing room’ and can add jeera (cumin), haldi (turmeric) and atta (flour) to your shopping list. Then there are her cricket jokes. (Don’t ask.) “We wanted our devices to talk, walk and feel Indian,” said Parag Gupta, head of product management for Amazon Devices in India. “Alexa is not a visiting American, she has a very Indi...

From Myntra and Jabong to PhonePe, and now talks with BookMyShow, Swiggy, UrbanClap - Flipkart could be eyeing stakes in or buyouts of smaller peers to grow its own top line LATEST NEWS     :India’s largest home-grown internet company Flipkart is looking at acquiring stakes or buying out smaller peers to grow its own top line, a model perfected by Chinese counterparts Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu. Flipkart is said to be in talks with multiple firms like online food-ordering and delivery service Swiggy, home services firm Urban Clap, online furniture retailer Urban Ladder, ticket-booking platform BookMyShow and even some financial technology firms, according to a Livemint report on Monday. These deals seem to be at an exploratory stage, but Flipkart’s intent is increasingly becoming clearer. While investments in some of these firms might have obvious benefits – for example, Urban Ladder could list its furniture exclusively on Flipkart, or Swiggy’s delivery fl...

Amazon would host its Great Indian Festival sale on September 20-24 LATEST NEWS       : This Diwali, Amazon is planning to provide Indian shoppers the same experience customers have while shopping online in the US. The online retailer said that it would host its Great Indian Festival sale on September 20-24. The firm would open the sale for its Prime members on September 20, and for the rest the next day. Rival Flipkart is hosting its BigBillionDays sale from September 20-25 and is expecting a two to threefold jump in sales during the five-day sale compared to last year. The Indian firm said it would look to serve customers with big discounts, apart from offering them easy buying options such as EMI on credit and debit cards, exchange offers and buy-now-pay-later. Flipkart, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary, will offer selections in 80 categories through several exclusive partnerships with leading brands. “We have 160 million...

Flipkart says with Softbank money, it now has $4 billion cash reserves LATEST NEWS     :   SoftBank Vision Fund, the $100-billion technology-focused fund floated by Masayoshi Son, has invested an undisclosed but significant amount in India’s largest e-commerce marketplace Flipkart , making it one of the largest investors in the company. The investment is part of the same round that saw — Tencent, eBay and Microsoft — invest $1.4 billion in April and will be made at the same $11.6 billion valuation. Flipkart claims that with the investment from SoftBank Vision Fund, it will have $4 billion of cash on balance sheet. “India is a land of vast opportunity. We want to support innovative companies that are clear winners in India because they are best positioned to leverage technology and help people lead better lives. As the pioneers in Indian e-commerce, Flipkart is doing that every day,” said Masayoshi Son, founder and chairman & chief executive of...

Amazon Great Indian sale starts from August 9 and will go on till August 12. Know latest offers LATEST NEWS :     The season of the online sale is back and it's time to lighten your pockets once more. Starting from tomorrow, the sale will go on until August 12. Amazon will be offering discounts on smartphones and mobile accessories. The Amazon Great Indian sale will feature deals offered by thousands of sellers and brands on select products. Users on the Amazon app as well as the web will have access to it. Amazon Great Indian sale - Smartphone offers In the Amazon Great Indian Sale, customers can get 40 per cent off on mobiles and accessories which would also include up to 35 per cent discount on iPhones. Amazon will be offering discounts on smartphones and mobile accessories, and the list of devices includes Apple’s iPhone 7, 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6, along with OnePlus 3T, Lenovo, Moto, Samsung, Honor, Coolpad devices. There will be discounts...

Device hits a sweet spot between pricing and hardware; version with higher specs for Rs 37,999 Latest news :  After the early access sale last week, the OnePlus 5 is now available for open sale. The sale started at 12 am IST on Tuesday. The device can be purchased on both Amazon India and the online OnePlus Store. The device will also be available in OnePlus Experience Stores for offline purchase.   Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has launched its flagship OnePlus 5 in India at Rs 32,999 for the base model with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage, and at Rs 37,999 for the 8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant. The smartphone was first made available in the country exclusively through e-commerce site Amazon starting 4:30 pm on June 22. The flagship smartphone has been one of the most anticipated devices of the year so far. The OnePlus 5, coming with better camera, technical specifications and operating system than predecessor OnePlus 3T, but is it all enough to make it ...

