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August 19, 2015 - YS Research: India's favourite online shopping brand revealed

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Digital
YS Research: India's favourite online shopping brand revealed

Flipkart has emerged as the favourite online shopping brand for Indian consumers in a survey conducted by YourStory. Amazon.in has come in second, with Snapdeal rounding up the top three.


Digital
Many Indian Firms Failing to Utilise Online Data Usefully: Survey

As much as 70 per cent of marketers in India admit that they find it difficult to integrate data from different sources, says the study by global market insight firm TNS.


Digital
Google Nexus 5 (2015) picture leaked online
The picture featuring the back of the alleged LG made Nexus 5 was posted by an Indonesian user on Google+


Digital
Why Are India's Top Online Retailers Running Free 'Universities'?
When Radhika Aggarwal and her co-founders set up online marketplace ShopClues in 2011, they also launched the Shopclues University. Of the 200,000 merchants that sell today on ShopClues, among India's leading online retailers, over 80,000 have taken video courses at the free 'university' on a wide range of subjects such [...]



Retail

Retail
Watch: Grey Orange Robotics powers ecommerce in India
Watch: Grey Orange Robotics  powers ecommerce in India - Economic Times
When passion for robotics met opportunities around the ecommerce boom, Grey Orange was born to cater to the warehousing needs of the online retail giants.

Retail
Snapdeal raises Rs 3259 crore from Alibaba, Foxconn and SoftBank
Snapdeal raises  Rs 3259 crore from Alibaba, Foxconn and SoftBank - Economic Times
Sources told Reuters this month that Snapdeal was set to raise $500 million from China's Alibaba Group Holding, Japan's SoftBank Group Corp and Foxconn, valui..

Retail
How PSU oil retailers like IOC, HPCL, BPCL are wooing dealers to keep private rivals at bay
How PSU oil retailers like IOC,  HPCL, BPCL are wooing dealers to keep private rivals at bay - Economic Times
IOC, HPCL and BPCL are offering higher commission and sops to dealers to keep private rivals at bay and protect their dominance in the space.


Telecom
India's turn to become 'factory of the world': Chinese media

Plans by China's Xiaomi and Taiwan's Foxconn to invest in India point to strong movement of Chinese firms to cash on growing Indian market...


Telecom
Motorola to start selling via offline stores in India

The brand's move would make its smartphones available to a much wider consumer base, underlining the importance of the South Asian nation...


Telecom
​​Samsung ​led India ​​handsets market ​in Q2: CMR

​While the Korean major's company's smartphones share stands at 24.6%, it's followed by domestic handset makers Micromax (14.8%) and Intex (10.4%) durin..


Telecom
Call drops: A towering challenge for Centre, telecom companies

The government, keen to project India as the place of choice to do business has called up the telecom companies to ensure more calls get through in key office buildings in the heart of New Delhi.



Finance
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launches two funds by SIDBI

Terming the recent Parliament session as 'virtually wasted', Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said policymakers and "obstructionist" politicians must gauge the public mood before taking a position on reforms.


Finance
ICICI Bank launches India's first robotic locker facility 'Smart Vault'

ICICI Bank on Tuesday launched the 'Smart Vault', a fully automated state-of-the-art locker available 24x7, including weekends and post banking hours.


Finance
'Outside talent' in the making of India's economic policy successes

According to the RBI Governor, the country today lacked economists with good grounding in price theory and general equilibrium analysis that are fundamental to economic policymaking.


Finance


Food/FMCG
Chocolate cos feel the slowdown heat; sales fall 2 per cent in first half of 2015
Chocolate cos  feel the slowdown heat; sales fall 2 per cent in first half of 2015 - ET
For the first time in more than a decade, Indians have consumed less chocolates, busting the assumption that chocolates have the resilience to withstand any kind of slowdown.

Food/FMCG
FSSAI reviewing court's order on Maggi, yet to decide on future course
FSSAI reviewing  court's order on Maggi, yet to decide on future course - ET
The Bombay High Court had on August 13 quashed the orders of FSSAI and Maharashtra FDA banning nine variants of Maggi noodles.

Food/FMCG
Soon, Burger King to deliver orders at doorsteps!
Soon, Burger King to deliver  orders at doorsteps! - Hindu Business Line
US-based burger chain Burger King will soon deliver the burgers at the doorstep of Ind

Food/FMCG
FMCGs: bet on urban space as rural lights dim
FMCGs: bet on urban space as  rural lights dim - Hindu Business Line
'Input cost benefits to be negated by higher ad spends for rural-focussed companies'


Software
Why the US loves Indian tech CEOs

Sundar Pichai's appointment as the new head of Google underscores the American love affair with Indian CEOs. The reasons for this range from humble backgrounds to an understanding of emerging markets


Software
Donald Trump's proposal on H-1B visas is bad news for Indian workers
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has sounded death knell to the H-1B visas by proposing to raise the minimum wage for this most-popular work visa for Indian technology professionals.


Software
India, UAE plan infrastructure fund, defence and technology ties

Foreign Secretary Jaishankar announced the plans at the end of a two-day visit to the UAE by PM, which focused on both business ties and national security.


Software
How long will it be before Indian entrepreneurs build top companies out of Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley veterans think that this attitudinal shift will help Indian entrepreneurs who are starting companies in droves now.



