Flipkart, India's largest e-commerce company, has proposed merging with Myntra, India's largest online fashion retailer. Both companies were founded in 2007 and are headquartered in Bangalore. Flipkart was founded by Sachin and Binny Bansal and focuses on electronics, books, and other products. Myntra was founded by Mukesh Bansal and focuses exclusively on fashion and lifestyle products from over 600 brands. It ships about 5 million products per month. The proposed merger would unite two of India's largest online retailers.
Flipkart, India's largest e-commerce company, has proposed merging with Myntra, India's largest online fashion retailer. Both companies were founded in 2007 and are headquartered in Bangalore. Flipkart was founded by Sachin and Binny Bansal and focuses on electronics, books, and other products. Myntra was founded by Mukesh Bansal and focuses exclusively on fashion and lifestyle products from over 600 brands. It ships about 5 million products per month. The proposed merger would unite two of India's largest online retailers.
Flipkart, India's largest e-commerce company, has proposed merging with Myntra, India's largest online fashion retailer. Both companies were founded in 2007 and are headquartered in Bangalore. Flipkart was founded by Sachin and Binny Bansal and focuses on electronics, books, and other products. Myntra was founded by Mukesh Bansal and focuses exclusively on fashion and lifestyle products from over 600 brands. It ships about 5 million products per month. The proposed merger would unite two of India's largest online retailers.
Electronic commerce, commonly known as E-commerce is trading in products or services conducted via computer networks such as the Internet. Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at one point in the transaction's life-cycle, although it may encompass a wider range of technologies such as e- mail, mobile devices, social media, and telephones as well.
E-COMMERCE WEBSITES IN INDIA: India has an internet user base of about 137 million as of June 2012.The penetration of e-commerce is low compared to markets like the United States and the United Kingdom but is growing
at a much faster rate with a large number of new entrants. The industry consensus is that growth is at an inflection point.
FLIPKART- The Online Megastore Flipkart is an Indian e-commerce company founded in 2007, by Sachin and Binny Bansal and headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. According to Alexa Internet, Flipkart website is one of the top 10 Indian websites. Flipkart has launched its own product range under the name DigiFlip offering cameras. Flipkart was founded in 2007 by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, both alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. They had been working for Amazon.com previously. The business was formally incorporated as a company in October 2008 as Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd. During its initial years, Flipkart focused only on books, and soon as it expanded, it started offering other products like electronic goods, air conditioners, air coolers, stationery supplies and life style products and e-books. The first product sold by them was the book Leaving Microsoft To Change The World, bought by VVK Chandra from Andhra Pradesh. Flipkart now employs more than 4,500 people. Flipkart allows payment methods such as cash on delivery, credit or debit card transactions, net banking, e-gift voucher and card swipe on delivery.
MYNTRA-Indias Largest Online Fashion Store Myntra.com is an Indian online shopping retailer of fashion and casual lifestyle products, headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. Myntra was established by Mukesh Bansal, Ashutosh Lawania, Vineet Saxena in February 2007. All three are IIT alumni, and have worked for several start-up. Myntra is headquartered in Bangalore and have been funded by Venture Capital funds like Tiger, Premji Invest, IDG & Accel Partners. From 2007 to December 2010, Myntra.com was in the business of personalization of products online. The products ranged from T-shirts, mugs, greeting cards, calendars, key chains, diaries etc. However, in 2010, the company expanded its catalogue to retail fashion and lifestyle products. Myntra.com currently offers close to 50,000 products from more than 600 Indian and international brands. It ships about 5 million goods per month by hosting around 3,000 sellers. In 2013, Myntra acquired San-Francisco-based Fitiquette, a developer of virtual fitting room technology.In November 2013, Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan joined forces with online shopping portal Myntra.com to exclusively launch and manufacture his active lifestyle apparel and casual wear brand HRX.