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
Consolidation in the e-commerce sector seems to be picking up pace, with 21 mergers/acquisitions in 2015 versus 9 in 2014. The industry could see more such transactions going forward, as fresh funding declines. However, we still see pockets of growth for Indian e-commerce, primarily in the mobile software, gaming andContinue Reading
Exponential growth of e-commerce in India over the last 2 years has created a massive opportunity for courier and fulfillment services in the segment. This has benefited existing courier companies like Bluedart and also led to the emergence of e-tailing focused companies like GoJavas, Delhivery and Ecom Express. They haveContinue 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
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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