May 23, 2016 - China's Tiens Group to enter Indian e-commerce market

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Invite Friends Blog Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk Martin Couney displayed premature babies in incubators as entertainment, amongst Coney Island's various exhibits in the early 1900s. He charged visitors 25 cents each to view these "exhibits". The babies were dressed in clothes that were intentionally bigger and with bow-ties, which exaggerated the effect of them being tiny. Couney was shunned by the medical establishment, and condemned by many as a self-publicist and charlatan. Now, what if I told you he was an unlikely medical pioneer. He gave life to thousands of babies where hope was lost (In America, many doctors at the time held the view that premature babies were genetically inferior "weaklings" whose fate was a matter for God.). His incubators were state-of-the-art and his nurses well-paid. Keeping premature babies alive was hideously expensive, but he did not charge his patients a dime, as the public paid for it, through his exhibitions. Today Couney's legacy is being re-examined by doctors, and many of Couney's "babies" speak proudly in his defence. More on this story here Retail China's Tiens Group to enter Indian e-commerce market The group also plans to expand direct selling business in the country and expand user base to one crore over the next five years Retail Amazon, Flipkart or Snapdeal: who will win India's e-commerce wars? Success will be more a function of how Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal deal with the regulatory and market conditions than how they do with each other Retail Kumar Mangalam Birla and family plan to invest Rs 500 crore in group's food and grocery business “The issuance and allotment for shares up to Rs 500 crore will be in one or more tranches within a period of twelve months,” the filing said. Retail Office hour is rush hour at online shops: Sokrati study Sokrati study took into account over 2 million transactions across 100 online retailers for the key pointers, reports Payal Ganguly. 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