• ELECTRONICS
    Electronics firms resume talks with e-retailers to deliver goods from next week

    Electronics companies and appliance makers have resumed conversations with third-party online marketplaces to start delivery of mobile phones, laptops, cooling devices next week, after the home ministry paved the way for sales of non-essential goods online. This comes as e-commerce companies now hope to open up inventory across different categories starting 20 April. Several retailers […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Budget must review FTAs to push electronics goods sales

    “Free Trade Agreements are really hurting the make in India initiatives of Government of India. There is serious need of reviewing these agreements to encourage manufacturing of electronics goods in India. The need for becoming self-sufficient for country like India for its inputs for manufacturing of electronic components in India, instead of importing majority of […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Why Fry’s Electronics hasn’t been restocking goods in multiple stores

    Fry’s Electronics recently acknowledged it would shut its store in Palo Alto, California, in January because its lease wasn’t renewed. But stores in other places are running out of goods and don’t appear to be restocking them. It seems like another sign of the retail apocalypse. But a Fry’s spokesman said any rumor of impending shutdowns isn’t true. […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Electronic products, consumer goods may cost less soon

    HIGHLIGHTS CBEC asked the companies to immediately lower prices of shampoos, deodorants and other products on which GST was slashed from 28% to 18% While several companies have already lowered prices, there are others who are yet to pass on the gains Electrical goods and consumer durables may see GST rate cut as they are […]

  • NEWS
    Madhya Pradesh Assembly ratifies Goods and Services Tax Bill

    The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday ratified the Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Service Tax, reported ANI. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the Bill will lead to higher gross domestic product and help curb corruption in the country. This comes only a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state Gujarat ratified the […]

  • ALL DEALS
    Quikr launches service for doorstep pickup and delivery of pre-owned goods

    Pranay Chulet, Founder, Quikr Quikr launches diagnostic app to boost used mobile salesIndia’s top 5 startup foundersStart-ups take to mergers to surviveQuikr to acquire Commonfloor todayCasa Grande’s investment arm sells analytics portal to Quikr Online classifieds platform Quikr has launched its ‘Quikr Doorstep’ service to offer buyers of pre-owned goods ane-commerce like experience by facilitating […]

  • ALL DEALS
    Ratan Tata invests in B2B industrial goods start-up Moglix

    A file photo of Ratan Tata. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint New Delhi: Moglilabs Pvt. Ltd which runs business-to-business (B2B) industrial products marketplace Moglix on Monday said it has raised an undisclosed amount from Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Ltd. The company in October raised a pre-series A round of $1.5 million from venture capital […]

  • NEWS
    Govt plans start-up center for capital goods sector

    Photo: Mint Mumbai: The Indian government has decided to create a ‘start-up centre’ for the capital goods industry and will also launch a technology development fund for the sector. The ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises, on Monday, while announcing national capital goods policy 2016, said it will create a start up centre for […]