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10club raises $40 million seed funding to build Thrasio of India
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10club, a six-month-old Indian startup that is building a Thrasio-like venture, said on Tuesday it has raised $40 million in what is one of the largest seed financing rounds in the South Asian market. The round was co-led by Fireside Ventures (a prominent Indian investor in consumer and hardware tech space) and an unnamed global […]
Topics: round, ventures, indian, thrasio, funding, startup, india, raised, techcrunch, seed, build, firms, million, ecommerce, 10club, brands, raises. -
Alibaba IPO in Hong Kong could raise US$20 billion
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There is growing expectation of an Alibaba IPO in Hong Kong which could raise as much as US$20 billion.
Topics: raise, hong, york, ipo, kong, expected, alibaba, billion, listing, firms, media, times, us20. -
Alibaba undergoes major management reshuffle
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Alibaba is reassigning roles to four of its executives in one of the biggest reshuffles in its recent history, the company announced on Monday morning. Maggie Wu, the e-commerce titan’s former chief financial officer, will step down next April and be replaced by Toby Xu, current deputy CFO. Wu will continue to be a partner […]
Topics: reshuffle, stock, kong, wu, alibaba, alibabas, zhang, major, firms, techcrunch, cfo, unit, undergoes, management. -
Amazon seeks India antitrust watchdog’s approval to buy Catamaran stake in Cloudtail-parent firm Prione
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Amazon is seeking an Indian antitrust watchdog’s approval to buy Catamaran Ventures’ stake in Prione, which operates one of the largest sellers on the e-commerce platform, months after the two firms said they won’t renew their joint venture after May next year. The announcement comes as a surprise as Catamaran owns a 76% stake in […]
Topics: buy, techcrunch, prione, seeks, catamaran, amazon, firm, joint, sellers, venture, indian, stake, laws, india, firms, ecommerce, watchdogs, cloudtailparent. -
Amazon, Flipkart and other e-commerce firms in India to resume sales of non-essential items from April 20
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Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal and other online shopping firms will resume selling “non-essential” items to customers in India starting April 20, weeks after New Delhi imposed a lockdown in the country that has cost e-commerce companies more than a billion dollars in sales. New Delhi said on Thursday that e-commerce companies can resume accepting customers orders […]
Topics: sales, india, paytm, ecommerce, companies, mall, techcrunch, firms, products, items, resume, amazon, customers, nonessential, orders, flipkart. -
Amazon, Flipkart, Ola and Uber begin to resume their services in India
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E-commerce firms Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart, and ride-hailing giants Ola and Uber are partially resuming their services in India after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government eased some restrictions late last week to revive economic activity that’s been stalled since the stringent stay-at-home orders were imposed across the nation in late March. The companies said in […]
Topics: techcrunch, smartphone, ola, zones, flipkart, resume, amazon, begin, orange, india, green, firms, services, uber, red. -
Amazon-backed Indian D2C beauty brand MyGlamm raises $71 million
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MyGlamm, a direct-to-consumer beauty brand in India that sells most of its products through its own website, app and retail touch points, said on Monday it has raised $71.3 million in a financing round as the Mumbai-headquartered firm looks to scale its business across the South Asian market. The startup had raised $23.5 million in […]
Topics: raises, firms, d2c, startup, popxo, investment, amazonbacked, users, indian, brand, million, techcrunch, venture, directtoconsumer, myglamm, round, beauty. -
Amazon’s top Indian seller Cloudtail to cease operations next year amid regulatory heat
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Amazon and parent of its top Indian seller Cloudtail have decided to not continue their joint venture after May 2022, the two firms said in a statement Monday, hours after India’s top court ruled that the American e-commerce firm and Walmart’s Flipkart must face antitrust investigations in the South Asian market. Billionaire N.R. Narayana Murthy’s […]
Topics: amazons, amazon, firms, india, venture, techcrunch, indian, amid, flipkart, joint, ecommerce, cloudtail, seller, operations, cease, heat, sellers, regulatory. -
B2B Online 2019: How to take your commerce practice from good to great
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B2B Online 2019 did not disappoint. Attendees got their questions (and then some) answered but if you weren’t able to make it in person, Shreyas Sali synthesizes the key takeaways here.
