Tag: E-commerce

Snap(ping) Flipkart’s Deal – Xiaomi’s Manu Jain on New Partnerships and More

Mobile Tech

When Xiaomi launched in India less than a year ago, few believed that a Chinese phone brand, available only through a single seller on the Internet, sold via a relatively complicated flash-sale model, would be a success. The company is celebrating its fifth year globally on Wednesday, and on Tuesday, Xiaomi India announced that it is ending its exclusive partnership

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Groupon: from dotcom star to just another coupon business

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Last November, Andrew Mason, former music student turned internet wunderkind, was celebrating. Groupon, the daily deals site he founded and at that point "the fastest-growing company ever", had just raised $700m and was being valued at $13bn. It was the biggest technology flotation since Google. Mason had even been given the ultimate Google seal of approval, having recently turned down

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