October 20, 2015 - Flipkart vs Amazon: And, the winner of the Diwali sale battle is Amazon!

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Digital Flipkart vs Amazon: And, the winner of the Diwali sale battle is Amazon! 5 phones a second; 5 lakh in 10 hours — cell phone sales achieve new records on all major websites. Advt: Get qualified leads for your business TradeBriefs introduces automated mobile number verification, progressive qualification and other API-based verification. Save time and money! Advt: Diamond India Ltd. introduces Limited Edition Sachin Tendulkar Swiss Silver Coins. Digital marketing is evolving everyday. Keep up with the latest trends. Digital Digital India: Government plans to increase advertising spend on digital Continuing its 'Digital India' initiative, the government plans to increase advertising spend on digital, while lowering its ad spend on traditional media such as print including newspapers. Digital Indian-American entrepreneur Saif Ahmad invests in cloud CRM startup SalezShark   Digital Delhi-based holiday discovery platform Holidify raises $100K in angel round Holidify.com is a destination discovery website that helps travellers find the right destinations according to their preferences and help them plan their holidays in a hassle free manner.   Digital Chandigarh Angels Network to invest upto Rs 2 crore in 5 tech startups by 2015 end Chandigarh Angels Network Retail Wal-Mart paid millions in bribes in India, says report Thousands of small payments were made to low-level officials to help move goods through customs or obtain real estate permits Retail Flipkart vs Amazon: Who won the Diwali online sale battle? The verdict: Flipkart improved vastly from its glitches-ridden event last year. But Amazon scored on both pricing and deliveries! Retail Explosion of orders for e-commerce giants in festive season: Can they deliver? India's biggest online shopping festival, which concluded on Saturday, drew a kick-ass business from across the country this year. A Times News Network report Retail 4G Smartphones at Rs. 4000: 10 Facts About Reliance Jio's Big Telecom Plans Reliance Jio, a subsidiary of oil-to-retail conglomerate Reliance Industries, is planning a limited launch of its digital services in December. Reliance Industries will launch its 4G LTE smartphones under the brand LYF before Jio services are rolled out. Full commercial launch, however, is likely to happen in 2016-17. Reliance Industries has so far invested around Rs 95,000 crore in rolling out Indias biggest 4G broadband network. Telecom Reliance Jio likely to delay its December pan-India launch, integration of services with its devices ecosystem is taking time Reliance Jio has announced that its first 4G capable smartphone will be released under the 'LYF' brand. The telecommunications giant recently announced its Telecom iPhone 6s sales sluggish in India: Here's why iPhone 6s didn't recreate the magic in India Apple's latest iPhone 6s models were launched amid grand fanfare in India at the stroke of midnight on 16 October. But even before the devices went on sale, pre-booking figures gave a glimpse into a rather sluggish demand than expected. Telecom Walmart paid millions in bribes in India: US probe Telecom Tata Communications eyes acquisitions to improve product and solutions profile Tata Communications is currently present in areas such as wholesale voice, media, digital connectivity, network outsourcing, and global networks. Finance Jan Dhan: 'Age of banking revolution' upon India, says Arun Jaitley Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the nation is experiencing an 'age of banking revolution' that has replaced the 'brick and mortar' model of banking. Finance Former chairman of Axis Bank PJ Nayak says consolidation can create only big weaker PSBs The government has reportedly identified some of the weak state-run banks to be merged with large ones. Finance Bank of Baroda forex scam: No FIRs hinder probe in Rs 50000 crore scam Finance Why BSE’s cheekiness is not appreciated in some quarters Despite the apparent speed differential, BSE hasn’t been successful in garnering greater volumes Software Infosys to go ahead with its 3rd acquisition this year : Will acquire energy consultant Noah Consulting for $70 million in cash Infosys said it would buy Noah Consulting, which provides information management consulting services in the oil and gas sector, for $70 million in cash. Software Google offering free Apps for Work to some customers Google will give businesses access