China’s Alibaba Pays $266M for Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post Newspaper
(Source: Waltonian) “Alibaba has been very clear about its strategy (to) expand beyond traditional e-commerce and into media content and distribution, especially on mobile”.
PepperTap on fund raising spree, gets Rs 26 cr investment; to raise Rs 73 cr more by Jan-end
(Source: FirstPost) The company, which has raised $40 million (Rs 265.32 crore) so far in Series B, counts ecommerce firm Snapdeal, Sequoia India, SAIF Partners, Ru-Net, …
Flipkart Analyzes #FlipTrends2015 – The State of eCommerce in India, But Fails to Look at Customer Issues
(Source: PC-Tablet Media) As far as metro cities are concerned, Delhi NCR turned out to be the major e-commerce-driven city in India, followed by Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, and …
Amazon Dominated Nearly Everything This Year
(Source: New Republic) Amazon will almost certainly break $100 billion in revenue for the first time on the back of continued growth in e-commerce, particularly Amazon Prime, as well …
Starbucks Launches E-Commerce Site On Alibaba’s Tmall
(Source: Investor’s Business Daily) Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) has launched an e-commerce site on Alibaba’s (NYSE:BABA) online retail site Tmall, the coffee giant said Sunday, extending its …