... retailer] Flipkart are a proxy that consumers in India are comfortable doing transactions on the internet," said Mukul Singhal, principal at India-China fund SAIF Partners, which has invested US$10 mi ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
Few Indians had ever bought anything other than airline tickets over the internet when Flipkart, an Amazon-inspired online bookstore, was launched in 2007. Flipkart might have hoped its early-mover ad ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-12
... platform Flipkart since it entered the Indian market in late July. On both occasions, the website crashed immediately after a traffic spike. In the second online offering, 200,000 people competed for ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-04
... cal rival Flipkart Internet Pvt. said it had raised US$1 billion in fresh funding to expand in the country. Flipkart, India's largest online marketplace, was started by two former Amazon employees in ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-30
... partner, Flipkart, which will begin selling the Moto X. India's e-commerce market is largely split among Flipkart and United States giants Amazon and eBay. If Xiaomi decides to enter the market, it's ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-27
... retailer Flipkart has seen good traction. So shipping out new products in markets where the brand still has a decent image could work. Lenovo officials also told the National Business Daily that the ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-17