to the suite, which includes Gmail, Calendar, Google Drive, Google Docs and other programs, at no cost through the remainder of their current agreements. Software HCL to acquire privately held engineering services firm Concept to Silicon Systems Technologies Ltd has under a definitive agreement acquired a Bengaluru-based privately held engineering services firm C2SiS for undisclosed sum. Software How websites are getting caught in Apple Google's competing visions? But as Apple focuses on apps and Google pushes the mobile Web, businesses are grappling with a fragmenting online world. Ecommerce Flipkart's Big Billion Days sale churns out $300 million GMV; three times bigger than last year with the participation of 40,000 sellers, millions of visitors The just concluded five-day 'Big Billion Days' sale of e-commerce major Flipkart, now in its second edition, saw a business turnover of over $300 million in gross merchandise volume... Ecommerce Why Paytm has a different strategy from Flipkart, Amazon during the festive season? Pursuing a slightly different strategy from Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal is ecommerce major Paytm, formerly a mobile payment solutions startup and no.. Ecommerce Housing.com appoints Mani Rangarajan as chief financial officer as it looks to strengthen its senior management team Firm appoints Mani Rangarajan as chief financial officer as it looks to strengthen its senior management team Ecommerce Reliance Industries to enrol 150,000 small and medium vendors for its ecommerce marketplace by the end of this fiscal RIL said the ecommerce platform for electronics products is ready for deployment while it plans to roll out online grocery marketplace in the fourth quarter. Franchise Franchisee Journey: From showing folks how to become successful as franchisees to Baskin-Robbins franchisee Chris Locher spent five years as director of operations of the chain's Eastern Region. Now, he's in business for himself -- with his wife and daughters as partners. Franchise Franchisee Newbies: 7 insights you need to be aware of before investing in a franchise On face value, opening a franchise seems like a simple, attractive way to run your own business. But is it? HR ET Awards 2015: Former TCS CEO S Ramadorai gets Lifetime Achievement award S Ramadorai is now chairman of the Indian operations of AirAsia, a venture that marks the Tata Groups return to the aviation industry. HR At least 65% recruiters in India use employee referral programmes to get talent database Indian recruiters were also the most confident about measuring the quality of their hires as opposed to recruiters in markets like China and Australia. HR Standard Poor's Affirms Ratings on India's Debt at BBB-Minus NEW DELHI-- Standard& Poor's on Monday reaffirmed its stable outlook on India's BBB-minus long-term debt rating, saying the country's external. HR India gears up to boost trade ties with African countries Logistics Maruti launches Ciaz RS variant starting at Rs 9.2 lakh Maruti SuzukiBSE 0.24 % India today launched a variant of its mid-sized sedan Ciaz priced at Rs 9.2 lakh and Rs 10.28 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).   Logistics Embassy Group, Warburg to build industrial parks; plan to invest Rs 1,625 cr Embassy Group, a leading real estate developer, has signed an agreement with an affili   Logistics E-tailers Scale Up On Outsourced Supply Chains; reaching the country wide 19,000 pincodes from current penetration of 3500 this holiday sale season is a challenge for all e-tailers Three large etailers will deliver a cumulative revenue of Rs 6,000 crore in under a month and would define the need for supply chain businesses which use disrutive technology for deliveries, writes Vi Logistics FinMin seeks India Inc views on certain GST provisions; Industry asked to submit their views GST will subsume various levies like excise, service tax, sales tax, octroi, etc, and ensure a single indirect tax regime for the entire country. Construction Builders to pay for damages in Delhi, According to Trial Court A trial court has said that buyers can claim damages from builders if the latter fails to hand over the property on time. Construction Google is looking to expand in Gurgaon Google has leased 4,30,000 sq ft of office space from real estate developer Unitech in the second phase of its Signature Towers II project in Gurgaon. The tech giant already has 160,000 sq ft of space spread over eight floors in the same complex.   