Amazon is the world’s largest e-commerce company. But in the past few years, the online store has begun to make its first steps into the world of bricks-and-mortar retail. The first physical bookstore, Amazon Books, launched in Seattle in 2015 and has since expanded across America. It then acquired Whole Foods in a $13.4 billion … Read More →
Amazon India on Thursday launched “Spark”, a new feature that is aimed to bring a community-driven experience to online shopping in the country. The new feature seems to be highly inspired by Instagram and uses customers’ browsing and shopping behaviour to provide them with a personalised feed. It not only allows you to post your … Read More →
Ginger is an indispensable part of Indian cuisine. Be it curries, soups or tea, ginger is widely used in various food preparations. Apart from its taste-enhancing properties, ginger is replete with innumerable medicinal benefits as well. Being Ayurveda’s most prized gems, ginger is also used in a lot of healing herbal concoctions. However, in order … Read More →
Nothing beats the blissful sensations of scouring bins and racks at a musty-smelling vintage shop, unless, of course, it’s the blissful sensations of scouring bins and racks at a non-musty-smelling vintage shop. The physical rush that fashion obsessives experience inside a brick-and-mortar outpost selling Chanel tweeds from the 1980s and unlabeled corsets from the ’50s … Read More →
5 ways new tech will change your holiday shopping experience this year As technology advances and retail grows more competitive, the shopping experience is changing. Here are five ways technology could make your shopping experience quicker and easier: 1. Shipping options Anticipating a 15 percent increase in online orders this year, several retailers have updated shipping … Read More →
Image of a Bengaluru mall for representational purpose (File | EPS) BENGALURU:THE officials of the Fire and Emergency Services department on Sunday conducted surprise visits to several malls and high-rise commercial establishments across the state and found that at least 24 malls among the 44 which were checked violated fire safety norms. Many of them … Read More →
Commerce has a new entrant! While E-commerce is now ubiquitous, there is another trend that is now picking up rapidly. Voice commerce, although, is somewhat in its nascent stages, is already starting to show powerful influence on consumer behaviours. How is everyone getting ready to handle this new wave of shopping technology? Shopping malls – … Read More →