Online Shopping
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The internet is filled with fake product reviews. Here’s what you can do to detect them
Consumers should be more alert rather than following these rankings religiously.
Vasilis Katos, The Conversation
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Amazon and Flipkart will need to adapt to Indians’ changed shopping habits during this festive sale
Coronavirus has forced shoppers to tighten their purse strings and buy more utilitarian things.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
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Most Indians don’t believe the reviews and ratings on e-commerce websites
Shoppers feel that reviews exhibit a positive bias and are either bought or rigged.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Are online shopping algorithms colluding to keep prices high?
The Artificial Intelligence behind retail websites has learnt that the best strategy is to copy each other’s prices.
Graeme McLean, The Conversation
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Discount wars: What goes into planning the mega festival sales of Amazon and Flipkart
For months before the festive season, Flipkart and Amazon go all out in scaling up storage capacity, packaging capabilities and manpower.
Durba Ghosh, qz.com
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Buying Flipkart was the easy part – the real test for Walmart starts now
Flipkart’s bleeding business still has no escape from battling the issues that are particular to its homeground.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
Video
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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India’s online shoppers no longer trust user reviews on e-commerce websites
More than seven in 10 consumers believe fake product reviews have become a norm in e-commerce, shows a survey.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
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Shop away: This festive season, e-tailers are spending more to offer you big discounts
It’s India’s biggest festive season and, as usual, e-commerce players are splurging.
Sushma UN, qz.com
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Amazon sets up studio in Gurugram to support its fashion business
Brands with exclusive deals with the company can use the 44,000-sqft area to create better digital catalogues.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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To revive itself, Snapdeal must take lessons from the smaller e-tailer Infibeam, not Amazon
Snapdeal’s troubles began with Amazon’s entry into India. How will they end?
Kartik Hosanagar, qz.com
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Centre allows Amazon to stock and sell food and groceries in India
The international e-commerce giant did not provide any more details on the matter.
Scroll Staff
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Indians have a staggering amount of trust in online shopping and payments
India’s online success story is rooted in its trusting internet users.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
The Field
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver
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Badminton, Uber Cup 2024: Indian women’s team beat Singapore to inch closer to quarter-finals
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India tour of Bangladesh: Focus on T20 World Cup preparation after moving on from last year’s drama
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IPL 2024: Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel earn Rajasthan Royals easy win over Lucknow Super Giants