The COVID pandemic has had a significant impact on ecommerce in 2020. With lockdowns becoming the norm, most businesses and consumers “went digital”, purchasing more goods and services online, raising ecommerce’s share of global retail trade from 14% in 2019 to about 17% in 2020. The relentless disruption was felt…

When it comes to searching for anything on the internet you “Just Google it!!”- that’s the default home page for most browsers. The challenge is that very instant you add “Buy” to your search query — Google is no more the ‘Big Daddy” of search. That credit goes to Amazon…

As per Razorpay Report (101 days of Lockdown), while UPI and cards were the most preferred payment modes, there was a spike in modes like PayLater (290%), EMI (125%), and Cardless EMI (178%) due to stress in income across households. Neo-Banks or Digital First are on the forefront and facilitating…

2018: Walmart acquires Flipkart; 2020: Flipkart acquires Walmart India; 2022: What next?.. In early 2018, when Walmart paid $16B for a majority stake in Flipkart, it was one of the world’s largest ever ecommerce acquisition. At that time analysts believed that Walmart overpaid for its stake in Flipkart. Not only…