Topics: b2b, firms, ecommerce, experiences, b2c, commerce, good, practice, buyers, online, journey, experience, digital, great. -
Best Financial PR Agencies & Services : Top Financial PR Firms to Help Your Business
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Financial companies are often under immense public scrutiny. A single mistake could lead to a scandal that destroys a company’s…
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Best Fintech PR Agencies & Services : Top Firms to Boost your Fintech Business
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It’s paramount for businesses of every kind to create a positive brand image, more so now than ever. This is…
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Capricorn Hedge Funds Boost Bets on South African Firms
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Capricorn Fund Managers has increased its investments in companies in South Africa, signaling bullishness on the country’s new leadership following Jacob Zuma’s resignation as president.
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Capricorn Hedge Funds Boost Bets on South African Firms
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Capricorn Fund Managers has increased its investments in companies in South Africa, signaling bullishness on the country’s new leadership following Jacob Zuma’s resignation as president.
Topics: funds, boost, group, mostaque, hedge, south, companies, fund, capricorn, african, firms, bets. -
Cashify raises $15 million for its second-hand smartphone business in India
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Tens of millions of people each year purchase a second-hand smartphone in India, the world’s second-largest market. Phone makers and giant online sellers such as Amazon and Flipkart are aware of it, but it’s too much of a hassle for them to inspect, repair and resell used phones. But these firms also know that customers […]
Topics: trading, million, building, raises, returned, sell, business, startup, ecommerce, secondhand, india, firms, smartphone, techcrunch, cashify. -
China’s Pinduoduo raises $1.1 billion in private share placement
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Chinese e-commerce firm Pinduoduo said on Tuesday it had raised $1.1 billion in a private share placement that will enable its further expansion and allow it to capture “additional opportunities” during the times of uncertainty. The Nasdaq-listed firm said some of its long-term investors financed the deal. The investors were granted newly issued Class A […]
Topics: chinas, losses, firm, recent, private, share, billion, firms, pinduoduo, revenue, investors, growth, techcrunch, million, opportunities, raises, placement. -
China’s tech firms rush to deliver solutions for grocery shopping
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Nearly all of China’s largest internet firms have established a presence in online grocery. Just this week, news arrived that Alibaba co-led the $196 million C3 funding round of Nice Tuan, the two-year-old grocery group-buying firm’s fourth round year to date. People in China shop online for almost everything, including groceries. At first, grocery e-commerce […]
Topics: chinas, techcrunch, solutions, shopping, deliver, groupbuying, ecommerce, online, normally, delivery, shoppers, rush, orders, grocery, model, tech, group, firms. -
DTC is now a sustainable alternative retail strategy, says GlobalData
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Direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail models are coming to light as a dependable strategy following on from the coronavirus era, according to new research by GlobalData.
Topics: reach, try, pandemic, consumers, dtc, sustainable, alternative, trend, trust, retail, products, brands, firms, strategy, globaldata. -
Forget winning, can Amazon survive in India?
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During a visit to India in 2014, Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos made a splashy announcement: His firm was investing $2 billion in the South Asian nation, just a year after beginning operations in the country. Amazon’s announcement underscored how far India had come to open up to foreign firms. The nation, which had largely […]
Topics: winning, india, survive, amazon, indian, firms, reliance, country, techcrunch, retail, group, firm, billion, forget. -
Government To Lay Down Competition Guidelines For E-Commerce Firms
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It is also added that regulating e-commerce intermediaries on grounds of only misinformation is not enough as they need to be regulated on grounds of competition
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Hustle Exec: Ecommerce Firms Should Acquire Content Providers
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Adam Ryan joined The Hustle in August 2016, four months after its launch, as a part-time advertising salesman. By February 2021, when HubSpot acquired it, he was president. Ryan is now an investor and consultant, advising companies on content strategies that engage prospects.
