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India’s Flipkart Begins Customer Lending In A Bid To Boost Sales
India’s leading e-commerce platform, Flipkart, has embarked on a new initiative to offer customer lending services, in a…
Korea’s Alwayz Aims To Make Online “Shopping Fun Again” With $46M In Funding
Levit, a Seoul-based e-commerce company behind the shopping app Alwayz, has raised $46 million in a Series B…
Amazon Soon Expected To Face FTC Suit Over Its Online Marketplace
According to a report from Bloomberg on Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing to initiate a…
Shares Of e-Commerce Company Etsy Jump Following Fourth Quarter Report
Shares of e-commerce company Etsy soared 18 percent in Thursday’s extended trading after the company reported fourth quarter…
Amazon Wants To Hire 125,000 People, To Pay Them At An Average Of $18 Per Hour
On Tuesday, e-commerce giant Amazon announced plans to employ 125,000 people for roles in its company, at an…
Australian Antitrust Watchdog To Probe Amazon, eBay, Other Online Markets
The Australian antitrust regulator on Thursday began a probe into the local units of Amazon, eBay, and other…
Flipkart Welcomes Back SoftBank In A $3.6b Funding Round, To Be Valued At $37.6b
On Monday, online retailer Flipkart welcomed back Japanese-based multinational conglomerate Softbank Group Corp as an investor in a…
E-Mart Plans To Purchase eBay’s South Korean Business For $3billion
E-Mart, on Thursday, announced its intention of buying eBay‘s South Korean business for $3 billion (3.44 billion Won).…
Flipkart Introduces QR-based Payment For Pay-On-Delivery Orders
E-commerce giant Flipkart has launched a contactless, QR-based payment system for its pay-on-delivery shipments. The company revealed in…
Three Years After Its Exit, Softbank Seeks To Invest $600-$700m In Flipkart
Three years after it exited India’s online market giant Flipkart, Japanese-based multinational conglomerate Softbank Group Corp is planning…