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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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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TISS suspended Dalit PhD scholar for protesting Centre’s policies, alleges student body
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Very low voter turnout in six districts of eastern Nagaland amid shutdown over statehood demand
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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: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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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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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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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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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game