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Jeff Bezos's wealth soars to record $171.6 billion: Billionaires Index

Shares of the retailer surged 4.4 per cent to a record $2,878.70, boosting the founder's world-leading fortune to $171.6 billion.

Display of country of origin on products sold online: HC seeks govt's stand

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice to the Centre and e-commerce platforms Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal seeking their stand on the plea by July 22.

Amazon expands its pantry service to more than 300 cities in India

In the last few months, Amazon has added hundreds of towns like Bharatpur, Bilaspur and Mirzapur to help customers order groceries online and get safe doorstep delivery.

Brands turn to packaging and presentation to gain trust, confidence

Packaging innovations that ensure safety and damage-free, clean delivery are emerging as new avenues for brand building

Oracle sets up second cloud region in India to take on Amazon, Microsoft

The American tech giant said its unique dual cloud region strategy enables customers to get disaster recovery services without having sensitive data leave the country

Milkbasket eyes break even in Jul-Sept quarter on rising e-commerce demand

Milkbasket is present in four cities so far including Gurugram, Noida, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Goel said, the company had achieved break-even in three cities and Hyderabad would join the list soon

Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos a 'copycat' over Amazon's acquisition of Zoox

Tesla CEO Elon Musk called Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos a copycat after the e-commerce giant announced its purchase of self-driving car company Zoox at an estimated value of over $1 billion

Amazon agrees to buy self-driving startup Zoox for over $1 billion: Report

The report did not mention the exact purchase price and added Amazon is unlikely to disclose it when the deal is announced, likely to be on Friday

Facial Recognition technology in the line of fire over inaccuracies

Despite having many positive applications, facial-recognition technology has been criticised for some time now on the allegation of potential bias

In pics: Why e-commerce firms may display 'country of origin' labels

Industry insiders said that supply chains are global in nature, there is no one country where products get made

Draft e-commerce policy soon, to be stricter on data norms and discount

Pricing - a prime complaint of domestic retailers - is set to be the focus, with the government considering an annual review of discounts given by e-marketplaces.

Govt wants 'origin of products' displayed, calls e-commerce firms for meet

This follows the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) platform making it mandatory for its listed sellers to specify the country of origin while registering all new products on the portal

Amazon, BigBasket get approval for liquor delivery in West Bengal: Report

BevCo, the sole wholesaler of liquor in West Bengal, also invited two Kolkata-based companies -- Senrysa Technologies Pvt Ltd and Golden Goenka Commerce Pvt Ltd for the signing of agreements

Govt may soon incentivise kiranas for joining e-commerce ecosystem

The special package of incentives for the smaller format mom and pop stores is likely to be a part of the e-commerce policy being drafted by the Commerce and Industry Ministry

In pics: Mukesh Ambani 9th among top-10 richest men. Who are the others?

With RIL's market capitalisation crossing the Rs 11-trillion mark on Friday, its chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani became the ninth-richest billionaire globally

Amazon signals entry into alcohol delivery in India with nod in WB: Report

Alibaba-backed Indian grocery venture BigBasket has also won approval to deliver alcohol in the state, the notice said

Mukesh Ambani nears deal to buy stake in some units of Future Group

An agreement between Ambani's Reliance and Future, which already has a partnership with Amazon.com Inc., could be announced as early as next month

Amazon, Carlyle, Brookfield vie for Biyani's Future Supply Chain Solutions

Future Supply Chain Solutions (FSC) is a third-party supply chain and logistics service provider that offers warehousing facilities also.

Amazon India expands Flex delivery programme to over 35 Indian cities

The global delivery programme creates part-time work opportunities where individuals can earn by delivering packages to Amazon customers

CCI to review Facebook's purchase of 10% stake in Reliance Jio

The US social media giant's $5.7 billion investment in Reliance's digital unit is the biggest among a string of investments amounting to $13.7 billion into Jio Platforms, controlled by Mukesh Ambani