Limited-edition Amazon-exclusive smartphone goes on sale on June 27, you get freebies on pre-booking LATEST NEWS : China-based smartphone manufacturer Gionee has launched the limited-edition Gionee A1, with Indian cricket star Virat Kohli’s signature inscribed on the back, at Rs 19,999. These smartphones will be available from 12 noon on June 27 exclusively on Amazon. On pre-ordering the Gionee A1 limited-edition smartphone, which started on June 20, you get complementary Sennheiser headphones. The selfie-centric Gionee A1 smartphone is equipped with a 16-megapixel front camera for clearer and more beautiful selfies and allows you to capture brighter pictures. The smartphone is powered by a 4010 mAh battery that supports ultrafast charging. The device runs the latest Android 7.0 Nougat, with Gionee’s custom Amigo 4.0 skin on top. READ THIS : Most of Apple employees 'leaking' secrets about upcoming devices: Report “We have always been committed to reach...

Around 4 per cent of the time is spent on online shopping Indian  consumers spend as much as 28 hours a week on their smartphones , seven fold more than the time they end up spending in watching programmes on television as more users access internet on their mobile phone. According to the Mary Meeker report, released on Wednesday night, the delivery of  entertainment, education, healthcare and marketplaces is being reimagined in India with the mobile phone emerging as the primary device for access to consumers. In education sector, the report said education technology firm Byju’s has shown 15 per cent improvement in the quality of learning by accessing content on smartphones. In the healthcare sector, prices of laboratory tests have dropped by 50 per cent due to the aggregate inventory maintained by startups such as 1Mg and Portea. Customers made savings of around 20-30 per cent due to drug comparison on these platforms. As far as payments are concerned, the...

The Redmi 4 is a capable smartphone with a perfect screen size and resolution. Watch hands-on review Xiaomi's latest budget offering, the Xiaomi Redmi 4 , is going on sale at 12 noon on Tuesday, exclusively on Amazon India. In the first flash sale that took place on May 23, the smartphone had seen a huge interest from buyers and registered a record sales number of a whopping 250,000 units within the first eight minutes. According to Amazon.in, the Xiaomi Redmi 4 had recorded more than 10 million hits per minute on the site, after having received some 2.3 million ‘notify me’ alerts from customers since the launch announcement on May 16. Read this: Strike today: Chemists down shutters across India, protest e-platform plan The dual-sim budget smartphone with VoLTE capabilities is the latest offering from Xiaomi and offers an all-round performance. The Xiaomi Redmi 4 smartphone is available in three storage and RAM options – 16GB/2GB, 32GB/3GB and 64GB/4GB -- which ...

With an efficient 4,100 mAh battery, Redmi 4 will be available from May 23 noon on Mi.com, Amazon.in China-based smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi on Tuesday updated its entry-level Redmi series with the launch of the Redmi 4 smartphone in India. Successor to the already famous Redmi 3S, the latest smartphone carries the legacy forward by offering a very efficient 4100mAh battery in a compact design form. The smartphone, priced at Rs 6,999, will be available from  noon on May 23 on Amazon India, Mi.com and Mi home. Coming to the specifications, the dual-SIM smartphone features a 5-inch HD screen enclosed in a metal body. The screen is covered with a 2.5D curved glass that adds to the overall design language of the smartphone. The device is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 processor, which is an octa-core SoC, coupled with an Adreno 505 GPU. The Redmi 4 supports 4G LTE and VoLTE out of the box, covering all-India LTE bands. Key features: IBM says sacking report factu...

The additional 14 fulfilment centres will bring the total to 41 centres for Amazon in India Amazon India is doubling its storage capacity with the addition of fourteen new fulfilment centres this year as it looks to cater to a growing base of Prime customers who demand expedited shipping. The company says the expansion will create an opportunity for the employment of around 5,000 individuals, spread across its 14 new centres. This figure will not include the temporary workforce Amazon hires to fulfill increased order demand during festivals and sales. Read this: Gaining in translation: Language users are blowing up internet in India "We've continued to expand our network over the past three years. For Prime customers, this growth in fulfilment centres enables them to get deliveries faster. So as the Prime customer base in India grows bigger they will be able to benefit from this," said Akhil Saxena, Vice President for Customer Fulfilment at Amazon Indi...

Moto G5 features a full metal design, faster processor and better camera functionality Handset maker  Motorola  on Tuesday launched the fifth generation of its best-selling Moto G series — Moto G5 — in the Indian market for Rs 11,999. The company had launched the higher-end Moto G5 Plus last month in India.The Moto G5 — which will be available on Online Shopping: Shop Online for Mobiles, Books, Watches, Shoes and More — features a full metal design, faster processor and better camera functionality. The device will compete with handsets from Xiaomi, Micromax as well as those from the stable of its parent Lenovo. Also read: Motorola launches Moto G5 in India at Rs 11,999: All you need to know "Moto G is our biggest franchise and the fastest selling as well. We had launched the   Moto G5  Plus a few weeks back and now we are bringing the Moto G5. India is an important market and we want to offer the best from our portfolio to consumers here," Motorola Mob...