Victims were lured by ads posted in platforms such as BigBasket, DMart & Blinkit, say police. Once they clicked on links sent on mobiles, scammers stole OTPs to siphon off money.
According to CyberMedia Research, consumers in Tier-II cities spent average of 2.5 hours/a week shopping online. GenZ are marginally more likely to shop online than Millennials.
Live commerce in India is expected to be '$4-5 billion segment by 2025'. Currently, China has largest livestream shopping industry valued at $339.3 billion in 2021.
Quick-delivery apps may need to alter business models to compete with conventional ones, it says. 61 per cent of online customers are willing to wait 3-24 hours for their groceries.
‘End of Season Sale’, ‘Holiday Offer’, and ‘Festive Sale’ are musical words for a diehard shopper who awaits mega-festive discounts. Hence, holidays are the ideal time for retailers to bring their best foot forward with exciting heavy discounts.
Discriminatory laws limit firms from hiring willing women, and removing such barriers can help narrow the economic gap between developing and developed countries.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?
Great article! I really appreciate your in depth understanding of such categories & the insights showcased. Really helpful. It’s making me think I should now buy one android phone:)
Transparent pricing cannot be pushed under a rug to justify some warped sense of socialism or economic justice. Why would the authors even want to justify cross subsidising for private players? The Govt does that via different tax slabs. The silly example on healthcare, is just silly and shows that they haven’t really had the misfortune to step inside a hospital. Do they know that hospitals charges are substantially higher for a higher room category patient? Understandably to cross subsidise poor patients in general wards irrespective of what phone one uses.
Great article! I really appreciate your in depth understanding of such categories & the insights showcased. Really helpful. It’s making me think I should now buy one android phone:)
Transparent pricing cannot be pushed under a rug to justify some warped sense of socialism or economic justice. Why would the authors even want to justify cross subsidising for private players? The Govt does that via different tax slabs. The silly example on healthcare, is just silly and shows that they haven’t really had the misfortune to step inside a hospital. Do they know that hospitals charges are substantially higher for a higher room category patient? Understandably to cross subsidise poor patients in general wards irrespective of what phone one uses.