Topics: company, say, hustle, newsletter, theyre, media, thats, providers, content, exec, ecommerce, acquire, youre, brand, firms. -
India proposes tougher e-commerce rules to address ‘widespread cheating’ complaints
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India proposed on Monday banning flash sales on e-commerce platforms and preventing their affiliate entities from being listed as sellers as the South Asian market looks to further tighten rules that could hurt the future prospects of Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart in the world’s second-largest market. The proposal (PDF), unveiled by India’s Ministry of Consumer […]
Topics: rules, flash, ecommerce, sales, techcrunch, india, proposal, address, proposes, firms, complaints, ministry, sellers, flipkart, tougher, amazon, cheating, widespread. -
Indian logistics firm Xpressbees becomes unicorn with $300 million fresh funding
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Xpressbees, an Indian logistics startup that works with several e-commerce firms in the country, has more than tripled its valuation to $1.2 billion in a new financing round. The Pune-headquartered startup said on Wednesday it has raised $300 million — $100 million in primary and $200 million in secondary (to give partial exit to Alibaba […]
Topics: xpressbees, funding, firms, blackstone, unicorn, logistics, indian, firm, growth, fresh, online, valuation, techcrunch, ecommerce, million, startup. -
Indian startups diversify their businesses to offset COVID-19 induced losses
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E-commerce giant Flipkart is planning to launch a hyperlocal service that would enable customers to buy items from local stores and have those delivered to them in an hour and a half or less. Yatra, an online travel and hotel ticketing service, is exploring a new business line altogether: supplying office accessories. Flipkart and Yatra […]
Topics: grocery, startups, stores, losses, told, online, induced, users, covid19, firms, services, indian, offset, techcrunch, startup, diversify, businesses. -
India’s ElasticRun raises $75 million to grow its commerce platform for neighborhood stores
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A startup that is helping more than 125,000 neighborhood stores in India secure working capital, inventory from top brands and work with e-commerce firms to boost revenues said on Thursday it has raised a new financing round as it looks to further its reach in the world’s second-largest internet market. Pune-based ElasticRun said it has […]
Topics: raises, indias, elasticrun, firms, startup, stores, neighborhood, ecommerce, startups, platform, techcrunch, round, ventures, commerce, million, grow, secure. -
India’s GlobalBees raises $150 million to build Thrasio-like house of brands
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The universe of Indian firms attempting to replicate Thrasio’s success in the world’s second-largest internet market just got bigger. Three-month-old GlobalBees said on Monday it has raised $150 million in a Series A financing round led by FirstCry. Lightspeed Venture Partners also invested in the new financing round, which is $75 million in equity and […]
Topics: raised, india, build, firms, techcrunch, house, agarwal, brands, market, globalbees, thrasiolike, debt, equity, indias, raises, million. -
India’s Lenskart wins US$275 million in Softbank funding
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Indian omni-channel eyewear retailer Lenskart has raised an investment of US$275 million from SoftBank Vision Fund.
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JD plans US$4.05 billion Hong Kong listing
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Chinese e-commerce giant JD is looking to raise up to US$4.05 billion in a secondary share listing in Hong Kong.
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Marketing in the Pandemic Creates Opportunities Afterward
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The coronavirus pandemic has changed everything. Retail shopping habits have been upended. Businesses that attract new customers and retain existing ones — right now — could recover or grow quickly when the economy reopens and moves forward.
Topics: review, advertising, pandemic, growth, sales, creates, recession, marketing, companies, afterward, opportunities, increased, tellis, economy, firms. -
Six companies form major logistics company EV Cargo
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Six logistics companies from the United Kingdom have combined to form a new logistics company, which is said to be the largest privately owned logistics company in the country. The newly created company is called EV Cargo. The idea for the new logistics company, comes from private equity firm EmergeVest.… Continue reading
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SoftBank in talks to back India’s ElasticRun
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SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Goldman Sachs are in talks to back Indian commerce startup ElasticRun, according to four people familiar with the matter. The proposed Series E financing round, at about $200 million, values ElasticRun at over $1 billion, the sources said, requesting anonymity, as the deliberations are ongoing and private. The Pune-headquartered ElasticRun […]
Topics: startup, elasticrun, brands, billion, softbank, techcrunch, indias, million, talks, stores, indian, ecommerce, firms. -
Taobao looks to boost young entrepreneurs showing originality
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Chinese social commerce platform Taobao has inaugurated a new ratings system to reward deserving young creators and small enterprises.
Topics: boost, taobao, exposure, looks, market, platform, firms, small, young, originality, maker, system, entrepreneurs, leverage, showing. -
Tech firms face higher levies as Kenya plans to double digital service tax
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Kenya plans to double the digital service tax (DST) to 3% beginning July this year, as the government taps the growing online economy to increase its domestic revenues and narrow fiscal deficit. It is expected that the new rates, proposed in the Finance Bill by the country’s Treasury department, will be passed by the lawmakers. […]
Topics: plans, firms, companies, services, treasury, higher, tech, service, dst, techcrunch, tax, revenues, digital, face, levies, kenya. -
Zara parent Inditex’s omnichannel strategy helps boost sales
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Inditex, owner of the Zara and Pull & Bear brands, has achieved record first-quarter sales and profits following efforts to bring its online and offline businesses together.
Topics: strategy, boost, inditex, zara, inditexs, billion, isla, brands, parent, online, firms, cent, omnichannel, helps, sales, million.