Construction Property registrations pickup in Vizag Property registrations have zoomed by nearly 35 per cent in the first half of the current fiscal as compared to the same period last year in Vizag.   Construction Ahmedabad realtors bet on community living for senior citizens Real estate developers in the country are increasingly turning to a mostly untapped segment where demand is on the rise - senior homes - even as there's a slowdown in the overall housing market.   Marketing Nestle Hires McCann World Group For Maggi’s Comeback : Visa Connects With People In India’s Hinterland Marketing Dentsu Aegis Network acquires Fountainhead Entertainment : Report Post acquisition, Fountainhead will be led by co-founder and CEO Brian Tellis. Marketing Indian Pharma Companies Team Up For Ethical Marketing : Report Ad Age is the leading global source of news, intelligence and conversation for marketing and media communities Marketing On Zomato’s change in focus to transactions and countries that matter By Sneha Johari and Nikhil Pahwa Zomato has laid off around 300 employees - around 10% of its work-force of 3000 - most of them in the US content teams, reports TechCrunch. The employees, according to the report, were people who collected data from restaurants. Why is Zomato doing this? Politics A Country Of Contrasts: In One Village, Muslims Banned From Playing Lead Roles In Ramlila; In Another They Take Centre Stage In a village in Uttar Pradesh, Ramlila was a not a Hindu festival. It was an occasion that bonded Hindus and Muslims. For 50 years, Mumtaznagar Ramlila has been held in a Muslim neighbourhood, largely Politics Red Flag: President Pranab Mukherjee speaks out again, says society’s collective strength must resist ‘evil powers’ Amidst a wave of rising intolerance, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday expressed serious apprehensions over whether tolerance and acceptance of dissent are on the wane in the country. Politics Delhi needs good policing; but Mr Kejriwal, why use the rape of minors to score political points? Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's demand for better policing in the National Capital is perfectly acceptable. But he certainly could have selected a better occasion to escalate his fight. Politics BJP committed to quotas; Lalu and Nitish polarising votes, says Amit Shah Accusing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad of trying to turn the state assembly polls into a "battle between backwards and upper castes", BJP president Amit Shah on Monday said his party was "committed" to the existing quotas and had no plans to tinker with it. Sports India vs South Africa: Ravindra Jadeja returns to Test team after 14 months, R Ashwin also included; lone change for last 2 ODIs Ravindra Jadeja makes a comeback to Test squad after 14 months while R Ashwin has also been included; Harbhajan Singh dropped. Sports India lacks facilities for badminton: Veteran badminton player Partho Ganguli Arjuna awardee and veteran badminton player Partho Ganguli was the chief guest at The 24th Smt Krishna Khaitan Memorial All India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament that concluded on Sunday. Sports I fear Pakistan players could refuse to tour India for World T20: Zaheer Abbas BCCI-PCB talks was on Monday cancelled after Shiv Sena protested against a possible Indo-Pak series in the UAE in December. Sports I will go back to India and announce my retirement: Virender Sehwag in Dubai Virender Sehwag said he will draw curtains on his international career soon as he confirmed his participation in Masters Champions League. Entertainment Sitars are like wands in ‘Harry Potter’: Musician Niladri Kumar Musician Niladri Kumar, also the inventor of Zitar (electric sitar), believes that sitars are like wands described in the popular Hollywood film series "Harry Potter". Entertainment Taylor Swift is world’s highest-earning musician Pop star Taylor Swift has been declared world's highest-earning musician with per day earning of USD one million, in a survey by a UK publication. Entertainment I am still living with cancer: Lisa Ray Lisa Ray, who was believed to have successfully battled myeloma (cancer), revealed that she is still living with it. Entertainment I don’t intend to join politics: Ajay Devgn He was in Bihar to attend a political rally amid the state assembly polls but superstar Ajay Devgn says he harbours no political ambition. TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. Our mailing address is GF 25/39, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi 110008, India