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Flipkart

Walmart completes $16B Flipkart acquisition, furthering India e-commerce battle with Amazon

Walmart has completed the $16 billion acquisition of Flipkart, the India e-commerce company locked in a battle with Amazon to… Read More

Walmart pays $16B for majority stake in India’s Flipkart, escalating Amazon rivalry

Walmart is buying a majority stake in Flipkart, the top online retailer in India, further escalating its battle with Amazon… Read More

Amazon closing in on Flipkart as top India e-commerce site among mobile users, study says

Amazon is making a $5 billion play to became the top e-commerce site in India, and it seems the investment… Read More

Flipkart lands $1.4B from Microsoft, eBay, Tencent as India online retail battle with Amazon continues

Flipkart announced a $1.4 billion investment round Monday, involving some tech heavyweights from around the globe, as it goes toe-to-toe with… Read More

Microsoft strikes exclusive cloud deal with Flipkart, Amazon’s biggest online retail rival in India

Flipkart, the top online marketplace in India, has agreed to adopt Microsoft Azure as its exclusive public cloud platform, augmenting its own… Read More

Amazon launches individual marketplace pilot in India, will pick up and ship items for sellers

Amazon has launched a new marketplace service in India that lets people sell their used items through the online retail giant’s platform.… Read More

Walmart in talks to invest $1B in Flipkart, aiming to challenge Amazon in India

Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is in advanced talks to invest $1 billion in Indian e-commerce site Flipkart, as reported today… Read More

India’s Flipkart recruits three high-level execs from Amazon, Microsoft and Google

Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce site founded by two former Amazonians, has hired three top executives, including one from Amazon, to continue… Read More

Alibaba and others back Amazon rival Snapdeal to enter India’s growing e-commerce market

Snapdeal reportedly has raised $500 million to take on one of the fastest growing e-commerce markets in the world. The company, which… Read More

India’s Flipkart shuts down mobile website, but says desktop version will stay for now

In India, where smartphone adoption is ahead of computer use, companies are constantly having decide where to invest their resources. Take Flipkart, for… Read More

India’s Flipkart to shut down website within a year, thanks to popularity of mobile

The popularity of mobile phones in India is driving the country’s biggest e-commerce company to shut down its web portal within a year. FlipKart… Read More

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