In the North Western United States, hedge fund manager turned entrepreneur was building global eCommerce giant Amazon backed by massive Technological innovations unheard of in the retail industry. In Asia, Jack Ma realizing the potential of Internet for commerce built Alibaba mostly on Winning Partnerships. We’d like to take aContinue Reading
VC Circle hosted India Internet eCommerce Forum in Mumbai and here are the key takeaways from the meet. Horizontal vs Vertical Online Retailing in India Vertical specific platforms will have enough time (2-4 years) before it will start facing competition from the Horizontals. While eventually consolidation will set in, theContinue Reading
Local Search and Yellow Pages Giant, Just Dial has recently enabled online shopping on its platform and is currently mainly selling electronics in Tier 1/2 cities. It has already enabled a number of services (restaurant delivery & reservations, doctor’s appointment, cab booking, hotels, ticketing, movie booking, mobile recharge), on theContinue Reading
e-Commerce companies are generally well positioned to benefit from rising internet penetration, improving affordability of mobile devices/tariffs and a maturing e-commerce ecosystem. e-Commerce in India to Takeoff from Small Base There are 200 mn internet users (c. 100 mn are active regularly), only 15 mn are currently transacting online. InContinue Reading
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