Flipkart hires Google veteran to head product development at Myntra

Myntra, part of Flipkart, appointed Ambarish Kenghe as Senior Vice President and Head of Product. Ambarish will start working at Myntra’s Bengaluru headquarters by the end of this month and will report to CEO, Mukesh Bansal to scale up Myntra’s product road map. His task at the app-based retailer will include “leveraging the mobile smartphone […]

Flipkart courts retailers with Seller Advantage Week

Flipkart, India’s largest online marketplace launched the ‘Seller Advantage Week’—an initiative in an attempt to woo new sellers to its platform. As a part of Flipkart’s national seller campaign, ‘Apne Sapne Jee Kar Dekho,’ this initiative will offer support and guidance to new sellers to kick-start a hassle-free online journey. Sellers who register with Flipkart […]

Industry opposes suggestion to exclude Amazon, Flipkart etc from key ecommerce responsibilities

Certain rules suggested by the government of India for possible inclusion in its upcoming e-commerce policy have drawn opposition from industry bodies. Key among these are the conditions that payment collection, packing and delivery should be made the responsibility of the seller and not the intermediary website (such as Flipkart and Amazon). The Department of […]

Lenovo K3 Note Flash Sale: Sold out, but many made it

UPDATE: Today’s sale saw another 49,800 units sold in 8 seconds. The Lenovo K3 Note, the most value-for-money phablet ever to be launched in India, has been sold out within seconds of the its first flash sale kicking off on Flipkart. A total of around 50,000 phones were sold in a matter of 5 seconds. However, unlike in […]

Flipkart ties up with Future group, Shopper’s Stop and @Home to home decor online

Online retailer Flipkart announced a strategic partnership with three of the country’s largest home retail brands—Home Town (Future group), HomeStop (Shoppers Stop) and @Home to sell home decor items. “The partnerships will introduce a whole new range of products from these retail brands—adding to Flipkart’s existing portfolio of 1000+ brands with seven lakhs home products,” […]

Flipkart lets you click your friend’s dress and buy it online

Flipkart, which has recently been overtaken by Amazon India as India’s most visited ecommerce website, has announced a new ‘Image search’ feature on its mobile app. With the app, you can take a snap of anyone wearing any dress, and that app will try to locate a similar dress for you. “The added feature has […]

Xiaomi Mi Pad at 11k, Mi4 at 14k, Moto G at 10k — on Flipkart Big Sale today

It looks like Flipkart is very eager to get some of its exclusive items moving off its shelves, going by the kind of offers and discounts that the online retailer is offering today – the last day of its Big App Shopping Days. The best offers in the electronic segments are the following. Xiaomi Mi […]

Infibeam to offer up to 80% discounts on ‘Big Bang Sale’

After Flipkart and Amazon, it’s the turn of Infibeam.com to offer its own ‘big bang’ sale, from Monday through Wednesday. “Various global electronics brands including Apple, Microsoft, LG, Samsung, HP, Philips along with several national brands such as Micromax, Intex and many others will be offering their products in the Big Bang Sale,” the company […]

Flipkart offers app discounts on mobiles and TVs – Xperia Z3 for Rs 35,500

India’s biggest e-retailer Flipkart is offering special discounts on its ‘big app shopping days’ from today through Wednesday, including on mobiles, TVs, tablets and clothes. The highlights of the offer are the discounts on items that are exclusively sold through Flipkart – such as mobile phones from brands like Motorola. Another interesting offer is that […]

Xiaomi Mi4 lists on Flipkart: But where are the reviews?

One of the interesting things about online purchases is the ease of exchanging information and opinion about a product from customers, and Flipkart is no exception. User reviews play a crucial part in deciding whether or not someone buys a product or not. However, there is no facility for commenting on the phone on Flipkart’s product page for Mi4, despite […]

Flipkart launches world’s first dual-screen mobile – Yotaphone, price 23k

Jumbo Electronics, a leading IT, telecom and consumer electronics retailer and distributor in the UAE, and Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce marketplace, have launched the world’s first dual-screen smartphone – YotaPhone – in the subcontinent. After being named as the exclusive distributor of Yota Devices in the Middle East earlier this year, Jumbo has successfully expanded […]