US-based home design firm Houzz Inc. which opened its India website is hoping to capture the market with local content and communities, the company’s Co-Founder said. Houzz is an online scrapbook that allows designers and home service professionals display their work. This is its thirteenth launc…
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Saffron Craft | Providing virtual trial room for e-Commerce
Every individual is different and very few people can visualize or imagine them in particular outfit. They order something online and then do not like it or maybe it is not going on their body type. This is where Saffron Craft, a software helping customers in virtual selection of right outfit, co…
Demonetisation Effect | Big gain for mobile wallets, e-Commerce suffers
Bengaluru/New Delhi: The withdrawal of high-value notes from circulation has had a mixed impact on the country’s online businesses. Sales at e-commerce companies, which are heavily dependent on cash payments, have suffered badly while digital payment start-ups have seen a sharp rise in daily tran…
Tech start-up MobMe launches customer feedback analytics tool
Tech start-up MobME has launched Geckolyst, a product that analyses customer feedback to provide comprehensible information to enterprises. Geckolyst allows an organisation to integrate customer feedback from any source, including call-centre data, survey responses, social media, customer emails,…
BRICS Trade Ministers likely to ink framework pact on MSMEs, services, non-tariff measures
Trade Ministers from the five BRICS Nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — are expected to sign a framework agreement on increasing cooperation amongst Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, promoting trade in services and addressing non-tariff measures when they meet in New Delhi…
Why e-Commerce is a unique solution to connect SMEs in today’s technologically advanced world
Small and Medium Enterprises has been the backbone of the Indian economy since quite a while. It has stepped out in a totally new era of development after the Digital India launch by PM Narendra Modi. At present SMEs are contributing almost 37.54 percent to the economy as a sector and it also pro…
Beardo raises $500k from Venture Catalysts in seed funding
Actor turned entrepreneur Suniel Shetty backed men’s grooming brand Beardo raises seed funding of $500k from Venture Catalysts. The investment round was led by Raj Vazirani – RHV enterprise, Siddharth Somaiya of Godavari Biorefineries & Somaiya Group, Rohit Parakh – Diector, Touchston…
Logistics start-up HeyDidi expanding to Pune & Nagpur
HeyDidi, an all-women logistics start-up that provides delivery services for e-commerce companies and restaurants in Mumbai and Bangalore, will expand to Pune and Nagpur before Diwali. The logistics service provider, which hires young women to carry out instant parcel delivery services on two-whe…
Chinese investors bullish about Indian start-ups; jointly provide $50 mn of funding
A dozen Chinese investors offered at a technology summit on September 25 to jointly provide funding of about $50 million (Rs 334 crore) for Indian start-ups. The investors include a Cyber Carrier, a Hong Kong-based Chinese internet enterprise that has set up a $30 million initiative fund in Janua…
E-Commerce sales to touch $1.5-1.7 bn in Oct: RedSeer Report
eFestive sales are expected to help e-Commerce companies register transactions worth USD 1.5-1.7 billion in October, according to research firm RedSeer Consulting. “With this festive season, we foresee a spring effect of targeted marketing and focus on quality customer segments. It is going…