Two years after launching its first e-commerce site in the US, luxury watchmaker Omega has expanded its online business by unveiling an online shop in the UK. The initiative will help increase the Swiss brand’s direct to consumer retail reach, and marks the start of a wider online rollout taking place in the near future, […]

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Amazon.com Inc plans to close its domestic marketplace business in China by mid-July, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday, focusing efforts on its more lucrative businesses selling overseas goods and cloud services in the world’s most populous nation. Shoppers in China will no longer be able to buy goods from third-party merchants […]

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Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani announced details of a new online shopping platform Friday that will see his oil-to-telecoms conglomerate take on Amazon and Walmart in India’s burgeoning e-commerce market. Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries, said the company’s telecoms and consumer businesses planned to roll out the venture in the western state of Gujarat […]

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The digital commerce market in the country is expected to cross $50 billion in value by the end of 2018 from the current level of $38.5 billion, on the back of a growing internet population and increased online shoppers, says a recent study. The e-commerce market in India has grown steadily from $19.7 billion in […]

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Last year, the ‘December Show’ was discontinued due to demonetisation in November. Obviously, this time around, the organisers were not without jitters even though the shadows had retreated. Marshalling all their energy, they increased the stall count to 800 from 730. But it was hard to guess what would be in store. “We did everything […]

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This year’s Black Friday weekend was the most successful in history for online retailers, new research from digital agency Visualsoft reveals. The study, which analysed more than 1,600 of the UK’s top online retailers including Beaverbrooks, F.Hinds and Goldsmiths, H Samuel and Ernest Jones, found that average site revenues were almost a quarter (23%) higher […]

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Global e-commerce events Black Friday and Cyber Monday are predicted to attract over half of British consumers when they get underway on November 24. New research from Barclaycard has found that while 22% of potential shoppers are putting money aside to spend during the digital sale, 58% plan to buy goods during the promotions. The […]

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Flipkart said it saw double the volume and value of sales this festive month over last year’s festive month and saw 65% of customers coming from tier-II and beyond. The company also claimed to have taken a significant lead over rival Amazon. “During this festive season, Flipkart had a disproportionate share making everyone else irrelevant,” […]

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Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) will be launching its e-commerce website in India next year, the company said in its nine-month report for the period between December 2016 and August 2017 released on Thursday. The global fashion garments retailer, which registered 142% sales growth in India from 17 operational stores during the nine months, currently has […]

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Swarovski has partnered with Amazon Fashion to capture the minds of the digital fashion-conscious jewellery consumer. Customers can now browser and shop Swarovski from Amazon’s five Fashion stores across Europe and via dedicated brand stores. Amazon Fashion first started selling jewellery in 2007 and has built up a large portfolio covering everything from designer jewellery […]

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