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Pinterest in India: What it means to consumers

Few days back, my wife was trying to get ideas on interiors, kitchen accessories, decorative pieces, lampshades, cushion covers, curtains etc. Henceforth, she used Google to match her needs. It was a tiring and cumbersome process to look into websites of every interior designer and then download the catalogue and collate such images.

Has Flipkart started charging premium for 30 days replacement guarantee?

Thought of buying a phone  few weeks back. Flipkart's name came into my mind and immediately I started searching mobile phones in the range of 15-30k category.  Saw couple of Samsung, Motorolla etc. but got stuck with Nokia Lumia 800. The price Flipkart was quoting was around 24k and was the best price that any ecommerce site could quote(I thought). But flipkart proved me wrong, when I checked the same phone in Indiaplaza. I was shocked, they were offering the same price but 3k cash back (effectively that  would have cost me 21k).

Retechcon 2012, May 17 -18, 2012 Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai

Objectives on Retechcon Technology is one of the biggest growth drivers for retailers, RAI's Retail Technology Conclave (ReTechCon) is the most popular technology platform for retailers to interface with retail technology vendors/service providers, industry experts and retail professionals.

Consolidation in E-Commerce:Yebhi.com bought Stylishyou.in

Don’t beat you competitors, buy them and act quickly before the competition becomes big.  This is what happening in ecommerce space in India. Recently Yebhi.com acquired Stylishyou.in in all cash and stock deal.  The cost of acquisition is not disclosed. Yebhi.com, an online wholesaler of shoes, apparel, bags, accessories and gift items raised its first round of funding Rs.10 crore from Nexus and second round of funding Rs. 40 crore from Catamaran, Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy's $129-million venture capital fund, along with Nexus.