Flipkart has acquired mobile marketing firm Appiterate in a bid to boost its mobile offerings. Financial details of the deal are not known. Based in Delhi, Appiterate specializes in mobile engagement and marketing automation.
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Earlier this month, it was reported that Myntra will shut down its website from May 1st and will go app only. Now, Flipkart is following its suit and planning to shut down its website by the end of the year, as per a report from The Economic Times.
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Flipkart has decided to pull out of Airtel Zero platform and has fully committed to the cause of net neutrality. The move comes from the largest homegrown retailer after it faced bitter customer judgement about supporting Airtel Zero program.
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Flipkart has acquired mobile ad network firm AdIQuity for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition might help the e-commerce giant to venture into advertising.
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Flipkart has appointed Punit Soni, a Google product management executive and former vice president of product management at Motorola, as Chief Product Officer.
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Flipkart just keeps getting bigger and bigger. The homegrown e-commerce player is looking forward to raise another huge round of funding, as per a report from The Economic Times.
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Lenovo’s recently launched budget smartphone Lenovo A6000 sold out on Flipkart within seconds. The company has revealed that 10,000 units of the affordable LTE smartphone were sold out within 2 seconds. It received 2,55,000 registrations for the sale.
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Flipkart is working on a new delivery model where the e-tailer may deliver products in about three hours, according to a new report from The Economic Times.
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Flipkart has secured a fresh round of funding following a report last week. The homegrown e-commerce giant has received $180 million from Hong Kong-based investment firm Steadview Capital, as per a report from The Economic Times.
It looks like Flipkart is eyeing to raise another round of funding that may be between $700 million and $1 billion, as per latest report from Livemint.
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Flipkart has announced that it is expanding its leadership team with two new appointments. The homegrown e-commerce player has appointed Rishi Vasudev, as the new Vice President — Fashion (Retail) and Parameswaran Balakrishnan as Vice President — HR for supply chain.
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Fashion watch maker Martian Watches has introduced a smartwatch in India that is exclusively available on Flipkart. Priced at Rs 9,999, the Martian Notifier smartwatch is compatible with iPhone and Android devices.
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Flipkart has shut down its payment gateaway service PayZippy and made a strategic investment in mobile payment company Ngpay. The e-commerce giant had launched PayZippy in December last year where e-commerce merchants can accept payments from all credit and debit cards as well as use 53 net banking options.
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In a surprising incident, a customer who had ordered Windows Phone powered Xolo Q900s has received an Android variant of the same device from Flipkart. Xolo unveiled the Android version of the Q900s last week almost a month after launching a Windows model of the same variant.
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Flipkart, the big daddy of the Indian e-commerce is about to get bigger. The company has raised eye popping $1 billion (Rs. 6000 Crore) in the latest round of funding from new and existing investors, according to a report from the Economic Times.
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