Amazon India Helps Women Entrepreneurs, Artisans and Weavers to Double Their Sales in 10 Weeks Under ‘Stand for Handmade’ Initiative

Bengaluru, September 23: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon India came up with ‘Stand for Handmade’ initiative, to help over 10 lakh artisans and weavers and women entrepreneurs. On Monday, the e-commerce portal stated that customers from more than 12,000 pincodes in India purchased a product from the ‘Stand for Handmade’ store front. Due to this, […]

KVIC’s Legal Action Forces Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal to Remove 160 Fake Khadi Products Online

New Delhi, September 20: The Khadi and Village Industries Commission’s (KVIC) on Sunday informed that its firmness had forced e-commerce portals like Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal and others to remove over 160 web links selling products in the brand name of ‘Khadi’. The new development comes days after KVIC served legal notices to over 1000 firms […]

Khadi’s E-Market Portal Empowers Local Artisans Through ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ Initiative, Sells Their Products to Remotest Parts of India

New Delhi, September 9: With just two months of launching the KVIC E-Portal, Khadi and Village Industry Commission’s (KVIC) venture into the online marketing segment has quickly established a pan-India reach. The portal — www.kviconline.gov.in/khadimask/ — has enabled the artisans to sell their products to the remotest parts of India. Currently, the KVIC E-Portal sells […]

Essential Commodities to Fuel Revival of Retail Sector in India As Consumer Expenditure Remains Focused on Essentials, Says Report

A recent study has revealed that the demand for essential commodities is likely to drive the revival of the retail sector in India. According to a report by Anarock Retail and the Retailers Association of India (RAI) titled ‘Indian Retail – Certainty Despite Headwinds’, the average bill value for essentials has gone up 1.5 times […]

Flipkart Wholesale Launches Business-to-Business Platform for MSMEs and Kiranas

Bengaluru, September 3: E-commerce platform giant Flipkart has recently launched operations of its digital business-to-business marketplace, aiming to connect local manufacturers with retailers. With the launch of Flipkart Wholesale’s B2B platform, Flipkart aims to bring the entire wholesale marketplace at their fingertips. Issuing a statement, Senior Vice President and Head of Flipkart Wholesale — Adarsh […]

Flipkart Ties-Up With Nepal’s E-Commerce Firm Sastodeal to Enable Cross-Border Trade, Now Its MSMEs Can Sell Their Merchandise Abroad

Good news for India MSMEs. All the Indians MSMEs which are registered with e-commerce giant Flipkart will now be able to sell their merchandise abroad as well as the homegrown e-commerce platform. Flipkart had partnered with an e-commerce company in Nepal named Sastodeal. With this, Flipkart aims to create cross-border trade opportunities for lakhs of […]