Pennsylvania based Hershey Corp has partnered with two delivery service companies in India to offer its product line via ecommerce. Swiggy will sell products to consumers in the New Delhi National Capital Region, Mumbai and Bangalore while a company called Denzo is serving Hyderabad ad Bangalore.
Apple India Offers Built To Order Macs
Apple, Inc is finally giving customers in India the ability to order customized versions of iMac, MacBook Air, Mac Mini and other Mac computers according to TechCrunch. Customers in India can now request specific custom needs such as additional memory, storage or a more powerful graphics card when they purchase...
Pandemic Accelerates Possibility of Alcohol E-Commerce
According to a report in Spirits Business , India is in “advanced talks” to move into alcohol e-commerce for the first time. The channel would run alongside licensed bricks-and-mortar stores and the country’s “thriving” e-tailer platforms, which currently cannot offer alcohol. The move “may help provide tax income for Indian...
Flipkart, Amazon Report $4.3 Billion in Festive Sales in India
During the 15-day festival period of Diwali in October, India’s top two web retailers Flipkart (in which Walmart is a majority stake holder), and Amazon clocked a combined sales figure of $4.3 billion. The festive sale period helps etailers shore up sales as this is when consumers plan large-value purchases...
India's Reliance to Launch e-Commerce Platform
Mukesh Ambani, Asia's richest man and chairman of Mumbai-based Reliance Industries will soon launch Reliance Retail, an e-commerce platform in India. The marketplace will allow small merchants or 'kiranas' and other offline vendors to sell their goods online. Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, the mobile network operator owned by Reliance Industries introduced...
Amazon's India Innovations Adopted Globally
Seattle-based Amazon's innovations in India are being adopted by its teams from across the globe including its U.S. and European e-commerce arms, Terry Hanold, vice president of Amazon's international consumer technology, said. The Times of India reports that a successful innovation, called "seller flex," allows a seller to make their...