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Waiting periods go up for e-commerce deliveries amid second wave SECTIONS Last Updated: May 11, 2021, 07:28 PM IST Share Synopsis "In these unprecedented times, together with lakhs of sellers (including small and medium businesses) and associates across our network, we are working hard to serve customers while following stringent safety measures and government guidelines. Grofers plans to add over 7,000 more people across its supply chain and last mile operations to build additional capacity. W...

Waiting period for receiving essential items like grocery via e-commerce has gone up by as much as a week amid the second wave of the pandemic, as digital platforms struggle to balance larger order volumes and ensure safety of their workforce, according to industry executives. As the country reels through the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, various state governments have announced lockdowns to curb the spread of the infection. Most states have allowed delivery of only essentials ...

Big Bazaar’s marketing push takes on Amazon Top Searches Big Bazaar’s marketing push takes on Amazon John Sarkar / TNN / May 10, 2021, 06:26 IST FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail NEW DELHI: Future Group’s brick-and-mortar superstore chain Big Bazaar, which is ramping up its two-hour home delivery across India during the pandemic, is set to launch a marketing blitzkrieg that will allegedly take potshots at US etailer Amazon.While Amazon, which is locked in a fierce legal battle with the Kishor...

Kishore Biyanis Big Bazaar set to launch marketing blitzkrieg to take on Amazon SECTIONS Share Synopsis ​​While Amazon, which is locked in a fierce legal battle with the Kishore Biyani-led Future Group, has been running an advertising campaign since 2016 with the tagline ‘India ki Apni Dukaan’ (India’s own shop), Big Bazaar’s tagline will now read ‘India ki Asli Dukan’ (India’s original shop), said people familiar with the development. Big Bazaar’s move comes at a time, when...

Coimbatore: City police commissioner S Davidson Devasirvatham has issued an order abolishing the station intelligence section (station IS) system. The move comes days after he transferred seven stations IS officers, who were facing corruption charges. In the order that was issued on Wednesday the city top cop said the independent body was introduced to gather vital intelligence in the city. Directly controlled by the city police commissioner, it had officers in the ranks of additional deputy c...

Coimbatore: Following corruption allegations, city police commissioner S Davidson Devasirvatham has transferred all the staff members of the intelligence section of Big Bazaar, RS Puram, Podanur, Kuniyamuthur, Singanallur, Peelamedu and Race Course police stations to the armed reserve police. The transfer order was issued last month. “There was a lot of confusion between regular intelligence section staff and station intelligence section staff. There should be only one intelligence section (I...

The Supreme Court has deferred to June 28 hearing the dispute between Amazon and Future dispute as it attends to cases related to Covid-19 pandemic, Mint reported on Wednesday. “The Supreme Court feels this case be kept on hold until the surge in covid-19 cases is contained. Cases related to oxygen supply to hospitals, provision of covid beds, vaccines and medicines are more urgent," Mint quoted a person close to the matter. The top court was scheduled to hear the case between US-based e-c...

Efforts on to improve water supply in Tiruchi Updated: Updated: Corporation has floated re-tender AAA Tiruchi city needs about 125 MLD of water daily as per the present strength of the population.   Corporation has floated re-tender The Tiruchi Corporation has floated a re-tender for the rejuvenation of the drinking water supply scheme in the city. The scheme is aimed at replacing worn-out mains and pipelines of old water supply scheme being supplied from Kambarasampettai so as to improve t...

Biz Bazaar aims to double online sales contribution, helped by express home delivery service SECTIONS Last Updated: May 02, 2021, 05:31 PM IST Share Synopsis In certain markets, Big Bazaar is already getting around 40 per cent of its sale order online, said Future Group CMO - Digital, Ecommerce and marketing Pawan Sarda. The two-hour home delivery service has also got an encouraging response from customers amidst the sharp rise in pandemic cases and travel restrictions imposed by several state ...

The two-hour home delivery service has also got an encouraging response from customers amidst the sharp rise in pandemic cases.