Flipkart: News

14 Jul 2017

India

Asus launches ZenFone AR at Rs. 49,999, a Flipkart exclusive

Taiwanese tech giant Asus has introduced its flagship ZenFone AR in India at Rs. 49,999.

11 Jul 2017

Tencent

Flipkart may see the return of Bansals at the helm

Rumors are afloat that with the proposed deal with SoftBank Group Corp, Flipkart will see the return of Sachin and Binny Bansal, co-founders of the company, to their former glory.

10 Jul 2017

India

Flying cars feature in hackathon to solve Bengaluru's traffic problem

It's raining ideas at Gridlock Hackathon, a contest kickstarted by Flipkart that aims to address the traffic woes of India's IT capital, Bengaluru.

07 Jul 2017

Amazon

Amazon ups Indian investment, Flipkart is bidding its time

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, making good on his promise, has now allotted Rs. 341 crore for Amazon Wholesale India i.e. the wholesale B2B arm of its Indian operations and Rs. 1,680 crore to its Indian online wing.

05 Jul 2017

India

Indian start-ups need to find the route towards profit soon

The honeymoon period is slowly coming to an end for Indian Internet firms.

23 Jun 2017

Snapdeal

Snapdeal-Flipkart merger comes to a halt as Azim Premji objects

According to reports, Snapdeal's merger with rival Flipkart has hit one more roadblock, which can potentially drive down the embattled firm's agreed upon valuation of $1 billion for the sale, if not jeopardize the deal completely.

09 Jun 2017

Amazon

GST roll-out fear triggers massive online 'sale' by Flipkart, Amazon

Sellers on e-commerce sites like Amazon and Flipkart are offering huge discounts ahead of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) roll-out on 1 July.

09 Jun 2017

India

Flipkart eyes new avenues, entry in Fintech, more tech hires

India's home-grown e-commerce platform Flipkart is looking forward to taking the next big leap; the firm is poised to include new categories such as furniture and groceries in its foray.

01 Jun 2017

India

Homemakers generated Rs. 54,000cr in sales via social media platforms

Whenever we think about e-commerce, it's usually enterprises like Flipkart, Amazon and how they are changing the consumption pattern in India.

19 May 2017

India

Where do Indians want to work?

India's working class is going a little bit out of the trodden path and opting for companies that didn't even exist ten years ago.

19 May 2017

Indian Startups

NestAway eyes fresh funding, public listing after profitability

Bengaluru-based rental start-up NestAway, which caters to tenants, mainly from the 22-30 age-category, is now planning to raise around $40 million funding.

03 May 2017

Snapdeal

Flipkart's acquisition brings along mixed fortunes for Indian e-commerce space

Consolidation in e-commerce might bode well for giants but now things get divided into a series of pros and cons for the consumers when the options start to thin out.

29 Apr 2017

India

Amazon will not slow its investment pace in India

A $481m loss might deter others, but to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos it is just another hurdle Amazon has to overcome in order to finally triumph.

25 Apr 2017

Workplace

Get rid of bosses to create an equal working environment

A new kind of organizational structure, dubbed Decentralized Autonomous Organization, aims to revolutionize the way companies work.

25 Apr 2017

India

Flipkart to replace CEO for a day

Flipkart is planning to replace its CEO for one day, to give an employee the opportunity to see how it feels to run the company. It is a part of the company's 10th anniversary celebration.

25 Apr 2017

iPhone

Flipkart offers massive discounts on Apple Days Sale

Flipkart is offering massive discounts on Apple products as the Apple Days sale has begun.

16 Apr 2017

India

Delivery boy to multi-millionaire: Iyyappa recalls his Flipkart Journey

Flipkart employee Ambur Iyyappa's story is a fascinating one. Starting his career as a courier delivery boy and then moving to Flipkart, Iyyappa grew along with Flipkart, becoming a multi-millionaire.

06 Apr 2017

Snapdeal

Flipkart's mergers if okayed, starts the proper e-commerce war

The market is currently ripe with rumours regarding two major Flipkart mergers - one with eBay and another with Snapdeal.

23 Mar 2017

Alibaba Group

Will Indian e-commerce giants show profit anytime soon?

Currently, there are three major players in the Indian ecommerce space - Flipkart, Paytm and Snapdeal.

26 Feb 2017

India

New CFO-backed Flipkart returns to the game

India's largest online retailer Flipkart is looking at a fundraising of as much as $1.5 billion from investors including Microsoft, eBay, PayPal among others at a valuation of $10-12 billion.

E-commerce sellers will pay 2% tax at source in GST

E-commerce giants like Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal are trying to convince the government to scrap from the final Goods and Services Tax draft, the 2% tax that e-commerce marketplaces collect from sellers on their platform.

21 Jan 2017

Snapdeal

E-commerce sector losses could remonetize economy

E-commerce sector biggies like Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon have cumulatively reported an increase of 51% of total losses amounting to Rs.11,754 crore.

31 Dec 2016

Morgan Stanley

2016 Year in Review for Indian unicorns

The term "unicorn" was promoted by venture capitalist Aileen Lee to describe start-ups which were valued at over $1 billion.

22 Dec 2016

India

Amazon: Not rattled by Flipkart, Ola protectionist call

A fortnight after Indian start-ups Ola and Flipkart sought government help in battling foreign rivals, Amazon's India chief stated that they were not hindered by the talks.

28 Nov 2016

India

Flipkart's internet arm sees losses double to touch Rs.2,306 crore

After scripting massive expenditures in an attempt to combat the rising rivalry from Amazon, Flipkart's internet division, Flipkart Marketplace saw its losses double to Rs.2,306 crore for the financial year that ended on 31 March, 2016.

14 Oct 2016

World Bank

Iconic toy brand, Hamleys, to expand in India

Britain based Hamleys, a toy shop retail major, will be opening six more stores in India by March 2017.

03 Oct 2016

India

Online marketplace giants look to bag $1.5 billion in sales

With India's biggest e-commerce giants launching their nationwide sales this week, Amazon announced its sale numbers at 1.5 million units.

29 Sep 2016

India

Walmart set to invest up to $1 billion in Flipkart

American retail giant Walmart Store Inc. is in talks to invest up to $1 billion in the Indian e-commerce website Flipkart.

15 Sep 2016

Business

E-commerce vendors in for a dull festive season

The festive season from September until the end of the year is traditionally a very lucrative and a significant period for retailers.

13 Aug 2016

Binny Bansal

Flipkart launches office in Palo Alto

On 12th August, 2016, Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart established an office in the United States of America.