Ecommerce
Snapdeal snaps up $500 million round led by Alibaba, Foxconn, and SoftBank with a valuation at about $4-5 billion
Snapdeal snaps up $500 million  round led by Alibaba, Foxconn, and SoftBank with a valuation at about $4-5 billion - ET Retail
Existing investors Temasek, BlackRock, Myriad and Premji Invest also participated in this round, the company said in a press release...

Ecommerce

Ecommerce
Boost for etailers like Flipkart, Amazon as Drugs Act to be tweaked to allow online sales
The government may consider changes to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act to permit online sale of medicines foolowing representatins.


Franchise
Hotel franchising set to increase by 50% + over next five years

More than 50% of all new four-star hotel deals taking place over the next five years will be under franchise rather than traditional management agreements with branded operators.



HR
Recruitment start-ups on a tech drive to make a dent in jobs market
These firms are streamlining the hiring process with diligently crafted tools, algorithms to throw up best-fit candidates


HR

HR
IBM, Tata Steel to conduct recruitment drive at INKEL Green campus

Leading global companies such as IBM, Tata Steel and Siemens will conduct a campus rec


HR
5000 aspirants take part in Army recruitment rally

Blazing sun did not seem a deterrent to the aspirants at the Army recruitment rally, as they ran spiritedly across the running track at Tarakarama Sports Pavilion, here on Tuesday. As many as 5,000 candidates from Kurno



Logistics
How hyper-local logistics startups are the new attraction for investors

Companies that promise large-scale pickups and drop-offs using minitrucks, such as Moovo, Porter, Blowhorn have received seed injections recently.



Construction
Realty projects in Kolkata reel under neta extortion
Civic officials and politicians are now asking real estate developers in Kolkata and its vicinity to pay for every activity related to construction.


Construction
Goldman invests in Piramal Realty

Goldman Sachs Group is betting $150 million on a real-estate developer looking to expand in Mumbai, the financial capital of India.


Construction
Refund Rs 49k cr to investors, SAT tells realty major PACL

An Indian appeals tribunal has upheld a decision by the market regulator ordering property developer PACL to return $7.5 billion (Rs 49,100 crore) to investors, in a case seen as a test of the watchdo


Construction
Kolkata to get first premium serviced residence of east India

While Kolkata-based real estate developer Mani Group would be putting up the property it will be managed up by JW Mariott, which is coming up at the same prem..



Marketing
Are Days of Good Copywriting Over in Indian Advertising?

Ad Age is the leading global source of news, intelligence and conversation for marketing and media communities

Marketing
How and why Indian advertising had to change over the last decades

The 2010s have opened up for brands an opportunity of engaging consumers via longer story formats thanks to digital.


Marketing

Marketing
Microsoft is definitely still in the advertising business
APDespite selling off large chunks of its advertising business to AOL, Microsoft is still in the ad game.Today, the company released an update to its advertising



Politics
India becoming more aspirational than politicians: Arun Jaitley

Terming the recent Parliament session as 'virtually wasted', Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said policymakers and "obstructionist" politicians must gauge the public mood before taking a position on reforms.


Politics
The Morning Wrap: Preity Zinta Suspects Some IPL Team Mates Of Foul Play; Half Of Mumbai Marine Cops Can't Swim

The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost RK P


Politics
Enter Rahul Gandhi With All Guns Blazing

Loaded with ammunition provided by news channels and cheat-sheets provided by party veterans, he threatened political 'soocide' unless Sushma Swaraj resigned. Despite being called an 'expert without knowledge', despite verbal bullets from Sushma's oratorical armour, despite the social media jeers, the energised version of Rahul had only one thing on his mind. Revenge.


Politics
NSA-Level Talks Will Be 'Dialogue Of The Deaf', Says Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha
NEW DELHI — Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha claimed the proposed National Security Advisor-level talks between India and Pakistan will be a "dialogue of the deaf" and that BJP has



Sports
India U16 squad share spoils with Austria's AKA Tirol

The Young Tigers, in Germany for an exposure tour, were gritty in yet another fightback as they came back from two goals down to draw the game...


Sports
Delhi Dynamos set to sign John Riise and Anders Svensson

The franchise has zeroed on a number of players including the above duo as they seek to hand Carlos a sizeable squad, with his chosen official staff....


Sports
The inevitable rise of real-time fantasy sports

Ryan Rodenberg explains why real-time fantasy games are the future of fantasy sports, and why American sports leagues -- and the betting population as a whole -- will likely embrace them.


Sports
HC seeks sports ministry's reply on minor boxer's plea
The Delhi high court on Tuesday asked the sports ministry to file its response on a plea filed by a 16-year-old who claims to be "best boxer" in his weight category of 80-plus.



Entertainment
Malayalam actor Paravoor Bharathan passes away

Malayalam actor Paravoor Bharathan, who acted in nearly 300 regional films, died on Wednesday at his home near here in Kerala.


Entertainment
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan took just 15 minutes to accept Sarabjit biopic: Omung

Omung Kumar says convincing Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to do his biopic on Sarabjit Singh was not at all difficult, and she agreed in 15 mins.


Entertainment
Eva Longoria to advise US Barack Obama on post-White House career

Eva Longoria is a part of a group of people advising President Barack Obama on what he should do after he leaves the White House.


Entertainment
Punjabi singers Gurdas Maan, Diljit Dosanjh recreate the magic of 'Ki Banu Duniya Da' on Coke Studio

Gurdas Maan and Diljit Dosanjh have beautifully sung the song 'Ki Banu Duniya Da' on Coke Studio.



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